Dahlias - Digging, Dividing, and Diseases: Four Seasons Gardening Webinar

Dahlias can be a dazzling cut flower for your flower bed or garden. Gain Dahlia growing tips for summer care while learning to identify pest and diseases that can damage blooms. Fall brings new techniques for digging and dividing the tubers as a way of propagating for next season’s flowers.
The history of dahlias
0:01
What to look for in your soil test.
2:19
If you’re going to use tomato cages, have strong supports and stringing weaving between each of those growing supports.
7:15
Some people can tolerate damage better than others. Is it really going to mean you need to spray a lot of insecticides?
10:00
When to get your tools and supplies ready.
16:53
Is there a virus in your plants? Is there a problem that can be misleading?
21:27
How to label your tubers with labels.
23:38
How to label your tubers with a sharpie.
29:20
How to use dahlias as cut flowers.
32:35
Dahlias are a showstopper in your garden.
37:46
This webinar was originally recorded on September 27, 2022.
- - - - - - - - - -
The University of Illinois Extension Horticulture TH-cam channel is your destination for educational content on topics addressing food production and environmental protection.
For more about Extension’s horticulture work, visit: extension.illinois.edu/global/...
Follow University of Illinois Extension here:
Extension blogs: go.illinois.edu/ILextensionBlogs
Facebook: / uiextension
Twitter: / ilextension
Instagram: / ilextension
Pinterest: / uiextension