Virus and Nutritional problems

Bessie · 2023-02-17T00:21:26+00:00

Continuing the conversation about virus, coming from the "Taking Dahlia Cuttings" thread... I found this video a beginner's overview of Dahlia virus. There's...

AndreaB

Teddahlia It is related to Duet introduced in 1955

I grow Gregor’s Mikkel and it had a couple blooms this year that looked like Duet. It’s never done this before and I’m hoping it’s not reverting back to it’s parentage.

calico20hill

calico20hill Just wanted to add that I am finding much better tubers from other parts of my garden. They seem to look better since I moved them into the garage instead of the greenhouse about a week ago. Still packing but down to the last 5 flats to sort and pack. I am pcking them in misted wood chips and cinnamon which I had good luck with last year. I did find one bag of wood cips that had clumps of mold in it... and some tubers were packed in it before iI
got to the moldy chunks. Do keep an eye on your packing material! Most Hollyhill tubers did well and of course the Swan Island ones look well. I don't have as many Hollyhill varieties as I would like to have but the ones I do have should be savable! I need to make lists of which ones to re-acquire! Also need new stock of my favorite HH Hello Dolly as mine is open centered this year.

Teddahlia

I think I lost HH Hello Dolly. It is a seedling of HH Margarita. That makes it related to HH Cotton Candy.

calico20hill

Teddahlia I am sorry you lost HH Hello Dolly. Just because I like it so much that I want my friends to have it too so it can bring them happiness. So I guess I am on the hunt for new stock of her from anyone else who is careful about virused stock.

AKWindWatcher

calico20hill Maybe Thomas @ HOE has it? He's a big collector of all things HH. I think he might be Ted's biggest fan. 🙂

Teddahlia

Noni's picture of HH Hello Dolly

calico20hill

Teddahlia Thank you for brining that picture up! I had forgotten it, but what a wonderful time I was having with them and the hydrangeas, making b9ouquets for a Farm to Table event back on Vashon Island!

NCDahlia

That's too bad. I got a tuber of it 2 year ago from Connell's and it did well for me, but the vole ate this year. Pretty much every IC was planted together and they wiped out the entire row. I liked growing it by hh peachy keen was a nice color combo

Teddahlia

Noni, my finding of the picture was pure luck as I was looking for something else(that I never did find).

calico20hill

Thanks! That is good to know. I need to restock several of my favorite older Hollyhill dahlias...It would be nice to be able to make one order and get my favorites growing again.

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