i have only one dahlia plant, in a pot, which flowered last year. it was so good that i would like to grow it on again next year. can anyone advise me as how to keep it and get it to flower again next season ?
thanks in anticipation
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Snap! We have just one in a pot this year. What I'll do is what I used to do when I grew a lot of dahlias.
When the foliage is dying down, take the tuber out of the pot and clean off the compost. Keep frost free, about 40F is fine. Next year put it on a bit of compost and water it slightly. It will start to sprout, and you're away. You can either divide the tubers, making sure that each one has a growing shoot, or leave it longer and take cuttings.
All the info is here:
http://www.jrg-dahlias.co.uk/how_to_grow_dahlias.htm
Alan
Snap! We have just one in a pot this year. What I'll do is what I used to do when I grew a lot of dahlias.
When the foliage is dying down, take the tuber out of the pot and clean off the compost. Keep frost free, about 40F is fine. Next year put it on a bit of compost and water it slightly. It will start to sprout, and you're away. You can either divide the tubers, making sure that each one has a growing shoot, or leave it longer and take cuttings.
All the info is here:
http://www.jrg-dahlias.co.uk/how_to_grow_dahlias.htm
Alan
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Tks for that link Alan. S.T.
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Dear Alan you certainly have come up trumps with that link. 
Something new to me, i never knew there were dahlias with a scent.
I will be pawing over this site when i have a little more time.
Thankyou again.
Something new to me, i never knew there were dahlias with a scent.
I will be pawing over this site when i have a little more time.
Thankyou again.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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I'd be inclined to leave splitting till later.
Alan
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Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Hi Alan and David,
With Dahlias there is generally only one growing tuber and the growth will come from that only.
Although there maybe several tubers the ones other than the main one are stored food for the plant and generally speaking do not produce shoots. The one to concentrate on is the one with the remains of last years stalk. Do not be tempted to split the tubers up as that is the route of disaster.
I no longer grow them here because of very late frosts and then later on in the season very early frosts so the growing season here is too short for them and they get cut off in their prime so to speak. When your plants are up and growing and you want to bush them out you take the tops out and they too will strike and make quite good plants by the end of the season. These must be taken before the stem goes hollow as hollow stems very seldom strike.
Hope this helps you.
JB.
With Dahlias there is generally only one growing tuber and the growth will come from that only.
Although there maybe several tubers the ones other than the main one are stored food for the plant and generally speaking do not produce shoots. The one to concentrate on is the one with the remains of last years stalk. Do not be tempted to split the tubers up as that is the route of disaster.
I no longer grow them here because of very late frosts and then later on in the season very early frosts so the growing season here is too short for them and they get cut off in their prime so to speak. When your plants are up and growing and you want to bush them out you take the tops out and they too will strike and make quite good plants by the end of the season. These must be taken before the stem goes hollow as hollow stems very seldom strike.
Hope this helps you.
JB.