When dahlias bloom - care during this period

Dahlias are widely used to decorate gardens. Gardeners are attracted by the simplicity of growing, perenniality, relative cheapness, variety and beauty of flowers.

This flower is quite unpretentious, it can be planted under trees, in partial shade. Originally from Mexico, the plant loves a warm and humid climate. It is advisable to protect it from gusts of the north wind and land on the south side of the site. Dahlia loves space and fresh air - the space around it should be cleared of weed grass. Do not plant the plant in the lowlands and with closely located groundwater (60 cm). So the root system will rot.

Dahlias

Dahlias: flowering period

The period when dahlias bloom in the early varieties begins 30-40 days after planting. In later - after 70-80 days. The first month dahlias bloom is June. Flowering continues until September - October. With early planting, if the weather permits, dahlias can begin to bloom in late May.

How dahlias bloom

When dahlias bloom, the garden seems to be transformed. Bright, juicy, large flowers become the decoration of any flowerbed, a beautiful decoration of the house, fence and other garden buildings.

Exquisite miracle

There are a huge number of plant varieties: perennial and annual, early, late, high and stunted. The flowers themselves can be different in color, size, shape, terry, etc.

Features of care during flowering

In Russia, the period of flowering of dahlias on average lasts from May to November. When a dahlia blooms, it is necessary to maintain the necessary conditions for it - at this time he has a great need for food. The soil under the flower should always be slightly moist, but not fire-stained. Due to lack of water, the stalks become stiff, dahlia blooms worse, growth slows down.

In dry, hot weather, you need to increase air humidity. Do this with fine-hole sprayers. To better maintain moisture in the soil and prevent the formation of crusts, the earth under the dahlia is mulched with humus, peat or dry manure.

Nipping the plant

To stimulate the appearance of flowers, it is necessary to break off already faded flowers, then new buds form faster.

Fertilizer

During the flowering of dahlias, they must be regularly fed with organic and mineral fertilizers - once every 2 weeks. For this, 1/4 of a bucket of manure, 15 g of potassium or 10 g of ammonium nitrate, 15-20 g of Superphosphate and 10-15 g of potassium sulfate are dissolved in 1 bucket of water. The resulting mixture can be fed under the root of 4-5 plants.

This fertilizer is used until mid-July. Then the composition is changed to phosphate-potassium fertilizers, and from the second half of August - to phosphate. After each dressing, it is advisable to spray the bushes with water to moisten the leaves and increase humidity.

Why dahlias don't bloom well

If by the middle or end of August dahlias have not bloomed, you need to analyze the features of plant care. The main reasons for the lack of flowering:

• Lack of light. Dahlia prefers penumbra, in the shade it will languish, grow poorly, and if it blooms, it will give one weak flower.
• Lack of moisture. A dry plant does not form buds at all. In dry and hot weather, dahlias should be watered daily abundantly - at least half a bucket per bush. To avoid rapid drying of the soil, it must be mulched.
• An excess of nitrogen in the soil. In this case, the plant spends all its efforts on building green mass, and not on the formation of buds. To make the dahlia bloom, it is necessary to cut off all the lower leaves and stop feeding the flower with manure (nitrogen).

Variety of colors

• Lack of pinches. If the growth of the plant is not stopped in time, the bush will direct all its forces only to the formation of the strongest bud. To obtain abundant flowering, after the formation of 4-5 pairs of true leaves, all new sprouts must be cut off.
• Incorrect planting of tubers. This is when instead of one tuber, two or more are planted in a hole. As a result, several sprouts grow that inhibit each other, but the dahlia has no strength left to form buds. In the hole you need to plant only one tuber with a clearly visible bud, and better - already sprouted.

What you need to do to make flowers bloom faster

A guarantee of timely and plentiful flowering is a good planting material.

How to save tubers for later planting:

• In the southern regions of Russia, you can not dig up tubers for the winter, just cut the stems and cover the plant with any material. In the early days with a positive temperature, winter shelters should be removed from dahlias and covered with a film for faster heating of the soil.
• In the northern regions, it is better to dig up the tubers, dry them well and put them in the cellar for storage. Tubers are dug from mid-October to mid-October. It all depends on the specific fall.

To speed up the flowering of dahlias, it is necessary to plant them in the ground with already almost mature plants, possibly already with buds. To do this, you need to plant the same tubers for seedlings in a large container earlier than expected. By the time of planting in the open ground, the dahlia will turn into a mature plant, possibly with flowers. It must be planted in prepared soil and in the right place. You need to do this with a lump of land where he grew up.

In order for dahlias to bloom profusely and luxuriantly, it is important to observe certain conditions. The soil should be nutritious, moist, loose and without weeds. The bush needs to be thinned out in a timely manner, pinch and pinch, and the faded buds should be removed. It is important to properly store tubers before planting in the ground. All this will help to get a beautiful flowering dahlia bush.