150 New Dahlias and a Strange Plan
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Every year I plant 100 or more dahlias, with very little financial success, and say that I'll never do it again (only to find myself tempted into buying another case or two the following year). But this time its different! Not because I didn't buy 3 cases of dahlias, that I definitely did, but because I have a new plan for how to grow them.
Instead of planting into farm beds in the open field as early as possible, this year I am planting my dahlias into a greenhouse in the beginning of June, in hopes that I will have happy and healthy blooms in the fall. I will keep everyone posted on my great dahlia experiment.
But to tide you all over till I have blooms, I'm sharing how excited I am about the 6 new varieties that I'm trying out. Ruth Ann, Milena Fleur, Sweet Natalie, Sweet Suzanne, Wizard of Oz and Isabel. I'm also sharing details about how I like to use them in my market bouquets and when designing floral arrangements.
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Such enthusiasm. A love story, Ian s soft side and your business side. Hey, all is complementary.
You should grow them under 50 percent shade cloth. That is what we do for showing when it gets too hot. It will help save the color and the plants.
Shade cloth is the answer.
Great Silence dahlias are relatively easy and productive with good stems. They start out in shades of peachy pink, and the center develops more yellow as the flower ages. I love them.
Dalia’s are gorgeous and beautiful!!! Ian is right.
Last year due to heath and drought... Dahlias didn t move till august... Best flowers were in Oktober even November... Strange isn t it? I kept some in the ground as an experiment... This year... many Dahlias survived and grow more vigorous, strobg and healthy than the new ones I ve potted up in april. Also strang. Dahlias are full of surprises. I spray them with a garlic liquid to make them unattractive for slugs and snails. Give them tomato fertilizer and never cold water... water that is a bit adapted to the temperature outside.
Of the dahlias you bought this time, I'd have to say that I like Ruth Ann best. Can't wait to see all of them when they grow! Hope you're feeling great!
Love the colors and varieties you picked. ❤
I fell in love with 'creme de casis.' Can't wait for them to begin blooming! What a unique and stunning color!
I just LOVE this video, it was like a surprise 🎉 because we know Serena loves the monies and they weren’t that profitable before 😂 I’m starting to think she has a secret fondness for dahlias too! I’m really hoping this plan works out because I remember that cheese grin that Ian had showing these beauties in videos. #DahliasForTheWin
I am in zone 6a in the usa. Have not planted my dahlia tubers yet.
Will plant them next week. Planting early doesn't mean they will bloom earlier here. So i am planting them later this year.
Two things I think 💭 might help. Spraying diluted whey from milk, sour cream, 10 parts water to 1 part whey.
Possible other choice is something fragrant in pots, like mints, lemon balm, lavender, basil. I think grasshoppers are attracted by smell more than sight. Again, I think.
Personally I hate grasshoppers grew up with them every summer, yuck.
Your altitude may have an effect on the dahlia growth, but the use of the greenhouse might mitigate that. Foliar spray with whey is the one thing I think will help.
Here also a fan of Cornel family for beauty and productivity!
Girl.... You gotta split those tubers and have 1000 dahlia plants!! 😂😂😂😂😂 But Mikayla Miranda is great and lasts awhile in the vase
I love that you love orange flowers as much as I do! Maarn/Sylvia is my favorite dahlia too!!
Sweet susanne and orange one are my favourites. I dont grow them for cuts, hence my favourite is sebastian, its a decorative, with quite short stems, but its a gorgeous peach and floweres generously. Last year i liked beatrice, i guess it would be good for cutting it had strong long stem, peachy coral ball flower, it wasnt too productive, but it was the perfect colour. I wish there were true green flowered dahlias. Salmony peach and green floweres are my favourites :)
Decorative dahlias are my favorite! Beautiful assortment! I'm looking forward too seeing how well your experiment works this summer!❤
I just love nordjwicks glory, prolific tubers, more decorative but seemed to do well in a vase for me! I also love Sonic bloom and the tubers multiplied like crazy
This reminds me of the Movie Documentary The Biggest Little Farm, Molly, and John viewed their farm as an ecosystem. In the documentary, they were solving problems all the time each year brings something different. I like that you are trying something different and if it works wow and if it does not work then you can try something else. Your farm is beautiful.
PLEASE put out the Mothers Day Market video!!!!!
What a great selection guys! I was curious if you would try to lift and replant next year, but you answered that! 😊
Assuming you aren't going to sell the tubers, I'd be tempted to try to keep them over winter and plant them in your own garden in the traditional timeframe. With a bit of luck you could have some to add to early bouquets or just to enjoy at home. Yes, it's extra labour but it may pay dividends!
Thoughts on maybe succession planting dahlias? (fist succession bright summer colors, second the deep fall colors)
Excellent idea!
Cornell series are really good producers and probably in tones you will appreciate like bronze. I am trialing next year a Buttercup Dahlia which is a small yellow pompom which is said to be a prolific producer
New varieties, decorative and ball style: Isabel, purple/fuchsia pink ball. All varieties listed in video description.
We are planning to plant our dahlias next week, so behind this year, but hey so long as they are in!
I also love Maarn/Sylvia, and am growing some this year. I'm also trying Wizard of Oz as I've heard lots of good things about it. The one I'm most excited about is Platinum Blonde, which is an anemone style dahlia that is a yellow poof in the center with white petals on the outside. I have horrible luck with deer eating my dahlias just as they're budding up, but I'm hopeful I can keep them away this year and get some lovely blooms :)
Could you put mesh bags over the stems?
@@amoore0713 absolutely, that's a great idea :)
I love Maarn too! I got a bunch of them this year.
Milena Fleur also looks like a beautiful bridge between pinks and oranges.
Zone 7A Kentucky here and it’s hot and extremely HUMID! I planted Dynamite dahlias this year next to my Dynamite Crepe Myrtle. Results remain to be seen, last year I planted too early and we got a hard frost so some of my tubers died. The ones that didn’t bloomed late September/October.
I'd have to take to those with my scalpel and secerteirs and divide those clumps. Imagine how many tubers there would be then! Gorgeous colours :)
Do you just know the color of every flower with just its name? Im totally amazed at your knowledge and I am excited that you are willing to find a better way to grow these flowers:))
I got Sylvia 2 here in nz as orange is also my fav colour ❤ they wer beautiful and I can't wait for them to bloom again nxt summer.
I'm new with dahlias whats the best way to harvest to get the longest vase life. Y'all are so inspiring thank you
I love your new pink jacket.
Dahlias - I've only grown once. I forget about them
I'll have to grow them again.
i grow cabana banana and strawberry cream as test this year
The only dahlia I have is red. I already had a cart full, so I only bought one. Only two choices were red or red & white. I figured I’d just keep dividing this one. I’m in no hurry 🤗 You look cute today! This is my first year growing ranuculus and they’re not too happy.
All beautiful! I hope your plan works out, seems like it should. Will you consider light shade cloth or bug netting if you’re planting in a tunnel?
Sounds like you need another 1000 cats to take care of those grasshoppers!
I would agree with some others you need to adopt a weekly spray schedule. Using some organic spray. Regards the sunlight issue you could always set up some form of lightweight framework similar to a fruit cage and apply shade netting to the top this could be 6-ft high made out of conduit or PVC pipe. The sides could remain open for easy access.
As she mentioned, they're looking for a plan that involves less labour; otherwise dahlias aren't worth growing for the numbers of blooms they produce.
@@MyFocusVaries Yes! I fully understood that requirement! However, it would appear the grasshoppers are all over the farm. Spraying is likely to be the only viable course of action. The shade netting is a semi permanent structure not to be removed. The growing area for dahlia not changing, potentially the dahlias being left in situ. With flowerpot covers.
You do realize of course what happens to lightweight net structures with 6inc plus snow falling on them
You really look nice today.
I love your outfit in this video
You were asking Ian to guess what color and as I’m listening while I drive I’m saying green! Green! Green! Then he says orange and I glance at the screen and see that yes, it is indeed orange. 😂
My 2 most productive have been arabian nights, mickela miranda, and american dawn.
The first dahlias you showed (Isabel, I think), are my favorite! I was all set to plan an order until you said Canada only 😄
I've watched you for a few years and enjoy you content. I'm concerned for you and your new plan. On many of the dahlia sights they suggest diatematius earth and also using organza bags or some way to draw in more birds to eat the grasshoppers for protecting the blooms. I'm just concerned about the hot summer and it being even more hot in the hoop house and the plants just roasting. They don't like extreme heat. If you are putting shade cloth up and pulling up the sides so they are ventilated and fertilizing them then I can see them being ok. Personally, if I didn't know that it would work this way I wouldn't put all my stock in there and maybe leave out 25% and try the D.E. and organza bags. I wish you guys all the best.
I love your outfit❤
Serena, just. thought, might it be profitable for you to grow and arrange specifically for weddings? You could market as straight from the farm to the table and potentially plan you upcoming year on your confirmed and deposited orders)
Have you thought of shade cloth for the Dahlias 💜😊
Hello Serina, can you give an update about your dahlias? Thanks,
All gorgeous! It will be interesting to have your theory tested out.
Would the next 80 include an Arabian Night or something deep and rich for fall?
Bridezilla is a huge producer for me. Also makes a gazillion tubers.
Where do you buy your dahlia tubers? Yours are much larger than the ones I bought from Swan Island.
she mentioned in the video where she bought them
Rip City is a great burgundy flower that creates nice contrast. Karma Gold is a bright flower that produces a lot of stems. I think the Karma series is specifically bred for the cut flower market. I am going to try Karma Prospero, a pink version, this year to see if it produces as well as the Karma Gold.
Which dahlias I would choose you ask? YES!
You probably saved a bunch of inspiring flower farmers from making them dinner plate 🍽️ purchases 😂🎉🔥😒😕🤏🏿👹
And it’s still cold as hell here so I’m rooting for my late ass lisianthus 😂🎉
I didn’t understand : will you lift and store these afterwards? Or will you sell the tubers?
They should eat them. At least some of them. Then the money invested won't be an issue :)
I think you may be on to something!
What do you do to control grasshoppers. They ate my whole garden last year and are back now. Please help
Fol- eee- age!!! I don't understand how a farmer doesn't know how to say foliage
I’m curious: do Canadians say “FOY-luj” where Americans say “foh-lee-ij” and “nar-kiss-us” where Americans say “nar-sis-us”?
I find national differences in English so interesting.
Aku nyari umbi dahlia di Indonesia susah banget nyari nya
What zone are you ?
Any tips on growing dhalia from the tubers? I tried it this year (in pots) and most of not all died…. And I live in Toronto. I love dahlias!
I grow dahlias from the tubers in pots. You want to put tubers in pots, water them, and then not water them until you see green growth. If you keep watering your pots before you see green growth, your tubers can rot.
Who do you buy the dahlias from?
These came from Unicorn Blooms
Their cheap???? Dahlias are definitely not cheap. Where do yiu purchase your dahlias at a cheap price?
I am team red, so....
First :)
First-ish
👍 nice
I got the Cafe con Leche Mix from Eden brothers. It’s my first time growing dahlias. I used to drool over them in the catalogs but I lived on a farm and my father said they were frivolous. I finally have my own land - I’m growing them! I don’t even care if I get flowers tbh im just so proud I bought them ❤
It’s so exciting getting your hands on flowers you’ve been seeing online for years! I grew cafe au lait last year after waiting for years and it was great!
"My milkshake flowers brings all the customers to the stand..."
You "influenced" me into buying and planting 200 bulbes of Gladiolus and this morning I saw 2 little bud peaking out of the ground. All this is so exciting lol.
Haha same. Just not as many
17:23 Who said ORANGE out loud as I did? 😀
My Milena Fleur dahlias overwintered in the ground here in zone 6A central Ohio, with no protection, came back just fine. Also Sylvia and about 90% of all the dahlia tubers I left in the ground as an experiment! I am so excited I can leave my tubers in the ground and skip the digging, storing, potting up, and planting out! (I’ll always order a few tubers each year just in case they all freeze.)
Sounds like a good plan. I think dahlias are more sun-loving than heat-loving, there’s a difference. They’re from mountain regions, too hot and they’re not at all happy.
I always chuckle at how you never remember when Canadian Thanksgiving is! This year it’s October 9th! So pretty early on in October!
What’s the rule?
American Thanksgiving is the fourthThursday in November. I always cringe when people say it’s the last Thursday. It often is but during a year with five Thursdays in November it isn’t.
Big fan of the Cornell series and sports (I actually think Isabel is one of them) for productivity. But my favorite dahlia hands down is Lights Out! It is definitely not great producer but you just cant beat the color, it is sooooo dark and goes with warm or cool tones like a dream, especially for fall flowers.
Bought sweet Natalie last year and it was my most prolific dahlia❤
Rip city did really well for me in Florida zone 9. Gorgeous deep purple. Shiloh noelle was also very productive, but I tended to have a lot of bug damage on those. I would say I only got to use 1/3 of the blooms, so it’s a good thing they produced a ton of flowers.
I’ve found that playing around with planting time has been great for me here in California. Our summers are hot and dry so most things planted in the spring get scorched. They just aren’t established enough by the time the rains go. Instead planting during the fall and letting them grow their roots during our winter rainy season really helps their health. I’m already well past the end of planting by May and we’re preparing to ride out the next five dry months.
Wow so may dahlias! I added a lot of new dahlia varieties to our garden this year too. I am just a home gardener, but so I did not add nearly as many as you did, but our raised beds should have a lot of beautiful flowers this year. I am excited to see all of these blooming for you guys! -Cara 😄
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u from Rusia?
Ever since I started watching your channel I get so much more excited about certain flowers at the garden center. We went today and they had the most beautiful dahlias! I was so excited and got a pretty magenta one. They're a perrinial in my zone.
Build a pond, add some frogs 🐸 and hopefully they will eat loads of grasshoppers 🦗
Wine Eyed Jill! Super duper produktiv! Has really long steams as well. And the perfect mixture of colors that matches EVERYTHING! /Flower farmer in Sweden :)
I think your heat is the big problem. Dahlias hate extreme heat and need lots and lots of slow deep watering. I water mine with a drip tape for 2 hours, 3 times a week. I have about 350 this year.
And earwigs 🪳( more legs) love living in petals & if u don’t shake them they can fall out on the table or wherever u have your vase💗
You always talk about working with florists, I'd love to see a video on how that works. Do they come tour your farm and see things in person? Do you send them pictures? How does it work?
Thanks for another video! I had no idea that grasshoppers carry so many viruses! I am not sure I understand your dahlia plan. Are you planting them in the high tunnel? How will they get enough sun to bloom?
Over here in Edmonton Dahlias never really work well for me LOL its either the heat.... or the Lygus bugs :(
For me, the most productive and a florist fave is Cornel Bronze. Excited about trying a new one this year- Winkie Lambrusco 🤣 With that name, I just had to try it! Good luck with your experiment.
What a wonderful name, Winkie Lambrusco!!
Grasshoppers grrrrrrr. Two years ago I started new tiny peppers and a couple of hot peppers (this was in addition to my regular pepper garden, which was thriving). Stinking grasshoppers decimated them in one day. Bold little b*st*rds. I went out there and there was at least one grasshopper at the top of each plant. They had already eaten all the leaves and were chowing down at the tip of the plants. I whacked one plant to knock of the grasshoppers on it, AND THEY FLEW RIGHT BACK ONTO THE STEM. Actually scared me. Then I got made and started whacking all of them. I also went into the house to get my BT Spray, and let loose on them. I haven't grown peppers since, but I will again (when I regain my strength). I'll be much more ready for pest pressure than I was then. Those are MY peppers (tomatoes, eggplants, squash, etc) NOT theirs.
Crazy love is super productive for flowers and tubers. However it is a creamy white with lavender edges, so not a Serina favorite for color.
I also love the decorative dahlia "fabulous". It is more fushia red. Very productive for flowers and tubers.
My favourite varieties for cut flowers are silver years, arabian night, cornel, cornel bronze, ivanetti, wizard of oz, petras wedding, and brown sugar to name a few. Longer vase life (for dahlia) and prolific
Unfortunately to sell to florists, fleural, cafe au lait, and cafe au lait royal are three that brides seem to gravitate to. Dinnerplates and havr short vase life. The few weddings i have been to they seem to be a staple. I personally dont grow them because they are less prolific and hard to arrange. But its used a lot in wedding work unfortunately
I found that earwigs munched on dahlias, with the reliable exception of Arabian Knight.
Hi guys you both work so hard god bless you and your children ,I, hope that you doing good with the flowers these summer take care🇨🇦💜💛💚🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌺🌼🌺🌼🌻🥀🌺🌺🌺
Do you have chickens? They eat grasshoppers usually
they really need deep watering. I love them but they are demanding
I think sometime we cause ourselves more issues by trying to grow things outside of their normal Bloom times, & then we struggle with things like you mentioned in this video- lots of pests & diseases. A lot of people put dahlias in right after ranunculus, & I think that will work out great for you to!
Giggled when you said Ian gets "Sad" when you say "No more Dahlias" 🤣🤣🤣 Darned grasshoppers. Like the sound of your cunning plan.
Love the dahlias, but we’re so excited for the Mother’s Day video 😅😬 all the best from Cambridge, UK
Interesting! But I read that dahlia tuber size doesn't necessarily correlate to the number of blooms! And that it is, in fact, easier to plant the puny tubers to get the same number and quality of blooms! Wonder if it this true
Great information. Thorough. Good luck.