For common tall garden varietals, pinch dahlias when the plant reaches around 12 inches and has four pairs of leaves. “Stopping” dahlias involves cutting off the top of the main growing stem to ...
Whether you're growing dahlias in containers or planted a large patch of them in your garden, their gorgeous, stop-in-your-tracks blooms are sure to delight. To get as many dahlias as possible and ...
Topping and disbudding are simple maintenance tasks that can greatly benefit your dahlias. Proper topping can make your dahlias fuller and bushier. Disbudding can help your dahlias produce bigger, ...
You’ve probably heard of the term ‘pinching out’ before – it’s a popular gardening technique used on the likes of tomatoes, sweet peas and plenty of other plants. But what does ‘pinching out’ mean?