Hello! Life is crazy in my little world.
School starts in two weeks! I was just getting my summer groove in place and it's done. In fact, I looked at the weather ahead, and on 8/31 the low is to be 45°. Holy schmoley earth! I am not ready for fall.
Let me tell you today while outside there were 5 groups of Canada Goose maybe 6-8 of them honking as they flew over the house, then there were two groups of 30-40 and then 3 more groups of 6-8. WHO THINKS FALL/WINTER IS EARLY?! I also have been seeing sumac that has turned, crickets singing and locust droning since July. July?! The only thing missing are the WoolyBollies. Dangnabbit! My dahlias are just getting going! I'm not ready to dig and divide and plan for next year.
Ok, since I mentioned dahlias and that is the focus of my bloggie, I best revert to what I was thinking on and post on dahlias.
I began culling those seedlings that were meh and uninspiring. I pulled out seedlings: 1/2/8/10 and 11. I had a few more but these were the finer stems and of course they are tangled w those who haven't bloomed so they can stay for now. I'll be proactive taking off the blooms. I'm aiming not to have open centers in part of my seed making world this year.
I'm disappointed in the FerryMorse Poms. Have not seen one pom AT ALL. Makes you wonder what they were growing with their other dahlias because all of mine have been tiny blooms and opened center. Maybe they hope that others will think they are really Poms just because they are small? Or have an overall "round shape" as most dahlias do; I don't know, disappointed w/the end result of blooms. Glad I tried them but won't be revisiting that FM packet stuff and hope I have a successful seed saving summer of my own.
I guess I could venture that these seedlings are the results of those many sets of genes dahlias have? Well I guess it will more be if those few seeds I planted bloom and what they look like. Of course I did have collarettes in my bed last year so whomever knows.
What I did find when I pulled my sink pots:
Thank you to Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz Dahlias for sharing some of her growing information - I think more people can learn when others help teach! I used her information on the sinkpots from her videos and found that yes indeed, very easy to pull them out. What I'd do differently next year is add more space between each one as I did plant the pots right next to one another.
And when I emptied the pots to see what I had growing under ground:
I have small tubers! So all in all, my experiment of raising seedlings was successful in the respect that the seedlings grew, they have been blooming and heck, even created tubers. I know that doesn't mean all of them will, but it was great to see those little spuds!
Hoping by this weekend to have new blooms to report on. I'm hoping I'll have at least one that truly is lovely as in a full full bloom.
My best to you all!
Post a new thread about this blog entry:
