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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2007 12:46:17 GMT
Hi all, there is still no sign of life from my poor dahlia 'Bishop of Llanduff'  . Absolutely everything else is showing signs of growth, including things that should be far more tender. Now I have a dilemma: I don't want to dig it up and chuck it if there's still hope, but I have a kniphophia ready to go in its place, which I would have to transplant now ... can anyone with a similar climate give some advice? ... cheers ... |
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Post by andy on Apr 9, 2007 13:07:23 GMT
Had the same dilemma this week.....all my cannas are up and doing well....all bar one canna 'tropicana'. I put it in the electric propagator but nothing so this week, i took the plunge and took it out and it was rotten. If it was me, i'd take it out and see what's going on. If there's signs of life, i'd just replant it but chances are it's probably rotted.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2007 13:25:39 GMT
I dig up my Dahlia after frosts and keep them in the greenhouse in a shallow tray of compost. Some are sprouting new shoots (was able to take a few small cuttings yeaterday), but I have 3 tubers yet to show sign of life. I'd be tempted to give it abit longer - BTW is it still in the ground or do you dig up/overwinter it ? And Bishops of Landuff is a particularly nice one  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2007 14:01:43 GMT
Thank you Andy and GH ... Dug it up and there were lots of little (tiny) shoots, so carefully replanted it with a nice bit of seaweed fertiliser. GH, the general advice here is to leave them in the ground - the risk is more from waterlogging than from frost, and that's what I was afraid of (not the best drained garden in the world). I am SO relieved ... cheers ...
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Post by andy on Apr 9, 2007 14:03:14 GMT
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 9, 2007 14:15:10 GMT
Mine are still sulking...the Bishop, some of his children, and the chocolate cosmos plants have not shown signs of life yet (I kept mine in pots in the garage over winter but they are now in fresh compo in pots in the CF)...the tubers all look fine and there's plenty of root growth there so I've left mine...here in the midlands I don't reckon on seeing much from the dahlias until May... |
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Post by MamIDdau on Apr 9, 2007 16:37:41 GMT
no signs from my dahlias as yet but I'm not unduly worried as they are only the figaro mix, I've thrown some out that looked a little icky and planted only 9 of the good ones and my 3 dahliettas that survived.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2007 17:12:51 GMT
Thank you Andy and GH ... Dug it up and there were lots of little (tiny) shoots, so carefully replanted it with a nice bit of seaweed fertiliser. GH, the general advice here is to leave them in the ground - the risk is more from waterlogging than from frost, and that's what I was afraid of (not the best drained garden in the world). I am SO relieved ... cheers ... I just went and checked on my 'slow to re-shoot' tubers in the greenhouse and one is showing sign of life I've never left a Dahlia in the ground all winter (too tight to go and buy new plants if they don't survive  ), - just wondering CC, do you apply any mulch over the top if it after the frosts have killed it off to give it abit of protection? I'm wondering it I might chance leaving one in, as an experiment |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2007 17:29:43 GMT
Hi GH ... not exactly mulch, but I did cover it with loads of leaves and home-made compost ... perhaps in the autumn you can leave one in you do not care about too much. It's the general practice here in Dublin, but I think we may be a little less prone to frost (also, I have a walled, city centre garden, so the micro-climate may be that little bit warmer) ... cheers ...
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. Absolutely everything else is showing signs of growth, including things that should be far more tender. Now I have a dilemma: I don't want to dig it up and chuck it if there's still hope, but I have a kniphophia ready to go in its place, which I would have to transplant now ... can anyone with a similar climate give some advice? ... cheers ...
), - just wondering CC, do you apply any mulch over the top if it after the frosts have killed it off to give it abit of protection? I'm wondering it I might chance leaving one in, as an experiment