Five weeks ago, I potted up a number of stored-over-Winter dahlia tubers and a bunch of new-to-us purchased tubers in one-gallon nursery pots. I kept them inside for the month of May and by mid-month many of them were showing signs of life with new growth. As June began, I started to harden off the dahlias with increasing time outside. Eventually, leading to leaving them outside, overnight for a few nights.
Then...it was time to plant them. Here's a look at the dahlias we are growing out on the patio getting hardened off:
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| Hardening off dahlias that we started indoors a month earlier. |
I have planted twenty-one (21) dahlia tubers in six locations. Yes...twenty-one dahlias. EEEK. That's A LOT more than last year.
I also gave away three (two Melina Fleur tubers, one Pablo Gallery tuber). And....Left on the patio are some slow-to-start ones. These six *might* come to life, or they might be DOA. This includes two (2) Maarn tubers, two (2) Melina Fluer tubers and two (2) Pablo Gallery tubers. Depending on how these do, we could have up to 27 dahlias in the garden. (Oh...there's also a couple trays of zinnia starts that I am growing from seed out there, too...)
Back in Winter, I posted the details of the tuber order for the year - including new ones: Maarn (slow-to-start), Wizard of Oz, Mystery Fox, Sweet Nathalie, Pooh, Pablo Gallery. And then, potted up a number of 'overwintered' ones - details here.
Below are some photos showing parts/all of the install of the 21 tubers.
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| Pablo gallery Dahlia Tubers being planted. |
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| Melina Fluer Dahlia Tubers being planted |
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| Pablo Gallery Dahlia Tubers being planted |
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| Pooh Collerette Dahlia Tubers being planted - this gets 4' tall, so it needs staking. |
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| Dahlia Tubers being planted |
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| Dahlia Tubers being planted |
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