Hi! Any advice is useful to me. The first two pictures are of my dahlias that seem to be growing so skinny. The last photo is one I started inside and it’s nice and bushy but these ones are looking strange. I’m wondering what I should do. This is my first year and I know my pots look small but I’m gonna attempt to keep them in the pots just because our dirt is the opposite of well draining and I’d rather keep them in the pots with this nice draining mix. I’ve already lost one tuber to rot and I feel so disappointed. I’m in zone three and I’m keeping them in a greenhouse. I have a little heat fan that I’ve been turning on when it gets cold.
by No_Technician2176
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Your pots are way undersized! Get some 7 gallon grow bags. And sturdier stakes. These look too wimpy. They look very dry. Water them. Did you use a good potting soil?