Rating My 2023 Dahlias

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After an extensive winter hiatus, I have finally completed my dahlias ratings from 2023!
It's been a weird winter here in Southeastern Minnesota, zone 5b (formerly 4a). It was foggy and rainy on Christmas, we've had barely any snow, and forecasts for the rest of February are in the 50s! ACK.
Whatever the weather, winter in the midwest is a great time to rest, reflect on the past year and plan for the upcoming growing season. This review of the dahlias I grew in 2023 is to help me remember what to spend time on for 2024, and more importantly, what to let go! I hope this helps you too as you decide what to plant (or not) for the upcoming growing season.
Happy gardening.

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27 сен 2024

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@cutflower36 2 месяца назад

I had a tuber called maarn i ordered from swan Island and the center is always open, all the others I see online, all have a closed center. kept it anyways. They still make good cut flowers. Now that i see your maarn, my stems are green and not dark like yours.

@goodenoughmn 2 месяца назад

@@cutflower36 it may still be the same variety but sometimes there is so much variation among them! You never know what you’re going to get 💁🏻‍♀️

@Merb. 7 месяцев назад

You had my subscription at ~normal human woman~ I’m sure I won’t be disappointed 😉

@goodenoughmn 7 месяцев назад

HAHA! I'm so glad that appealed to someone. 😂

@hollysangillo1740 6 месяцев назад

Me too!

@GardengateDreamer 2 месяца назад

That very odd quality of Jennifers wedding mine came out beautiful and large and full size. Maybe you need more hours of sunlight. I'm in western Pennsylvania.. zone 5B. I think you would get bigger blooms and better quality of plants if you use 5-7 gallon pots oer tuber.

@goodenoughmn 2 месяца назад

You are probably right!! I will definitely be using larger pots plus LOTS of feed in the future...

@sheristevens9935 5 месяцев назад

Some varieties don't like heat and some don't like cold. They blow out when not happy.

@hersheyqueenlisa 3 месяца назад

I live in zone 6a. If I plant mine in a plastic pot can I just bring pot and all inside to store for the winter?

@goodenoughmn 3 месяца назад

I think that might work! I might try something similar this year. As long as it doesn’t get too moist or too dry they should be ok.

@meluvsquki 6 месяцев назад

Some dahlia varieties are more prone to blowing centers when there are environmental stressors (heat, not enough moisture, etc.) Dahlias shortly after it was brought over to Europe from Mexico all did this but it's been mostly bred out. However with climate change, we are facing some new extremes, so I'm curious how this will pan out for their bloom quality. Dahlias originated from very temperate mountainous region of Mexico.

@goodenoughmn 6 месяцев назад

Good to know about the environmental stressors! I did a pretty ok job keeping up with watering but haven't quite figured out how to control the weather 😅Thanks for the info!

@jenicepye2997 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful. How long do the flowers last?

@goodenoughmn 6 месяцев назад

Once they start blooming (late July or August for me), they will keep on going until the first hard frost if you keep deadheading. Each bloom itself lasts for several days at least!