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Some cracking blooms ryecroft Zoe looks amazing

What feed are you giving, can u give me a schedule of the feed ?

Excellent, thank you.

Doesn't help much when they have stripped the leaves

Brilliant ! I have been wondering what happens when we don't get a frost. (Do you sell cuttings?)

I tried this, still found some that night. Just resorted to checking them each night and shaking them off into a bowl. Seems to have reduced the numbers a lot. Or I could just get a flame thrower. 🙄

All my flowers have been devoured!!!! Ill give this a go

Good tip. But something is eating all the leaves and destroying my plants. What is it and how do I stop it? I haven't seen any pests around the Dahlias, all I can see are eaten up plants! Thanks.

What insecticide do you use on your dahlias? I’m going to try this too! Great video! ❤️

Will Vaseline work the same way...?

What sort of netting is that? How long are those fence posts? I like your setup.. really neat and tidy

Amazing collection I like it

Will this deter slugs and snails too ???

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Looking good Darren!

Can you talk a little bit about "running 4 or 5 up"? Maybe describe how you keep them to that number and why it's different for some varieties?

Looking good Darren...Jay here by the way....Interesting to see your Lilian there...mine are the same, bit of a monster plant, with laterals coming from everywhere, hope it's worth the effort....Lol.

I'm going to try this. This is my first year growing them in my garden and the blooms are so beautiful until something is eating them. Sometimes before they even open. So I suppose I have found out what is eating them and what to do. Thanks!

may I ask what "selecting the breaks" means?

Darren really enjoy your videos brightens up my day, a bit down in the dumps now back in lockdown in Leicester . How many blooms are you growing ? my dahlias are a bit mixed this year not sure if its worth putting up may covers this year as don't recon I will be showing any blooms

Would you please send me dahlia seeds please please? I really did not find the seeds in my country. This is my address: Avenue principal Bir Chifa 123. Tanger/ Morocco. When I recieved I will repay you. This is my whatsapp +212601046226

Do you grow dahlia from seeds or tubers?

Sorry but i cant help but laughing looking at you applying the petroleum jelly up and down.. up and down.. up and down.. hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Considering the new ground, you've put in a hell of a lot of work this year Darren.....Jay.

Gold Standard Work 👍🏽

I’m definitely giving this a try! I just got back from vacation and was excited to see blooms but upset that upon looking closer they’ve been chewed up! 🤬I shook at least a dozen out onto the driveway and started stamping like a madwoman.

Blimey some hard work there Darren, Cracking set up

Brilliant thank you !

Great thanks! The more tools in your tool box the better :)

Hi Jason, I would normally have posts every 10 plants so they are only about 15 feet apart. The ones I had on my new plot were too far apart and they did suffer late in the season when the plants got very big. I wouldn't put them any further than 15 feet apart as they can still struggle in high winds to hold the bigger plants. I use windbreak screen around the plot to try and help keep wind damage to a minimum.

Thanks for sharing the videos! We have had that wind here in the states also. I had a question about the netting on previous vids on how to secure it. I stretched it on fence post last year but some plants got so big they fell over and pulled the slack out of the net and ended up on the ground. It looked like you didn't have hardly any posts holding yours up. Any help would be great

can i use vermiculite instead of perlite?

Thanks Darren...looking forward to seeing last weekends progress!

Thanks for this series Darren, very informative. Where did you get the trellising for your sweat peas? Cheers

Hi Darren how many times must I "stop" my Dahlias cause some have grown over 2 meters while I was told about 1,70.I live in northern Italy and we had temp. up to 35 this summer.I added horse manure in Febbury and put a 7/15/15 fertilizer twice ..Too much? Thanks

It sounds like your plant has got a virus. If it appears stunted and with blistered leaves its almost certainly so. Only thing you can do is pull it up and dispose of it on the bonfire. Don't compost it as the virus can be passed on.

hello Darren some of my dahlias have yellowing leaves and some look like they have blisters under the leaves the blooms are okay but the leaves look stunted have I got a virous or am I short in some nutrients

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a other great video there all full of helpful stuff mate

most of mine I stop 60 days before my first show which is usually the bank holiday weekend in August. The only time I stop any earlier is either for poms which I tend to stop when planting out and sometimes earlier, and anything that buds up early.

so is that the first time you stop them

good video Darren very intresting ive subscribed to your page

i've seen dahlias in seed form. do you know if they are any good? i've jurst ordered some from Halls of Hendon i'm just nervous about when to start to encourage them to grow.

despite it being a grey day they look wonderful and as far as the eye can see.

wow your dahlias are so beautiful and so many. Where abouts would you recommend buying dahlias. I've never grown one before but would love to grow some.

Hi Darren, Looks like things are going pretty well there for you. Like you, I had a few Sheval Megan this year, and also like you, I found them a little shallow, and the middles took ages to come out, and by that time the back petals faded a little. Maybe I'll do them under cover next year to see if that improves things. But they're very promising and worth another go I think. By the way, do you sell any rooted cuttings you have left over during propagation season? I'm looking to buy quite a few cuttings of a few varieties, if you were interested in contacting me? Jason

Fantastic collection!

Lo siento no hablo espanol.

favor poner el cuidado de las dalis en español y no en inglesporq no en tiendo

Hi Darren, I've hada really bad year so far. Not too many cuttings to take from my 100 tubers, and the growth on them was kind of stunted and strange. Then on top of that, what cuttings I did get have taken ages to root resulting in more loses than normal. Also, a strangely large amount of hollow stemmed, even at this time of year, ( I set my tubers off early this year in December). Then to top it all, about 50% of the plants that I did get to root, seemed to get some kind of virus or something and the leaves shrivelled. So overall it's been a bad season for me in terms of propagation. Having said all that, the cuttings that I have managed to save are now doing a little better and progressing slowly but healthily it seems. I don't think I will start the tubers off so early next year!!