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How to Plant and Grow Dahlias

Dahlias: https://www.edenbrothers.com/store/da... Hi. I'm Eric Allen at EdenBrothers.com, and today we will be talking about how to plant dahlias for all summer and fall bloom. Everybody loves dahlias, but if you're not growing them, do you know what you're missing? After all those beautiful flowers in your spring garden bloom, what's next? That's where dahlias come in. From short ones for your window boxes to the medium height ones at three to five feet, and then the very popular dinner plate dahlias with blooms up to 10 inches across. These grow tall, up to five feet or more. They all begin blooming when the tulips, peonies, irises and other spring beauties are done. They start in early summer, and they never stop until frost knocks them down. When to plant? That's another great thing about dahlias. You do have to wait until spring frosts are gone, but then you can plant them all the way into late June and they'll be happy. They love heat. Best of all, dahlias are a snap to grow. Here's all you do. Choose a sunny spot. Dahlias will tolerate some shade, but sun is best. The roots look like bulbs, but are actually called tubers, and you plant them in spring after danger of frost is passed. The roots are large and look like a bunch of small squash or potatoes with a stub of last year's stalk or sticks sticking up. Dig a hole big enough to accommodate the roots, and then place them in the hole with the stubs of last year's stem or stems pointing up. Then just fill the hole with good soil so the whole thing is about two inches below the surface, and water well. Very soon you'll see bright green sprouts, usually several stems. They grow quickly, and now's your chance to make sure that they have what they need for their long, constant production of flowers. If you've planted bedding dahlias, the short ones, there's nothing to do but keep them watered. If you planted taller ones, especially the huge dinner plate dahlias, you're going to need stakes. But wait, it's no trouble and just takes minutes. If you're planting the taller ones too, buy a pack of bamboo stakes at a garden center plus a roll of that green rubberized wire for attaching the stems to the stake, and that's it. Break the bamboo stakes to the height you expect from the roots. All that information came with the tubers. Dahlias range from only 10 to 18 inches tall to a whopping five or six feet for the big dinner plates. These are supposed to grow to about four feet so I'll make the stakes about that high. This is important. If you don't stake the taller ones, they'll flop over for sure and be ruined. But don't worry, staking takes about three minutes per plant if you get it done while they're still under a foot or two in height. Once midsummer arrives you'll see why one garden expert said, "No other flower gives a gardener so much beauty with so little work as dahlias." They're great for cutting, and constantly blooming all summer and fall out in the garden. All you have to do is deadhead the flowers as they fade, and more keep coming. If you live in a frost free area, you can leave the tubers in the ground for winter. If you have winter temperatures below freezing, here's all you do. When frost kills down the tops in late fall dig them up, wash them off. You'll notice they have a lot of new roots, and just pop them in a paper bag, not plastic, and store them in a dark, dry place like a closet or a dry basement. They'll be waiting for you next spring, and when you replant them, they'll give you more and more flowers each year. Don't go through another summer without the biggest color maker of all, dahlias. I'm Eric Allen from EDENBrothers.com, The Seediest Place on Earth. #planting #plantingseeds #gardening #dahlias