DIY Grid For Staking Dahlias! Easy No Fuss Approach to Growing Beautiful Dahlias. Beginner Friendly
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- I'm trying a new staking method this year, creating a grid to support my dahlias. I have a pretty low fuss method for planting my dahlia tubers. I prefer to not pot them up in advance. This saves me on potting mix, time, and effort to water and care for them. I choose to just plant them directly in ground once the weather warms up here in my zone 6b garden. Come hang out with me while I plant my dahlia tubers, and I share with you what my process is for growing and caring for the dahlias throughout the season. Do you grow Dahlias, and do you have any tips? Share in the coments below. Thanks for watching - Steph (Gardening in Massachusetts zone 6b) #flowers #gardening #beginners
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Hey Steph, I’ve grown my dahlias in large and medium pots and so that they don’t flop over I start them in the very bottom of the pots, adding soil every few days as they grow until they have reached the top. Then I let them go and of course I pinch them so that they will branch off. It’s been working great. Even my Café au Lait don’t topple over or break off.
“Progress over Perfection” Love that, and your AC/DC shirt rocks.
I planted 6 clumps today that I purchased from a big blue box store awhile back I think in March or early April. Some of them were mushy, some looked wrinkly and some looked great. I threw the mushy ones away but planted everything else. Wish me luck, I’ve never grown dahlias before. Crossing my fingers 🤞🏼 that I get a bloom or two! Thanks for sharing steph. Loving the staking grid! 😊♥️
What a neat idea to use a grid for staking up your dahlias Steph!! Looks great!! 👏👏
Thanks Mary! hoping it works out well 💚
I love Dahlia’s ❤ looking forward to seeing these beds full of blooms 🍃🌸🍃
They are so beautiful right Jasmine! I am also very much looking forward to their blooms. ☺💚
Perfect idea for staking!
I love the mailbox in the garden idea! I'm going to do that! TY
I love, love Dahlias however I have a small back garden as well as a medium size front/side garden so planting these beauties is a no due to no room. So I have to say thank you for giving me a Dahlia enjoyment throughout the season. Looking forward to seeing updates on these. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Cute Malilbox idea and love twine container
Great job with the video
Thank you for sharing your Dahlia process! It seems much less overwhelming now after seeing you walk us through it step-by-step. In the future, could you take us along with you on one of your "Fertilizer Fridays"? I'm also curious to know what you look for in a good fertilizer (and what those numbers mean... lol). You're the best, Steph!!
Hi There, your so welcome, and i'm glad it helped💚 While I'm certainly no expert, i'm always happy to share what works, and doesn't work for me. Its all so individual in terms of what our garden needs are, and our preferences. But I think this is a great idea, and I would be happy to share at some point this season. Have a great rest of the weekend! Thank you so much ☺
So happy to see you also plant your dahlias close together! I also have too many for my space and pack them in :) thank you so much for the great fertilizer tips!
So pretty, Steph! Love your channel!
Groovy Grid System Steph! Looking forward to seeing those beautiful blooms♥ Thanks for the handy tips also given in this video 🙂🌷
They are certainly beautiful, I think, even better Roses.
Great informative video….many thnx again Steph…
I love your no fuss approach…
I have had the bone meal out and will get the fish fertilizers….
Hoping for a bit more success with the dahlias this year.
So far my 6 are looking ok 🤞☺️💚💚💚
They are going to look Beautiful because you have very exclusive taste I'm in Southeast Michigan zone 6B, Dahlias grow beautiful in this zone 6a/6b Thank you for sharing🧡
Great shirt!🤘🏻😁
I couldn’t plant all alliums last fall and stored with glads in peat moss and some rotted. You would not have to normally store those, but I agree a paper bag would be great.. we use to store canna bulbs in large cardboard tubes and they kept well. I hope I can make a root cellar this year.
Thanks for the tips. Very helpful.
Hi Steph!
Thanks so much for sharing your dahlia knowledge with us. I am looking forward to see how beautiful your dahlia patch is going to turn out.
For any beginner gardener who wants to try dahlias in their garden but get intimidated by the staking or storing method, I would suggest them to try dahlia seeds which comes in small sizes too.
PS- love your post box idea Steph!
Anu @Toronto
Hi Steph, thank you for this video! I'm new to planting dahlias this year, usually I buy them and toss them at the end of season. These are great tips so I can do it right the first time. Looking forward to seeing how yours grow. Great tip fertilizer Friday. I'm going to copy. Enjoy the season I hope you have wonderful production.
Hi Jeanine! Your very welcome. They certainly can be treated as an annual if you didn't want to lift and store them. Yes, I have a hard time remembering to fertilize so I came up with that to help me remember. Hope it helps you as well!
Nice idea. I use tomato cages for mine but I only have a couple.
i potted mine 2 months ago in the shed to get them ahead and will be the first year i save the tubers. One of mine did make it in the ground am so excited over the possibility of not having to store them if i can.
Love your trellis. I will do that for my tomatoes when I build my raise beds this fall.
Hi Ivette! Give it a try. Hope it works out well for you.
Great ideas.. everyone! I loved the mailbox for sure. I leave my gardening tools wherever I'm standing sometimes. Dahlias are beautiful! I've been working on the peonies.. I think I should try these as well! Thanks for the video!
Oh isn't that the truth Holly! I've misplaced so many things. I've even unearthed a trowel before while digging! The mailbox is handy.
Thank you very much for sharing 🌸🌼👍
Your very welcome, thank you for watching!
So beautiful
Thank you so much
Great DIY tips. ❤😊
Thank you so much Chantell! 💚
Hi Steph, I love your videos and the information you share! 💗 Dahlias are one of my favourites.
I would love to know the types you showcased at the end of the video... They were simply stunning!! 💗🤗💗
Awesome video your so inventive Steph with your garden ideas have a blessed day 🤍🌷🤍
Thank you so much Jenni! Sometimes, you gotta get creative, saving some money for more plants ;) Same to you!!
Delightful dahlias, thank you for sharing such beauty🌼🌼🌼
Your welcome Anna, and thank you so much!
@@HookedandRooted 🥰💚
I love your t-shirt!!!
Thank you so much! 🤘
Que belleza
I just finished planting the last of mine today !!! I didn’t realize I had like 60 😂😮😳 not thinking about there’s 5 of everyone I ordered 🤣🤣🤣 now gotta make some sort of stakes!!! Great idea on the string I’m planning g on doing the T posts on the ends and run string too thanks for all the info love the black outfit!!! 💚🤍🖤💚🤍🖤🌺🌸🌷
Hi Marion! Right?! and they multiply quickly! So even if you have space this year, you quickly run out of room in a couple of years, especially if they addiction to dahlias and collecting kicks in lol. Thank you so much!
Love this idea using a grid!
Is there an update video showing how well it worked? I'm in my second yr. of growing them, I over wintered but only one made it. But it was the one I liked the best so it's ok. I bought more!!! They are in pots waiting for warmer weather to be put out.
Thanks just found your video. Great Job!!
I didn't realize you had to water the tubers 1x/week after just planting the tubers...whoops. I've been watering every day 😅. I'm going to back off on the watering and see if I can get some growth coming up from the soil before hitting them with water on a daily basis. Thank you for the tips!
Just finished planting dahlias getting away from individual staking. Tried netting with 6" squares not the best solution could not get it tight enough. I'll try your weaving methods that looks like it will work great. Thanks
Hi Steph, your videos are so helpful, especially being that you garden in the same state/zone as myself. You are extremely creative in gardening on a budget. I'm curious to know what your plans are for the black plastic tarps behind your veggie garden? Have a great day!
Hi Mercedes, Thank you so much. Glad to help. The black you see in the background, is actually heavy duty landscape fabric, the stuff they use on greenhouse floors. The reason for it is that the areas around my vegetable garden was very rough land. Lots of briar (so thorny!), pokeweed, etc. We couldn't ever get ahead of it, and it engulfed my space my mid summer. We started slowly working on laying down this fabric over the course of a couple of years to supress weeds. Its working well so far. I would love to cover it up with wood chips or gravel as i'm not keen on the black look of it, but it would be incredibly expensive as its a fairly large area. So I just try to look at it as its keeping the area tidy and helping tremendously with the weeds.
Great t-shirt. I have the same 😃. Just shorter fit.
So fun! It's great! Love it 🥰
I live in a subalpine area in Australia with winter temps down to -7c (20 fahrenheit). At my local golf course, there are several dahlias that are pretty much ignored - the tubers can be poking out from the soil. They all survive and are shooting away now (it's spring here) I didn't dig up mine either this year but did cover them with a little heap of compost. Unless you REALLY want to dig them up, you'd probably be fine to leave them. The one year I did dig them up, I lost heaps and many of them were injured and performed really poorly.😅
Great tips on storage and switching up the fertilizers depending on the stage the plant is in. I am also tight on space so will try placing them closer like you did. Curious why you decided to not divide up the tubers? I haven’t had to do that yet as this is my first season. But hopefully next year!
Hi Steph, Bone meal probably is a good amendment for YOUR soil because your dahlias are enclosed in a fenced area, but bone meal is very very attractive to animals from raccoons to coyotes and even domestic pets and they'll dig up the soil and plants to get at the bone meal which they can smell from quite a distance.
Hi there, I can certainly see that. It does have a pretty strong scent. Thanks for sharing.
Buen top
Gracias 🤟
Bonemeal? I just learned from you!!😊
We had so much rain in Houston that my dahlia all does.
So great your dahlias survived this year. Where do you keep the storage box during the winter? I’m in Massachusetts 6a. Love your channel Steph.
That True Organic bone meal has an NPK of 7-7-0, & looks more pelleted than pulverized. I wonder how higher nitrogen bone meals like that (7-7-0, 6-9-0, 6-8-0, 6-12-0) etc do compared to the ones with low N (1-4) & P in the 12-25 range. Please update us on your dahlias once they're in full flower. Thanks!
I think we all have the best labeling intentions lol!! I got a p touch printer, metal labels and plastic labels and still cant get it right.
Its so hard to get into a good habit with labeling for some reason lol
Lovely dahlias. Can Dahlias can be grown in tropical climate?
Hello 👋🏾 Steph!!! I loved that technique and may have to use it in my vegetable garden. Quick question, how is that River Birch doing that y’all planted last year? Thanks for sharing and stay blessed!
-Calvin
Hi Calvin! Yes, please use it, I think it's a great way to try and coral the growing plants. I may try something similar with my tomatoes. The birch is doing great, thankfully. It just finished leafing out. I hope to feature it in my May garden tour at some point by the end of the month.🍃 thanks for watching. Take care! 😊
Hello…a year later with a question. When you fertilize with the fish and morbloom how much approx when mixed with water do you give each plant…eg a gallon, 1/2 gallon or more? Great video. I have not found a method that works for me over wintering 😢
Hi, Steph. A question for you. I've seen others recommend no water when planting Dahlias. I just planted my Dahlias too, with no water. Should I go ahead and water them in? I'm in Zone 6B, New England. Thank you. PS--Isn't mother nature amazing? Dahlias are so pretty!
What about the watering schedule? When and how much do you water them through out the growing season?
Hey Steph, I have a question, what are the sticks with the upside down terra cotta pots for? I’ve seen them in other gardens too but I just don’t know what they are for?? Thank you.
I believe it's simply decorative.
Great info! How did you use the paper bags for storage? Did you have to keep misting them?
Hi there, I never misted them. When I dug them up, I shook as much soil as I could off. Let them dry over night, then put them in the paper bags in this tote. That was it. They were in my unheated garage that stood about 45-55 degrees during the time they were in there, from late October through May.
@@HookedandRooted hi Steph 15:36 15:36 15:36 hi steph, love this idea btw. Did the tote have its cover on tight? Just curious about this. Thank you. Great inspiration.
@@jackieruprecht3588 I didn't even have a cover on the tote since it broke. I just had the bags closed up and all tucked in together.
@@HookedandRooted I've always used peat moss and found it to be too dry and messy. Your method is a game changer.
@@HookedandRooted maybe I’ll try again 😎 thank you ❤️
Question. Did you spritz the tubers throughout the winter while in the bags? I had zero luck with pine shavings this year so will try this bag method next time!!
Hi Rebekah, I did spray them when I had them in shredded newspaper and pine shavings, vermiculite. But I never sprayed or misted them in the paper grocery bags. I just left them rolled up in these bags tucked into this tote, and didn't even have a cover for the tote since it broke. I kept the tote in my unheated garage which stood about 45-55 degrees from late October to mid May while they were stored.
@@HookedandRooted sounds like a good plan for me to try!!! Thank you so much for all the amazing information 😀
It’s my first year with Dahlias. I just planted yesterday. Where did you get the tshirt? Thanks so much!
Hi Penny! Ty, and I got it at Walmart in the men's area! They are those folded tees in the swirly rack for under 10 bucks! Love those tees, I have at least 3-4 different ones I love, so comfy!
@@HookedandRooted I got mine last night and , like you, bought a few ❤️
What was your spacing between your two rows
I spaced my dahlias much closer than is suggested. They are about 8" apart. The suggested spacing is closer to 12-18" apart.
When you store them, are they in a tub in your house, garage or shed?
Hello, I store them in the tub in my unheated garage that stays about 45-55 degrees F.
It is going to be an extremely cold night tonight, how do you protect them in the ground?
Unfortunately, I'm not able to do anything. My soil feels warm. So I'm hoping it's enough to keep the tubers insulated for the couple hours when the temps drop. I'll also 🤞 and hope for the best. The weather had been so unseasonably warm, and just when we think we're in the clear, mother nature comes along to show us who's boss.
I saw something once that said to check your soil temperature before planting spring bulbs. I bought a thermometer that looks like it's for a Thanksgiving turkey, but with a long stem on it. Once the soil is 60 degrees, it's okay to plant. I think there is some judgement too, that if a freak snowstorm is expected in a day, to go ahead and wait. Rule of thumb is it's better to wait a little longer than to be too early and risk the tubers not doing well.
Can I ask how deep your bed is? Also do you know if I can I plant ranunculus in the same bed? First time gardener here. Thanks for the video!
Hi There! This bed is 2 feet deep. I would say that a bed this size would work great for ranunculus. If your asking if you can plant ranunculus with dahlias, they bloom at different times, ranunculus earlier, and then dahlias later. I think that would work fine for succession planting.
@@HookedandRooted great, thanks!
noticed at the end of video that you have small clay pots hanging upside on stakes. why???
Are each of those tubbers a Dahlia. Would you seperat them into
Individual plants? Or maybe 3 per group.?? I thought Laura did. Not sure but she alwsys said every year i get more tubers. Could that effect yourr growth?? Just mentioning it. I am no expert.
Hi Sonya, The clumps of tubers could be divided into multiple tubers. There are videos that help show how that is done. The smaller the clump the smaller the dahlia plant. I kept mine intact as I don't have a ton of dahlia growing space. You get more tubers each year by either buying more, or splitting the ones you have. They can grow quite large by the end of the season. They sort of look like clump of potatoes.
We have to deal with slugs and is killing all the (only)Dahlia plants in our garden which were super healthy,tried all methods,salt,pesticides etc,but its keep coming back and killing the whole plant.Any suggestions?
Hi Arun, I have noticed lots of slug damage on my newly emerging foliage also. Especially on my coneflowers and rudbeckia. I just ordered this and it has good reviews, so i'm hopeful it will help: amzn.to/3IpqGWO
@@HookedandRooted Thank you
So dalia is not perrienal
Hi Nima, no its an annual that in some gardening zones might act as a perennial if they are able to leave them in ground over winter. Here in my gardening zone, we can not. They would rot in the cold wet winters. We have to lift and store the tubers for winter and then replant each spring once the danger of frost has passed.