Growing Dahlias / Pinching & Planting / Homegrown Garden

The frosts have past and the weather has warmed up enough to plant out the dahlias! In this video you will learn why I pinch them out and see how I do it. I also talk about my planting plan and show you how to plant them in the ground and in containers with lots of tips and advice along the way!

1:23 Pinching Out
7:21 Planting Out
13:10 Dahlias in Containers
16:47 Dahlia After Care

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[blueskybay]

Great new tips for me. It is common practice, though, to tease out the side & bottom roots after pulling from the pot to encourage their search for new water and nutrients.

[stephenchapman]

Know nothing about plants. Just love your videos and enthusiasm. 👍

[brigettescottageplants]

Happy birthday blossom. That was beautiful to watch 💐

[daisyl]

Brilliant video. So clear and easy to understand. Growing Dahlia’s and cosmos for the first time in my allotment bed. Wish me luck

[donyates]

Thanks for the knowledge and your time.

[johncrowe]

Thanks for sharing, well presented in a clear concise way.🤩👋👋

[jeremypearson]

I’m a dahlia newbie and living in S Florida. I’m glad I found your video, since others show just pinching the top leaves and not cutting them at the bottom. I’m definitely going to use your technique. An expat in Ft Lauderdale.

[irenebeatty]

A little late in watching your videos, I am catching up though. I was really interested to see that you pinch out the tips of your dahlias. I didn't know about this, Katrina, so thank you for teaching me something new today My favourite dahlias are the singles and particularly the Honka variety. I love the star-like flowers and so do the bees. The dark one "Verrone's Obsidian" is my absolute favourite. Love your videos!

[Melanie-sd]

Really fabulous and helpful video - thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge, it's much appreciated. Happy gardening! Only four days to go before 'British Summer Time' begins.

[les]

Great interesting video love your allotment. We want more videos 🌹🌺🌻🌷🌾

[timmyrushton]

this was a very helpful video for me. i watched it some time ago, but don't recall commenting. i am going to try cosmos for the first time this year, so that part was very helpful too! 🙂thanks for the information and the video. 🙂

[fareebug]

The strawflower bed is going to be INCREDIBLE this year 🥰 I can not wait to see it in bloom with that combo. 💗🌸🌼🎍💗
Your plot is looking heavenly.
So excited for the next garden tour!!!

[kwoksmusic]

Thanks for the great video! I bought a pot from the store that has lots of blooms. When should I re pot it into a larger pot? After the first round of blooms, should I pinch them too as you did in this video?

[jeangraze]

"It's really bushy down there." 🤭

[kathyschoming]

Thanks so much for the information. I've been learning different ways to care for dahlias. I've been confused on how deep to plant dahlias. When you plant them in the pots, and plan to transplant them in the garden, how far down do you set the tuber in the pot initially.

[DavisM]

Hello I have a allotment and my partner wants to start a plant area with some. Ice colour, the Dallas look nice do you know of anywhere in Nottingham you can but started plants or did you start all yours from seed?

[jamiecattell]

Bishop of Canterbury Dahlia. Love your Dahlias. A very professional video. Great time to publish straight after gardeners' world. Could you do a video on growing your squash just like the Dahlias?

[lbmitchell]

We planted just one city light lavender pink dahlia from a nursery pot in early April in North Carolina. After the 4 blooms died off, the plant grew wider and wider with no new blooms but lots of green leaves. Filling up the spaces in our butterfly garden. Don't know if we should trim back some of the green leaves or wait and see what happens. It is now early summer and temperatures have reached 85-90 degrees on some days. What do you think we should do? We are fearful it might take up too much space. Thanks

[eileenschroeder]

Do u have to pull up dahlias out of planters for winter if you take them inside

[iartistdotme]

How did you stop yourself from burying your face into that fat dahlia bouquet? WOW it was beautiful.