How to plant dahlia bulbs

1. Selecting bulbs

Before planting, you need to select its bulbs. When selecting, try to choose those with healthy roots and plump flesh, so as to increase its survival rate.

2. Planting Method

1. First, cut off the dried roots. If there are too many root bulbs, you can use a sharp blade to help separate them. When separating, leave some lateral roots and adventitious buds on each stem, otherwise they will not survive.

2. After the root tubers are processed, you can start planting. If you use ground planting, you can first dig a 20 cm deep hole in the ground, and then remove the stones and weeds inside. If the soil contains a lot of sand, you need to add some soil fertilizer. At the same time, in order to ensure that it has sufficient nutrients, you can also add some organic fertilizer when hoeing the soil.

3. It usually grows very tall. In order to prevent its roots from being damaged when setting up the support later, it is best to put a support at its root when planting, close to the bud point, fill it with soil, and then water it.

4. It grows very fast in June. If there is no support for it at this time, you must set it up immediately, and set up one at the foot of each support, but be sure not to damage the root bulb.

5. When setting up the support, it is best to keep it about 5 cm away from the rhizome, and then find a rope to tie the rhizome and the support together, but do not tie it too tightly.

6. Then, in order to make its flowers look better, when buds appear, its leaf axils and small side branches should be removed in time, leaving only the buds under the rhizomes, and after the flowers bloom, the remaining flowers should be cut off in time.

7. By October-November, it basically no longer blooms. At this time, all branches 10 cm from the ground should be cut off, leaving only the leaves.