Dahlia pompones

Hi Everyone

After my first year of sowing seeds i had a very successful try at Dahlia Pompone, i have around 50 strong young plants!! Has anyone tried growing these in pots? I've ran out of space in the garden and dont want to throw them away
Thx in advance
Sean

 

Congratulations Mowgley.

I've grown Dahlias in containers - and in fact have some growing on now. They are greedy feeders so always plant with slow release fertiliser e.g. osmacote - and give them space to grow in any container.

 

Thanks Fran for the advise will drop a few in some spare containers with some slow release fertilser.
Will show some pics when they get going!!

 

I shall look forward to seeing them

 

Hi all

Just took some pics of my 1st attempt at growing dahlias. After a few heavy showers last night and early this evening i found that they have started to show there heads at last!!! Is it me or should they have started to flower earlier?
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/mowgley1979/?action=view&current=IMG_0061.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1
many thx Sean

 

Look good to me, well done - yes they are a bit late, but they look fine. As an addendum to my previous message, as well as slow release, you may need to give them an additional potassium rich feed to get the best of the flowers - e.g. tomatoe food

 

Are they ment to be a pompom ?????
Hubby does show dahlias (and therefore i do to LOL.
Poms are a tight round ball max 2" across i will see if i can find apiccy of some
To get good flowers on dahlias feed with potash weekly as soon as they have buds