Pinching dahlias 🌸 Thinning poppy seedlings 🌱 Rose update 

I'm rewatching as I'm getting ready to pinch out some dahlias I started in pots. Thank you so much for explaining why you can't always take cuttings when you pinch out dahlias. You're the first person I've seen explain that.

I start many of my seedlings in medium rather than small, pots. This way, there is more nutritious soil for the roots, the soil retains more moisture, and you don't have to repot them. Overall, it saves time and effort. Yes, this method requires more plant racks and grow lights, but, it can be worth it. My plants and their roots are super healthy when it's time to transplant them into the garden. Erin, thank you for the dahlia and poppy tips! I really appreciate your knowledgeable, straight-forward, friendly approach to sharing gardening information.

I think I've been pulling out my poppies. Lol you learn and you try again.

I was always afraid of planting poppy seeds because they spread like World War Z, however never knew how easy it was to thin them!! Most definitely will scatter seeds this winter.

PERFECT Timing. I was wondering if I needed to pinch my Dahlias. 🥰

I LOVE UPDATES!! Believe it or not, we really want to see your struggles, your progress, and hear your ideas on things. For the future seasons regarding dahlias, I need to kick em outta the house a bit earlier in the season...they are so skinny. But they have bulked up pretty quickly with a bit of pinching and morning sunlight. They are going in the ground this weekend for sure. That climber rose looks really really good! Thanks so much Erin, I enjoyed just hanging with you. Have a great weekend.

The poppy seedling demonstration was very helpful! Thank you!

I rooted a cutting from my dahlias for the first time this year, I was blown away by how quickly it took ( it didn’t have a hollow stem- that’s a great tip I’ll file away, thank you).

Great info, thanks! Hope everybody has a lovely weekend!!

Thanks, Erin, especially for the dahlia techniques and the seedling thinning.

I am a first time dahlia grower and am plagued with lack of confidence in what I am doing. I am petrified of pinching them back and your timeline is perfect. Ok tomorrow morning I will pinch out the Dahlias 😬

Thank you - was very helpful!! So Happy you showed the Poppies!! I have the worst time growing them excited to winter sow this year!!🤗💚

Thanks Erin I didn’t know about pinching dehlias ,I’ll have to go Thur mine

Your last frost date will be the day after you plant out your tomatoes. Even if you wait until the middle of June. 😜 And I never knew about pinching dahlias. Will be doing that this weekend.

The poppy pull was hard to watch💚🙃

Very informative video! I think I will be brave enough to pick my dahlias after watching you! Good info on poppies too. Thanks!

Your videos are always sooo helpful and timely !!🤩💖

Great demonstration...will modify for my balcony 👌 😎 👍

I love the sound of birds as s background. So calming 💚💚💚

thanks for the reminder about pinching back dahlias, mine are already shooting up single stems

thank you so much for showing how to thin Poppy seedlings, I needed to do just that and didn't know how to go about it. Super helpfull !!! :) thanks

We had such a hard time sowing poppy seeds indoors and the ones that survived died after planting, so now we will just scatter the seeds around outdoors. Seems much easier also.

I feel like I am a stalker! I look forward to your updates, blog and video, even more than Gardeners world! I have been checking every day! I sowed poppies, but don't think they are up, I planted my tomatoes out earlier this week when it was in the 80's during the day and 50's at night. TODAY the cold hit again and it's only going to in the 60's for the next few days. LOVE your garden!! Keep it up!

I did an up-potting experiment this year with my tomatoes which you might find useful. I wanted to see how cool-at-night my tomatoes could handle and still keep growing (eg not stunt). In the process (it was 40F for the record, 38F one night by accident) I up potted to a 1/2 gallon size when they were about 8-12” tall above the soil. I did this to just two of the varieties. Hands down, the ones that got up potted early are the strongest/thickest out of the bunch - including the slow-growing Kellogg’s Breakfast. In spite of the possibility of their soil going cooler overnight, the space to grow at their leisure made them monsters in my garden. Even though it’s a splurge of soil, I think it’s a good way to get them full size for when summer weather finally hits. Just something to consider for next year. :)

I just found out about Floret and ordered some daliah, zinnia, and celocia seeds. Can't wait! 😊😊😊

Cuttings from Dalias are more vigorous and makes nicer blooms. Give it a try with the hollow stems. Thank you for showing the poppy seedlings. I weeded one, then I thought - hmmmm it might be a poppy and leave the rest. I was 99 % sure cause of the bluish color. Thank you, now I'm 100 % sure. Thank you for showing. I sown them like you did. I have to say - I enjoy to watch your videos. You are a good gardener and a nice presenter (one of the best, in my humble opinion). Cut the leggy rose shorter. If your rose have only one or two long branch - cut down before blooming. Over all shape in mind: round like a ball, roses are shrubs. If you have to think twice - cut or no cut - CUT! If the crafting is deep in the ground, roses are tough as nails (right place considered).

Definitely will do some dahlia pinching and poppy thinning this week. Thanks Erin.

I was wondering if I could root some clippings, so thank you this info is helpful and timely. 🥰

Glad to see about poppy's ...I also did the winter sowing that you had showed us and it really worked! Good to know how to manage them!

I just checked the dahlia cuttings that I put in water a few weeks ago. Turns out they ARE hollow, but they do have quite a few roots.

Thank you so much Erin for another informative video! I'm growing dahlias for the first time after watching you, Laura and Nicole :) I feel encouraged and am hoping mine will be beautiful ;) Was wondering about how and where to pinch/cut the dahlias so now I'll go and put this info to use!

Great video and very timely. I had just pinched my dahlias back and thought I had murdered them by cutting down to far but then after watching you demonstrate where to cut I see that I did it right and can actually cut out a bit more. Love your videos especially the how to ones.

Rooted lots of "hollow" cuttings, go for it!! To be honest, have dipped in rooting hormone, but it does usually work. Its the nodes/joints that are crucial.

Thanks so much Erin. Iv got 2 lots of Dahlias that are from seed and wasn’t sure if they will produce tubers or seeds plus pinching them as helped. Great to see you show how you do it. Love your garden xx

I like your greenhouses, I could so handle them for my new venture to seed planting. I’ve made my 1st mistake, I have seeds that are taking off good with no ID tag 🤔. big mistake. Thanks for your video, I’m always picking up some good tips.👍❤️😊

Fantastic help, I will try clipping my dalias tomorrow. Of course where I live there is really no fear even of cold. I follow your videos and enjoy as I learn. Thank you.

Yes I feel guilty in pinching dahlias and other plans but puppies, wow!that I never thought I would do. Love learning, certainly you’re great in passing information. Thank you 🌹

I have often mistaken my poppies as some sort of thistle before remembering! I've never had clumps as large as yours though. Too many grasses invading my garden I imagine.

That tip cutting/pinching you just did @5:54 can be easily propagated. Especially if it hasn't hollowed out.

I always use the trees to know if it's time to plant my tender plants. I wait until the burr oaks have their leaves out because they are better than anything the weather man knows. In nor cal I used black locust trees.

I direct sowed a packet of Russell Mix Lupin seeds in a raised bed late last fall. I was pleasantly surprised this spring when they came up mixed in with the Alliums, apparently, I need to pay closer attention to what I have already planted in my flower beds. Those seedlings are 6" to 8" tall now, and look fantastic. Happing planting Erin!

Fab advice for pinching Dahlias and thinning Poppy seedlings. I didn't know that a few Poppies can grow well close to each other. Thanks for the good advice

Thanks for the info. Perfect!

I'm new to your channel I'm really enjoying learning new things, thank you

Thanks for sharing,this is a great video i learned how to pinch the dahlias,because last year its my first time to plant dahlias i never pinch them and i only have few flowers and they just grow straight with out any branches😊thanks again🥰

Thanks Erin

So helpful!

I have always been hesitant about planting poppies from seed because I didn't know what to do with them. I guess I will plant some now! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing.

I have grown dahlias for years. I usually don’t do anything to them because it all seemed too confusing but, ....after watching your video,I got brave enough to try it. I live in western WA and my dahlias are just starting to bloom and they have never looked better! You are an amazing teacher! Thank you!

Thanks, Erin! Great dahlia info. that I had no clue about. Thanks so much. Enjoy your Spring! Bryan here down by Champaign -Urbana, Illinois.

Very helpful video thank you so much! Have fun growing Dahlias! Can’t wait to see your garden this summer!😊

Ugh! I’m cringing while watching you thin the poppies! 😫 I’ve had trouble growing them. Germination is spotty over here at best (SC zone 8). I so love them!

Thank you for the poppies update and how to thin them!

The thinning/clumps of poppies come in handy because I winter sowed snapdragons in gallon milk containers and they went crazy. Was trying to figure out how to transplant them in the garden. Now I won't do one at a time.

Looks great ...

Erin, what beautiful soil you have cultivated! Good job!

Really appreciated the pinching of the dahlias - my first time growing them. Mine are going gangbusters in Zone 6a finally. I am growing them from tubers.

It’s also a good idea to Google “ seedlings” and look at Google image search results. I have had to do that a number of times when I had seed trays fall over and I lost my labels.

I see an opportunity for a new planting bed… Cover up the bottom of that deck. 😋

Stumbled across you by pure chance and love your videos. Binge watched quite a few over the weekend. I live in South Germany, climate zone 7. Simply love your garden and what you make of it! It's so big! Fantastic job.

Awesome

I'm going to pinch my dahlias this year, or at least some, and I'm so nervous about it. I don't have a lot of room for that extra bushiness that'll come but I do want more flowers. There was such a great variety of really helpful information in this video, so I subbed. Thanks so much!

The green house is loaded!!

The pop up greenhouses are neat. The mice would get into them on my property though

Good stuff

I was actually able to get a hollow cutting to root. I accidentally decapitated the dahlia with my cart and I was so upset at myself. I dipped the cutting in rooting hormone and stuck it into the ground and it actually survived. It looked really sad for a week and then it perked right up! 🤗

Super helpful thank you!

Excellent information, thanks for sharing

My heirloom tomatoe plant has been outside for one week now.

I heard to boil water but in a bucket until the water cools the dip in root hormone to re root then also cinnamon is good for rooting and to help with fungus when storing dip the eye

Thank you so much for all this useful information! I appreciate it!

This is my 1st year growing Dahlias, thank you for the inspiration! 💚💚💚 Can you please explain “rooting,” do you just stick the cutting in soil?

So good to know Poppy seedlings will flower nicely if grown in small clumps. I successfully winter sowed in milk jugs. Took forever to separate. Got one more jug to go. They will be planted in clumps. Scattering seed outside never works for me. I've tried and tried.

Great info and instructions Erin! Thanks for sharing. I have some Dahlia tubers I have potted up, going to pinch them and see what happens, lol!

Oh Phooey... Mine got a foot tall and had blooms on them so I planted them in the ground and didn't pinch them...

I left my dahlias in the ground and they all did well. So well that I never got around to pinching them! They grew so fast and some are already blooming or have buds. When is it too late to pinch them?

Thanks for showing how you thin seedlings. In our Northern CA garden, everything is reseeding in our perennial garden and (nice problem to have), and I have been pulling by individual seedlings. Also, how is Fighting Temeraire? I recall you having it in a pot. I had to have a couple after seeing it in your garden. We planted them last Fall and got our first big, voluptuous bloom last week. It’s even more beautiful than I imagined! 😄

Loved the poppy seed winter sowing! I tried it, we’ll see!?

My tomatoes are pretty sad. This hasn’t been a usually year for me to keep up. I myself have an injury that kept me from doing a lot, and my daughter had a difficult pregnancy as we discovered she has lupus. Now we have a week old baby in the house after a week long stay in the hospital . So maybe next season will be better!

Those dandelions 😳

Thank you for explaining how to pinch the dahlias. How often do you pinch them in one season?

I really appreciated this video! I am at a zone 4 (maybe even 3 because of the elevation -9,200 ft!) so I started my dahlia’s in pots - this is my first time to try to grow them so your video was very helpful. You talked about your plants in the basement, and which ones you are going to bring out to your greenhouse/cold frame. I’d appreciate more information on that! I have a greenhouse/cold frame and seeing how you use yours is VERY helpful! Especially for hardening off plants. I would love a ‘deeper dive’ into how you do that. I have cosmos - wondering if you would put that in the greenhouse since you said you might be bringing your zinnias out soon. This is my first year to ever start seeds, so what seems obvious, is fraught with questions for me! I also use my greenhouse/cold frame to ‘store’ my tender annuals I’m finding at stores until it’s safe to plant them (like you mentioned) otherwise, I might not be able to find them. Are there any tender annuals you wouldn’t store in the greenhouse until it’s time to plant? I have supertunias, salvia and geraniums - is it too cold for them? Our nights are still in the low 40’s. I’m learning so much from you and really wish you had videos more frequently! Remember, those of us who are new to your videos are starting at the beginning so even if you’ve already done videos on some of this, we newbies love them! Thanks for all you offer!!!

Umm I'm pretty sure it's a way better system to get way too excited at the first sign of spring, plant your tomatoes too early, then run around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to protect them everytime the temp drops too low...🤷‍♀️😉

Can you do a video on your peppers? Do you pinch those? Thanks Erin 😊

OMG!! My OCD was saying NO don't throw even 1 little poppy away!!!

Very helpful video. Thank you. Just the other day I was wondering what happened to the poppies you planted. I have some growing too but are already as thin as you recommend so that’s great. Good to know that density is ok.

My issue is I sprinkled 5 different varieties of poppy seeds & now I don't know which one is which but good to know I don't need to thin them to 1 to 10 inches or so.... also good to know that I can pinching the dahlias that potted up as they are getting tall & I was wondering if it's too early to put them in the ground as I am in Milw.... but it sounds like I should wait for another 2 weeks or so. Thanks for the timely info.

Took some cuttings off mine today, which I had kept in pots through the winter, after watching your video last night. Fingers crossed. Do I need to cover them or put them in a plastic bag, in the greenhouse to take? (UK)

Good info on the dahlias. I have never pinched mine but I feel like I know how to now. Thanks! Will the dahlias grown from cuttings develop tubers?

I love your greenhouses. Could you please post a link for where you found them? Thank you.

How do you decide where to punch on each Dahlia stem? First time ever growing tubers. Thanks for your videos! Full of knowledge and great for learning.

Do you grow Opium Poppies.? I remember the Gov't coming to our house and taking all of my mom's back in the late 60's, it was CrAzY, and she was not HAPPY.!! Look forward to seeing your Dahlia's this yr, I bought a ton last fall after seeing that one that was as big as your head.

I planted my tomatoes, cukes and dahlias today. 5/9, in zone 5/6. used mulch. carrots have been out for almost 2 weeks and no sprouts. I don't like starting so small and then in August I can't wade through it. I just hope my dahlias do good, my first year with them.

I have legit never had success thinning and replanting poppy seedlings... I must accidentally crush them or something. I just planted out some snap dragon seedlings that I was so proud of growing from seed... and some insect or bird came through and ATE THEM! How frigging rude.

Thanks for the video. You inspired me to try dahlias this year. I potted them up and they have sprouted. I winced when you pinched them. ‘Course I’m the person who painstakingly pulls 2 or 3 seedlings apart and plants them in an empty cell. Can you tell this is my first year?

That dahlia at 5:44 has mites! That’s why the leaves are curling under.

Very helpful! Thank you. One question - when you plant out a tuber that has been started inside how deep should you plant it? Should I burry leaves? Or have the tuber planted less deep then I would plant if it was not sprouted?

I'm getting ready to plant my tubers, should I add biotone starter fertilizer when I plant them?

Love those green houses where did you get them?