This flower blooms bigger than a face, one bloom is worth ten, and making it explode with flowers is actually this easy

The most beautiful moments of various dahlia varieties

Back home, everyone calls it the sweet potato flower. The flower colors are diverse, and the varieties alone already exceed 30,000. The largest ones can exceed 30cm in diameter, and their posture is in no way inferior to peonies, so they are also called "heavenly bamboo peonies." Now Huahua will take everyone to admire all kinds of gorgeous dahlias!

According to Huahua, dahlias can be called a must-choose for lazy gardeners, because they can grow well without much care. But if you want the flowers to bloom abundantly and roundly, you still need to pay attention to the following points.

Care tips for dahlias

Soil: Loose, fertile, well-drained humus soil or sandy soil is most suitable for dahlia growth. You can also mix garden soil, leaf mold, and sand at a ratio of 5:3:2.

Water: The amount of water affects the height of the plant. During the seedling stage, pay attention to controlling water to prevent excessive growth of branches and leaves. When watering, follow the principle of watering thoroughly after the soil has dried out, keeping the potting soil moist but not wet. During high summer temperatures, you can mist around the flowerpot every afternoon to increase humidity.

Light: If you want dahlias to bloom more, it is best to maintain more than 6 hours of light daily. When summer sunlight is intense, appropriate shading is needed to avoid scorching the leaves and affecting blooming.

Fertilizing: Dahlias like fertilizer. Generally, apply diluted decomposed liquid fertilizer or compound fertilizer. During the spring and autumn growing seasons, topdress about once every 10 days. Do not fertilize during high summer temperatures.

What to do when dahlias enter semi-dormancy in summer

Dahlias enter a semi-dormant state in summer. To get through summer safely, you must pay attention to these points:

1. Root care: Dahlias have large fleshy roots. In summer, they dislike wetness and fear heat, and are prone to rot under high temperatures. So water according to the principle of watering when dry and letting dry out when wet, loosen the soil often for aeration, and promptly clean up accumulated water in the pot after heavy rain;

If root rot is found, immediately cut off the rotten roots, repot and change the soil, or "amputate" and propagate again by cuttings.

2. Shading care: In summer, avoid direct strong light. When grown outdoors, sunscald is most likely to occur after rain followed by clear skies, so promptly pull up a shade net for protection.

3. Pruning care: Dahlias like airiness and fear stuffiness. In summer, when branches and leaves are too dense and overgrown, prune and thin the branches, keeping 3~4 nodes on side branches. After flowering, prune the flower branches that have bloomed and dead branches, and also cut the main stem short to 15~25cm.

4. Pest and disease protection: In summer, dahlias are most prone to gray mold and powdery mildew. Flower parts turn brown and irregular in shape, and leaf edges develop spots, dry out, and soften. When these signs appear, promptly cut off and destroy diseased branches and plants, and spray with a 500-fold solution of 50% carbendazim wettable powder for control.

That's all Huahua will introduce today.

Flower friends, how are your dahlias doing?