Comments on: Premature Dahlia Planting

By: gerald hall

gerald hall — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:50:54 +0000

we live @1500ft, have frost ,very rarely is the ground frozen, do i have to dig up my dinnerplate dalhias every year

By: Fig Tree

Fig Tree — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:34:02 +0000

Dahlias are the most amazing thing ever- we went to the dahlia festival at Swan Island Dahlias and it was truly an amazing site. Getting ready to get my own bulbs in the ground!

By: Craig @ Ellis Hollow

Craig @ Ellis Hollow — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:35:28 +0000

Let's coin a new phrase. Frost = 'A Saskatchewan Pinching'. Craig @ Ellis Hollow’s last blog post..Nectaroscordum with a monopod

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:11:43 +0000

Gee, gardening is tough in Saskatchewan! Are June frosts typical? Cause if they were, I’d keep any $30 plant on wheels until I was sure all danger of frost was past.

By: Taryn

Taryn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:02:00 +0000

Thanks Kathy. Yes, it is a dahlia. It’s the dinnerplate variety and I bought it last weekend for $30 and it’s allready 4 feet tall. The leaves are black on the top 2/3 of the plant now. I guess I’ll cut it back to the green and see what happens. Thanks.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:57:38 +0000

Taryn, you’re talking about a dahlia, right? (You just say plant.) I haven’t had that much experience with dahlias, but my guess is that it will continue to grow, but blooming might be delayed so long that it gets killed by autumn frosts before it blooms. You won’t know until you try.

By: Taryn

Taryn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:51:24 +0000

what do you do if you’ve lost the top 2 feet of a plant to frst on the 10th of June in Saskatchewan? Can you cut back the frozen leaves/parts and have it still grow back?

By: Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:42:14 +0000

I, too, have planted all of my dahlias-- they aren't doing anything in the basement either, so they might as well be outside. You and I will be the ones laughing at our Dahlia blooms on the fourth of July. As a perennially early planter, last year I picked my first Dahlia on June 27. Gwendolyn’s last blog post..Pomona, Goddess of Gardens

By: Craig @ Ellis Hollow

Craig @ Ellis Hollow — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:22:29 +0000

The soil is still pretty cold: http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/climate/ithaca/gfr_logger.html

So they’ll just sit there happily until it warms up. It’s that early June frost after they’re up and doing that you’ve got to watch out for. Keep the pots and buckets ready to cover them.

Craig @ Ellis Hollow’s last blog post..Flower bulb labyrinth at Cornell