Right! You’ve galvanised me to kick off my season and head to the greenhouse! I’m quite excited!
I did the growing dahlias from seed last year and it was enormous fun.
A tip for you in return. I germinated and planted literally hundreds of seeds and planted them in blocks only 4 to 6 inches apart. I corralled them for support with posts and thick jute twine. I didn’t pinch them because the aim was to see what they looked like. They will all be beautiful of course but you will only want to keep some. This way in their first year it will allow you to grow more in a smaller space. I got hundreds of flowers for picking and decent tubers on the keepers for this year to be planted properly. Honestly I got so much joy from seeing the variety of different flowers popping up and this method allowed me to go wild with the numbers. The bees absolutely went bnonkers for them which was a huge bonus too!
Love the art and the post and information as ever lots of tips.
One question if you don’t mind. How do you prevent fungus gnats with all your growing? Every year overwinter I seem to lose so many plants to them in my greenhouse from the larvae eating the roots.
Right! You’ve galvanised me to kick off my season and head to the greenhouse! I’m quite excited!
I did the growing dahlias from seed last year and it was enormous fun.
A tip for you in return. I germinated and planted literally hundreds of seeds and planted them in blocks only 4 to 6 inches apart. I corralled them for support with posts and thick jute twine. I didn’t pinch them because the aim was to see what they looked like. They will all be beautiful of course but you will only want to keep some. This way in their first year it will allow you to grow more in a smaller space. I got hundreds of flowers for picking and decent tubers on the keepers for this year to be planted properly. Honestly I got so much joy from seeing the variety of different flowers popping up and this method allowed me to go wild with the numbers. The bees absolutely went bnonkers for them which was a huge bonus too!
Love the art and the post and information as ever lots of tips.
One question if you don’t mind. How do you prevent fungus gnats with all your growing? Every year overwinter I seem to lose so many plants to them in my greenhouse from the larvae eating the roots.
Love the digital art and your posts which are always so useful.