I grow Dahlias in the same bed every year, and they do well, whether new tubers or replanted. We get plenty of Sun, a bit in the early morning then all the rest of the day after noon.
This year, I planted, indoors, in pots as I usually do, but a bit late.
I got good growth but few flowers, until late season.
This summer was hot: did they stop flowering because of the heat ?
I use a soaker hose on them regularly to make sure they water to the roots. Too much water?
Or is it the soil. I usually plant bulbs in the fall, for spring bloom, but also had a bad year because the mice/chipmunks found them. Is that the problem?
I usually amend the soil and have a good tilth, in what was clay soil: I've added sand, composted manure, and peat over the years, to get it to this friable state, but did not add anything this year.
It's a puzzle as the short varieties just did not bloom, the taller bigger sizes were tall, but very few flowers and small.
Lastly, I added a small amount of 10:10:10 when planting, but no more until late after I saw few flowers. Then I added a liquid 0:10:10 fertiliser
I grow Dahlias in the same bed every year, and they do well, whether new tubers or replanted. We get plenty of Sun, a bit in the early morning then all the rest of the day after noon.
This year, I planted, indoors, in pots as I usually do, but a bit late.
I got good growth but few flowers, until late season.
This summer was hot: did they stop flowering because of the heat ?
I use a soaker hose on them regularly to make sure they water to the roots. Too much water?
Or is it the soil. I usually plant bulbs in the fall, for spring bloom, but also had a bad year because the mice/chipmunks found them. Is that the problem?
I usually amend the soil and have a good tilth, in what was clay soil: I've added sand, composted manure, and peat over the years, to get it to this friable state, but did not add anything this year.
It's a puzzle as the short varieties just did not bloom, the taller bigger sizes were tall, but very few flowers and small.
Lastly, I added a small amount of 10:10:10 when planting, but no more until late after I saw few flowers. Then I added a liquid 0:10:10 fertiliser