If you want slightly bigger pots, I grow my dahlias in black builders buckets from B&Q. They cost 97p and I buy 3 or 4 a month throughout the year. A quid a pot might sound a lot, but they are really durable and should last indefinitely.
My dad gave me 7 dahlias fir my birthday last year. Thus us the first year I'm taking them.out if storage to prepare them fir planting out at the end of May. I've nit been insuextibg them over the winter but last week I saw at least one was in growth. Like you, I have one dahlua whose roirs are an enormous clump so I'm hoping I'll find an obvious place to divide it. It's such an exciting time of year in the garden! Great video 😁
I have just purchased a sunshine dahlia which is orange/ peach with dark/ chocolate foliage. It’s stunning and this video was exactly what I needed. Thankyou. Xx
Hello Katrina, I was just watching this as I plan to pot several dahlias tomorrow as I bought them thinking your video will tell me what to do. So here is to good luck tomorrow.
Thanks so much for this. I have Dahlia tubers I need to plant and this was so helpful. I live in zone five and so have to lift the tubers in the fall and now I think I can do so successfully! It's always good to SEE it being done.
Oh it couldn’t be any more polar opposite! I got lucky with the rain but the wind made it impossible to film my April tour video 😩 I did get my shallots planted out, had a good tidy up and sowed some seeds. Hope you had a good day!
I picked up a lot of varieties available in Wilko last summer (I was introduced to dahlias after watching your video (new gardener)). They all grew so successfully so I will try planting some dinnerplate dahlias this summer! Thank you for teaching me how to garden :)
@@freshpetals_Hi I planted half of them directly in the ground and half in pots, all of my tubers flowered successfully. This year all my tubers will be grown in pots and some have already begun to sprout!
I feel your pain regarding squirrels eating bulbs. I have made my own bulb cages. I'm pretty proud of them. I will post my own you tube video making and using these cages. I may even sell them on eBay. Good luck.
I just subscribed. I love Dahlias. I am a newbie gardener in my patio since I dont have a backyard garden, I plant them in pots. I started planting Dinner Plate and Enormous Blooms last week. I bought some plant support to protect them from the wind. I’m really excited. Do you have Dinner Plate Dahlias?
I love how organised you are, labelling everything. That greenhouse is a treat! I grew Dahlias last year, bought two sets of tubers, ended up with three because one broke just like yours and grew inti a separate plant but then I forgot about my plot and they stayed in the ground without any mulch or protection. They are still there, I have some hope for them though :) We will see.
I’ve learnt from many mistakes with labels! Losing them, writing the wrong name. I still always end up with some mystery plants 🤷🏻♀️ I have my fingers crossed that your dahlias will spring back into life! 🤞🏻🌸
How did they do? I bought some dahlia tubers from aldi last week and have them in pots. I’m starting to think about giving them away to someone with a house if them staying pots for too long isn’t a good option
Adriana Ortiz I have bought some new dahlia tubers for this year from online garden Shops and they are doing absolutely fine! Some of them are now like 40cm tall and i have already repotted a few 🌞 just make sure to buy flowerpots that are big enough (mine are between 25cm to 30cm)!
Hi, love your videos, I took your advice and I got a couple of Onesta tubers from my local Wilco, and by midsummer had huge beautiful white flowers. Unfortunately I had no idea how vigorous and large the plant would get, and even though I had used bigger pots than you advise, after a fairly windy storm, my lovely plants were fallen and broken on the patio. How do you stake your potted dahlias to avoid this happening or should I just use dwarf plants in pots and plant my beloved Onestas in the perennial beds with a large wooden stake? Thanks and keep up your enjoyable and informative channel
Very beautiful garden and inspiration for all flower and garden lovers ,great smile :)I wonder how square meters is your allotment ,I am on the way to start my small garden but not sure if is going to be enough ,it is about 200 sq.m ?
Does the size of the tuber matter? I garden on a balcony and dont really have space to store the tubers after flowering.. I contemplated treating them as annuals and simply buy new ones each year seeing as they aren’t too expensive - and I can only grow around four pots of dahlias anyway so it isn’t cost me a fortune.. what do you reckon?
Hi, what stage do you give them support ? Growing dahlia from tubers first time this year. Love watching your videos, wish you would do more videos, now that it’s quarantine. All the best x
Aneena Manimala I try to get the supports in the ground when I plant the dahlias in the ground. I use thick hazel sticks. I’m trying my best to make extra content. I made two extra videos in the last month on top on my usual tour. They take a lot of work to film and edit especially since I am still working full time. The April tour will be out very soon. Take care x
Thank you. 2 questions. First time I have saved Dalhias. I am in Southern Ontario Canada. I stored mine in a box in shredded paper and basement as we have snow and frequent temperature changes. I wanted to get them established and read I could start them early so I did. My one in a 2 gallon pot became 3’ High in no time. I decided I would put in a large garden pot for my patio. It is still in kitchen in pot and thriving. Could I have left it in that pot until my season got here? It is April 27 and this morning we have dusting of snow🙄 I have a whole collection coming so when they arrive if I can put in ground should I or start like you have done? Sorry 3 questions. I know we use different words for things. So when you say compost is that what it is not potting soil? Thank you for all your help. Enjoy that warmth. 🇨🇦💝💐
Hey Beverly! Great to hear that you’re a keen dahlia grower too. Regarding your tall dahlia, you could pinch out the growing tip and this with encourage it to bush out and slow down the growth a bit! I will be doing it to mine to make stronger plants. Just make sure you cut just above a pair of leaves. You could cut it in half, no problem! It’ll look drastic but it’ll be fine. I’m not sure when the snow and cold weather changes for your part of the world. When all risk of frost has gone and the soil temperature has warmed and night time temperature isn’t too cold, it’s safe to plant them out. I won’t plant mine in the ground until June! As for the compost, this is bought potting mix, I believe that’s what you call it? Just to clarify it is not soil or from my compost bin. ☺️👍🏻 hope that helps!
Do you mind if I ask, I am just going no dig at my new allotment, can I plant my tubers into a no dig section (not doing raised beds) or are they better off in pots to begin with when the time comes around? :) Never grown dahlia's before so unsure as to how deep they would need to go 🌸
Where are your shoes from? I’m after a really comfy pair of shoes like those. I keep getting blisters from wearing rubbish shoes down the allotment 🙈💗 thank you in advance x
I have to ask... Just how large are the plots round your way? Your place looks absolutely enormous, and I'm so jealous I'm considering moving across the country for an upgrade! :)
@@homegrowngarden I'm in Australia, so I'm used to different temperatures. Anything under 26*C I need a jumper but could get away with shorts and a jumper :P
Wow, I’m amazed your dahlias grew that much in one year! Last year was my first year growing dahlias but my tubers only grew to about half that size in a year. I’m surprised by your pot size as well, I would have thought you would need a much larger pot than that. 🤔
she's just starting them in pots, they'll get planted out soon...if they were going to grow in pots all year, they'd definitely need much much bigger pots!
Hi! This is my first time planting dahlias and I don’t quite know what to do. I just bought my tubers from the supermarket (March 24th). Should I pot them before I plant them in may?
Treat yourself to an ice cream you deserve one. Another great video. I reckon yourself, Erica and Jane kelly ought to get together and produce a video together would give gardeners world and beechgrove a run for there money. Have you grown Dallas from seed. Did a couple of dozen last year just waiting to see how they wake up this year. Once again a great video
No, the pots are only temporary because they grow so large. They wouldn’t have enough space to grow and probably wouldn’t take up water as easily and could rot in heavy downpours.
homegrown.garden Thanks for that. I live in Northern Ireland and it rains a lot. Used to have cold winters and warm summers but you know, Climate Change. I shall put them in the ground in late April. 😘
Johnny F no problem! Just a heads up though, I don’t transplant them from pot to ground until early June. You want the night time temperatures to be warmer than 10°C. By starting them in pots the plants will get quite established and ready for the warmer weather come June. They should flower from mid July ☺️
Johnny F you’re welcome! A lot of people don’t realise how late flowering they are but you’ll have blooms from July - Oct or the first frost 😁 That sounds like a lovely design. All the best! 🌸
Nice video..... dahlias are one of my favorite flowers I would also be careful about the music from that Ice cream van TH-cam sanctioned a famous called baconsoda for the music playing in the back ground a couple of years ago...With Regards Mark
Hi, thanks for the video. I grow dahlias in pots too. I think your pots are a bit small for the size of tuber. I would divide the tubers or use a 15 litre to 20 litre pot. Be very interesting to see the ones you did in the video at the end of the year when. you put them. To sleep again,.
Why wouldn’t you separate?? If you plant them that big all the energy goes into the bulbs and not the plant and blooms smaller flowers if you don’t divide them.
Don’t be silly . Where’s she going to catch Covid ? From the dahlias ? There is very little evidence of outdoor spread , and there would need to be someone outside her bubble to catch it .
It's quite amazing how something so strange looking can produce something
so beautiful.
If you want slightly bigger pots, I grow my dahlias in black builders buckets from B&Q. They cost 97p and I buy 3 or 4 a month throughout the year. A quid a pot might sound a lot, but they are really durable and should last indefinitely.
Love all your tips,especially regarding dahlias
Why can I not find your favourite
Wizard of oz ,would like to add this for 2023
My dad gave me 7 dahlias fir my birthday last year. Thus us the first year I'm taking them.out if storage to prepare them fir planting out at the end of May.
I've nit been insuextibg them over the winter but last week I saw at least one was in growth.
Like you, I have one dahlua whose roirs are an enormous clump so I'm hoping I'll find an obvious place to divide it.
It's such an exciting time of year in the garden!
Great video 😁
When you hit like before even watching the video because you know it’s going to be good! 🙋🏻♀️
Thank you Lianne! 🌸
Thank you for your great videos. I love the organised randomness of the allotment too!
I wish I were close enough to treat you to that ice cream, but alas an ocean lays between. I truly enjoy all your videos.
Thanks Wayne!
Perfect! Just found you I'm trying Dahlias for first time this year! So exciting!🙂🌼
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I have just purchased a sunshine dahlia which is orange/ peach with dark/ chocolate foliage. It’s stunning and this video was exactly what I needed. Thankyou. Xx
Hello Katrina, I was just watching this as I plan to pot several dahlias tomorrow as I bought them thinking your video will tell me what to do. So here is to good luck tomorrow.
Oh my goodness! Definitely homegrown! My favorite gardener! Keep up the great work!
Really great! Thanks! Potting up my very first dahlia tubers today, Easter Saturday. Fingers crossed!
Hey that's a very nice video about the dahlia's. Great work !
Thanks so much for this. I have Dahlia tubers I need to plant and this was so helpful. I live in zone five and so have to lift the tubers in the fall and now I think I can do so successfully! It's always good to SEE it being done.
Thank you so much Renee! It makes all the effort of filming and editing worth it to know it helps someone. Best of luck with your dahlias! 🌸💞
your videos are getting more of a proffesional feel to them now :)
Its been totally opposite weather down allotments today. But, this Certainly brightened things up. I REALLY look forward to your vids.. thankyou.. ✌⚘
Oh it couldn’t be any more polar opposite! I got lucky with the rain but the wind made it impossible to film my April tour video 😩 I did get my shallots planted out, had a good tidy up and sowed some seeds. Hope you had a good day!
I'm potting up my tuber today in quarantine.
Thanks for sharing! Very excited for the beautiful flowers to come up! :)
Thank you for sharing your expertise. It is very encouraging for this beginner!
Cute sneeze! 😄☺️
I love Dahlias 🌸💕🌸
I picked up a lot of varieties available in Wilko last summer (I was introduced to dahlias after watching your video (new gardener)).
They all grew so successfully so I will try planting some dinnerplate dahlias this summer! Thank you for teaching me how to garden :)
Hello. I am a new gardener too. Does this plant need to be planted in the ground or it is fine to stay in the pot?
@@freshpetals_Hi I planted half of them directly in the ground and half in pots, all of my tubers flowered successfully. This year all my tubers will be grown in pots and some have already begun to sprout!
@@Jojo-vv9ue thank you. Now I am more confident I can grow them😍❤️
I feel your pain regarding squirrels eating bulbs. I have made my own bulb cages. I'm pretty proud of them. I will post my own you tube video making and using these cages. I may even sell them on eBay. Good luck.
Did you make your TH-cam bulb making cages? Would love to learn how to make them?
Did you ever get around to selling them on Ebay?
Guardian Of The Angels Gardens. It's beautiful ❤️
Thank you, really helpful video and enjoy your hints and tips
Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🌹👍
I just subscribed. I love Dahlias. I am a newbie gardener in my patio since I dont have a backyard garden, I plant them in pots. I started planting Dinner Plate and Enormous Blooms last week. I bought some plant support to protect them from the wind. I’m really excited. Do you have Dinner Plate Dahlias?
I love how organised you are, labelling everything. That greenhouse is a treat! I grew Dahlias last year, bought two sets of tubers, ended up with three because one broke just like yours and grew inti a separate plant but then I forgot about my plot and they stayed in the ground without any mulch or protection. They are still there, I have some hope for them though :) We will see.
I’ve learnt from many mistakes with labels! Losing them, writing the wrong name. I still always end up with some mystery plants 🤷🏻♀️ I have my fingers crossed that your dahlias will spring back into life! 🤞🏻🌸
Thank you ,this video has been very useful.
I only have a balcony and ordered some Dahlias hopefully they will survive in my Pots🌞
How did they do? I bought some dahlia tubers from aldi last week and have them in pots. I’m starting to think about giving them away to someone with a house if them staying pots for too long isn’t a good option
Adriana Ortiz I have bought some new dahlia tubers for this year from online garden Shops and they are doing absolutely fine! Some of them are now like 40cm tall and i have already repotted a few 🌞 just make sure to buy flowerpots that are big enough (mine are between 25cm to 30cm)!
Hi, love your videos, I took your advice and I got a couple of Onesta tubers from my local Wilco, and by midsummer had huge beautiful white flowers. Unfortunately I had no idea how vigorous and large the plant would get, and even though I had used bigger pots than you advise, after a fairly windy storm, my lovely plants were fallen and broken on the patio. How do you stake your potted dahlias to avoid this happening or should I just use dwarf plants in pots and plant my beloved Onestas in the perennial beds with a large wooden stake? Thanks and keep up your enjoyable and informative channel
Very beautiful garden and inspiration for all flower and garden lovers ,great smile :)I wonder how square meters is your allotment ,I am on the way to start my small garden but not sure if is going to be enough ,it is about 200 sq.m ?
I'm growing dahlias this year Katrina! ;)
I would disappointed in you if you weren’t, Kevin! 😏🌸
Beautiful! Informative.
Never thought I would come to Lara Croft for tuber advice
Very useful info, thank you.
Genial, como siempre. Gracias.
Always a pleasure to learn from Katrina.
Nice Collection
Does the size of the tuber matter? I garden on a balcony and dont really have space to store the tubers after flowering.. I contemplated treating them as annuals and simply buy new ones each year seeing as they aren’t too expensive - and I can only grow around four pots of dahlias anyway so it isn’t cost me a fortune.. what do you reckon?
Hi, what stage do you give them support ? Growing dahlia from tubers first time this year. Love watching your videos, wish you would do more videos, now that it’s quarantine. All the best x
Aneena Manimala I try to get the supports in the ground when I plant the dahlias in the ground. I use thick hazel sticks.
I’m trying my best to make extra content. I made two extra videos in the last month on top on my usual tour. They take a lot of work to film and edit especially since I am still working full time. The April tour will be out very soon. Take care x
The wind is killing my beans, just had to bring them in. I had planting in mind this weekend but no way
What a contrast the weather is today compared to last week! I really hope this storm passes soon. I planned on planting out a lot of things today too!
Bless you!
Thank you. 2 questions. First time I have saved Dalhias. I am in Southern Ontario Canada. I stored mine in a box in shredded paper and basement as we have snow and frequent temperature changes. I wanted to get them established and read I could start them early so I did. My one in a 2 gallon pot became 3’ High in no time. I decided I would put in a large garden pot for my patio. It is still in kitchen in pot and thriving. Could I have left it in that pot until my season got here? It is April 27 and this morning we have dusting of snow🙄 I have a whole collection coming so when they arrive if I can put in ground should I or start like you have done? Sorry 3 questions. I know we use different words for things. So when you say compost is that what it is not potting soil? Thank you for all your help. Enjoy that warmth. 🇨🇦💝💐
Hey Beverly! Great to hear that you’re a keen dahlia grower too. Regarding your tall dahlia, you could pinch out the growing tip and this with encourage it to bush out and slow down the growth a bit! I will be doing it to mine to make stronger plants. Just make sure you cut just above a pair of leaves. You could cut it in half, no problem! It’ll look drastic but it’ll be fine.
I’m not sure when the snow and cold weather changes for your part of the world. When all risk of frost has gone and the soil temperature has warmed and night time temperature isn’t too cold, it’s safe to plant them out. I won’t plant mine in the ground until June!
As for the compost, this is bought potting mix, I believe that’s what you call it? Just to clarify it is not soil or from my compost bin. ☺️👍🏻 hope that helps!
Bless you.😊
Thank you! It was a bad day for hayfever sufferers! 🤧
lOVELY VERY HELPFUL , SHOULD i mix chicken pellet fertilizer with the compost please ? x
I 😍 dahlias I grow them with seeds
Grew mine from seed too, was amazed to see tubers end of the year
Por favor más vídeos tutoriales, son magníficos. Gracias.
Do you mind if I ask, I am just going no dig at my new allotment, can I plant my tubers into a no dig section (not doing raised beds) or are they better off in pots to begin with when the time comes around? :) Never grown dahlia's before so unsure as to how deep they would need to go 🌸
Where are your shoes from? I’m after a really comfy pair of shoes like those. I keep getting blisters from wearing rubbish shoes down the allotment 🙈💗 thank you in advance x
Beautiful garden! Love your videos.
Hello there lovely video. May I ask where you got your compost spade please.
This was a fascinating process! Thanks for the demo! 🌸🌸🌸
0:52 bless you angel 😇
I have to ask... Just how large are the plots round your way? Your place looks absolutely enormous, and I'm so jealous I'm considering moving across the country for an upgrade! :)
My allotment site is the biggest and the oldest in Europe! We have over 650 plots that vary in size. Mine is 300 square meters. 👍🏻
@@homegrowngarden Lucky you! I think the walls/gate/shed give the impression of it being even larger. You place looks lovely and I'm very jealous.
Hi ya I was just wondering what compost you use? Love the videos, thank you 😊
She said it's potting mix in a answer below, miracle grow potting mix are good I used it all the time to do my winter sowing
"Hot sunny day".... I was expecting you to say 32*C+ degrees. Haha I have to put on a jumper in 22*C
It was unusually hot for April!
@@homegrowngarden I'm in Australia, so I'm used to different temperatures. Anything under 26*C I need a jumper but could get away with shorts and a jumper :P
Wow, I’m amazed your dahlias grew that much in one year! Last year was my first year growing dahlias but my tubers only grew to about half that size in a year.
I’m surprised by your pot size as well, I would have thought you would need a much larger pot than that. 🤔
she's just starting them in pots, they'll get planted out soon...if they were going to grow in pots all year, they'd definitely need much much bigger pots!
@@clairemcconway6266 Ahhh gotcha, that makes a lot more sense 😅
You look like a pretty dahlia
I just planted some May 25th.. do you think the will grow??
Absolutely! They’ll just flower a bit later 😊
Salute! 😀
Hi! This is my first time planting dahlias and I don’t quite know what to do. I just bought my tubers from the supermarket (March 24th). Should I pot them before I plant them in may?
Treat yourself to an ice cream you deserve one. Another great video. I reckon yourself, Erica and Jane kelly ought to get together and produce a video together would give gardeners world and beechgrove a run for there money. Have you grown Dallas from seed. Did a couple of dozen last year just waiting to see how they wake up this year. Once again a great video
Could you leave the tubers in the pots and put the plots in the ground? Would they be too wet?
No, the pots are only temporary because they grow so large. They wouldn’t have enough space to grow and probably wouldn’t take up water as easily and could rot in heavy downpours.
homegrown.garden
Thanks for that. I live in Northern Ireland and it rains a lot. Used to have cold winters and warm summers but you know, Climate Change. I shall put them in the ground in late April. 😘
Johnny F no problem! Just a heads up though, I don’t transplant them from pot to ground until early June. You want the night time temperatures to be warmer than 10°C. By starting them in pots the plants will get quite established and ready for the warmer weather come June. They should flower from mid July ☺️
homegrown.garden Your a star. I would have put them in way too early. Going to put them in a bed separated with grasses like Stipa.
Johnny F you’re welcome! A lot of people don’t realise how late flowering they are but you’ll have blooms from July - Oct or the first frost 😁 That sounds like a lovely design. All the best! 🌸
smashing video
Hi, just a question. These flowering dahlias that are shown at the beginning of the video ( Café-au-lait?) . Are these also in pots?
Good morning cupcake 😘
Nice video..... dahlias are one of my favorite flowers I would also be careful about the music from that Ice cream van TH-cam sanctioned a famous called baconsoda for the music playing in the back ground a couple of years ago...With Regards Mark
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How big a pots do you usually use ?
Hi, thanks for the video. I grow dahlias in pots too. I think your pots are a bit small for the size of tuber. I would divide the tubers or use a 15 litre to 20 litre pot. Be very interesting to see the ones you did in the video at the end of the year when. you put them. To sleep again,.
do the dahlias need to have a an eye on them before planting
No, but if you see an eye you will be sure there is some life in it :)
Why wouldn’t you separate?? If you plant them that big all the energy goes into the bulbs and not the plant and blooms smaller flowers if you don’t divide them.
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Hi what is the soil you use?
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Can we keep them in pots?
Only certain dwarf varieties and they would still need to be put into a much bigger pot than you see here. Maybe a 12 - 18 inch pot.
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She should wear a face mask! The Covid-19 corona virus is still around the surroundings. She looks lovely though, soft spoken lady.
Don’t be silly . Where’s she going to catch Covid ? From the dahlias ? There is very little evidence of outdoor spread , and there would need to be someone outside her bubble to catch it .