We have had pretty good weather the last 2/3 weeks, plenty of light rain that has soaked the ground well, now nicely moist with the underlying clay well soaked and retaining the rain. Looking forward to a few weeks of sunshine and warm nights to bring them on!
All my dahlias are now planted with the later ones in yesterday which will start blooming a little later and, hopefully, bloom on a little longer in the late summer / early autumn and giving a flowering season lasting from mid-July through to end of October, frost permitting.
The first top dressing of a 7.7.7 fertiliser is down and will repeat in around 4 weeks time. Then, in mid August, a top dressing of bone meal will go down to strengthen the plants, maintain the colour and help the tubers develop.
All grass areas and pathways mown, time for a little relaxing before there is a need to concentrate on dis-budding.
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