Hi it’s my first time growing dahlias and super excited for it as I am growing them in my tiny balcony in pots, I hope my experiment works.
I got bulbs of Bantling, Princess Elizabeth, Downham Royal and Excentrique🌸 I am sprouting them indoors and will be moved to a bigger pot in two weeks, once the temperature is 15 degree in the night (zone 7b)
So basically I read that if it’s too leggy, I have to chop it so that it gets more bushy. First picture is my Dahlia “Bantling” or “Princess Elizabeth” ( I forgot to mark them when I planted them probably one of you know which is which by seeing the leafs)
I have a different one second picture, this seems to be bushy but ofcourse it’s the “ Dahlia Downham Royal” so I don’t know this is in general a bushy variety and the other one is not.
If I have to cut them, would be nice to know where should I make the chop. Thanks in advance!
by Informal_Giraffe_306
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