Learning how to water plants to increase growth in pots, container or garden - especially how to water roots and tubers. Specialities: root growth or tuber growth of lawns, fuchsias, geraniums, dahlias and begonias.

24 June 2011

Inducing Bushiness In Dahlias

dahlia side shootsRemoving a dahlia's apical (terminal) bud(s) soon produces new side shoots (red). This plant was pinched out (stopped) a couple of weeks ago.

Although stopping produces more flowering stems initially, there is some forfeit (a few weeks) in terms of delayed flowering.

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