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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swan Island and Brent and Becky’s have plenty of dahlias still available. Also Longfield Gardens.[/quote]

Thank you, are these good quality? The ones I bought last year did not bloom.[/quote]

That’s probably a growing problem and not a tuber problem. No offense intended, I just can’t think of
anything that would be wrong with the tuber that could cause that. It could not grow or have disease but I don’t think that would cause no blooms. Maybe not enough sun? [/quote]
Poor quality tubers can have blind eyes. Those tubers will never sprout.[/quote]

In that case it would not grow. It would not grow but not bloom, as Pp indicated. [/quote]

OP here--not sure what happened. Several grew and looked like they would bloom but turned black and died. The others never broke ground. Planted in sunny spot of lawn. [/quote]
Dahlias tubers will rot very easily if the ground is wet before the sprout. I start mine in containers and then put them in the ground when they have a few sets of leaves. I also apply a lot of Sluggo until they get well established. Slugs can really do a number on the young shoots. Stake the dahlias when you are planting the tuber and tie the stem as it grows. Or be lazy like me and just use a tomato cage. I also pinch out the top shoot when the dahlias have several sets of leaves. This encourages them to form lateral branches and you will get a nice bushy plant with lots more blooms. [/quote]

PP, what type of containers do you use and what type of soil? When do you transfer?[/quote]
I just use regular 2-gallon nursery pots. Dahlias should not be fertilized before the tubers sprout so I use the spent potting mix from previous years. If you have room you can start them indoors and use lights. That will give you a longer bloom season.  I don’t so I start them in containers as soon as the last frost date passes, and then move them in-ground mid to late May. If it is excessively rainy I will wait longer. [/quote]

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