I had been growing dahlia since last 15 years. Usually i grows dahlia from cutting or seeds. Last 2 years i start growing dahlia from tuber. I found that seeds grown dahlia fare better than tuber in lowland tropic. Only 2 out of 8 tuber s sprouts, the other 3 had fungal rot which i think was due to high humidity. Seeds grown dahlia also live longer and had time to form tuber and new plant. Nevertheless tuber grown dahlia blooming faster and nonstop for 1 year then died slowly of exhaustion (this is my theory), it will use up all the food stores in the tuber while no new tuber was formed. I think the scenario is different in a cooler highland /mountain region.
The downside of growing from seed is you only know the type i.e. pom-pom, cactus, decorative etc but not the colour or whether it is double or single. Right know I’m waiting for 3 pots of seed grown dahlia to bloom.
From seeds
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| dahlia pom pom-still lush and growing |
macam yo yo dahlia ni... akak punya kejap ada kejap tak de!
ReplyDeletenasib baik le kak mar, saya kalau hilang tu memang mati terus. Selagi ubi dia tak mereput dia akan tumbuh tunas baru. masa tak ada tu korek sikit tengok tuber elok ke tidak. kalau elok biarkan dia rehat sebulan dua lepas tu siram semula, pokok baru akan tumbuh
Deletelynn masih tak confident nak tanam dahlia..tengok u punya menjadi best nya!
ReplyDeletetanam sikit-sikit, first time tanam habis satu peket benih i semai, akhirnya mati. lepas tu i semai 3-4 biji je, satu peket seeds tu i boleh guna sampai 5 tahun.
Deletedahlia ni senang je, cuma jaggan tu lebih la sikit kalau berbanding dgn bunga matahari.