Specialty Gardening: Growing Dahlias in a Container, 0 by Steve_D

Steve_D wrote:
Thank you all for the nice words. Let's look at some of the questions.

Michaelangelo--- my soil mix is 1/3 potting soil; 1/3 garden soil; 1/3 dehydrated cow & pearlite.
Your seedlings sound fine but watch the height of other plants. My dahlias are Gallery series or Melody series. They grow about 12"-26". The blooms are between 4-6".
Most of my containers are 16-22" in dia. I fill the bottom of the container with empty water bottles leaving about 8" from the rim. 3-4" of soil mix leaves 4" for plants.
Blooms in late June.

Marie-- only 1 dahlia per container. I make sure I pinch out to get a fuller plant. Some I even pinch a second time. Keep your dahlia height as above 12"-26". see http://www.containerdahlias.com for additional info. I will be planting 2 containers and you can watch them step by step on this site. There are still some from last year.
Picture: Another dahlia container with a salmon color theme.