I love how you say if there’s one we like, we can name it ourselves. It seems that creating new varieties is shrouded in mystery and expensive patents. But your teaching gives that power back to the gardener. Of course, that’s how the patented varieties get started, but you open the door of innovation for us! Very inspiring! Thank you!

This is so helpful,thank you! I was gifted some dahlia seed but have never grown them from seed before. For some reason, it just never occurred to me!

Please make more videos, teach us everything. I just planted my first tubers ever and I am already a Dahlia addicted. I would like so much to visit your farm. Cheers!

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

So wonderful to hear!! Hope you can visit soon🌸

I shall watch for seeds this year...oh the excitement in surprise

Thank you for sharing your video of how to collect Dhalia seeds. I learned a lessons. Have a blessed Day!

EXCELLENT Video and editing. Appreciate the flash forward all in one from saving to storing to germinating. Great stuff! Thanks guys

@SwanIslandDahlias

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for learning me all of this!

Can you make a video of how you chose what to keep from your 15k seeds? And how you develop them for market?

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, thank you for the suggestion! We will try to do one when our Dahlias are blooming!🌸

Thank You So Much for this informative video! I wish that I had known that you sell seeds when I placed my tuber order with you last month. I think that I'm tempted to come back to your website and order some seeds! Thank You Again!

Trying to learn about saving dahlia seed and found your video helpful - thank you!

This was so interesting to see. I have to try it. I’m so curious now!

Thank you for this! I had watched other videos but was still confused about how the seeds developed and what to look for. I don't know a lot about them yet, but I'm so in love with them and want to try and grow a bunch of them for other areas of my garden next season

@SwanIslandDahlias

10 ай бұрын

Hi there! Please see our most recent video as it can help explain what to look for (seed pods)! Please email us at info@dahlias.com if you have any questions!

You are so fun.

Hello Swan Island! Love your Dahlias and your videos! We grow many of your varieties. I know you say tubers stay true, but we have seen some varieties morph over the years from saved tubers. Have you seen this occur? Thanks!

I live in Rhode Island and the petals tend to wilt and rot over the flower heads. In your video you said don't pick the petals off, in someone else's video they said that's exactly what they do to prevent rot, so I'm confused.. If I can't pick them off how do I stop them from rotting the head/seedpod? It was a very wet year this year.

when will you see the first blooms from the seedlings planted out in May?

I would love to see a picture of your field in full bloom.

Love your videos, do you open your farms for visitors? I bet people want to see dahlia in bloom.

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Our fields are open 6 days a week August-September, please see the following link for visiting!🌸 www.dahlias.com/our-farm/visit-us/

How long do you dry them for and do you use a heat lamp? And when do you begin planting those seeds?

Ok. I did it. I went back to Swan Island Dahlias and ordered some seeds along with my tubers. I'm so excited, I can't wait to begin this experiment! Thank you again for the very informative video. I do have questions though. I've run out of space under my grow lights. How high a temperature will the seedlings survive? Also, since you ship so many seeds, would it be possible to store some seeds in the refrigerator for a year? Thanks again😀

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

We start our seeds and keep them at a constant 60°. As for storing seeds over, we haven’t found that they have very good germination success in following years.🌸

@maribeltorres6233

2 жыл бұрын

@@SwanIslandDahlias how can I order dahlia seeds?

@tracycrider7778

Жыл бұрын

@@maribeltorres6233on their website

How long does it take for them to grow to three inches? Mine have been alive for about two weeks and are still small.

Loved the information! I buy a dwarf variety of dahlia seeds, how do they know the new plants will be short? And they state a certain colors, how do they know? Thanks

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

They are in a controlled environment!🌸

Oh, I've just bought 12 packets of "decorative giant" dahlia seeds, and they claim some dinner plates are among them. Looks like they may have a low germination rate, if they're difficult to make viable

Wait. I just watched a video of someone saying they cover the pods so bees don’t take the pollen. Would that mean that pods will only produce that variety?

Nice video. May I ask once the seeds have sprouted, how long before you move them to their own pot, and do you cover them with anything? Do they need to be on a heat mat still? I planted 30 seeds and approximately 50% of the seeds have sprouted, not all at the same time, so some are more than 3" tall. Thanks.

@SwanIslandDahlias

2 жыл бұрын

Once they are a few inches tall it is time to put them in individual pots, there is no exact time as they all sprout different. You would need to keep the pots indoors until there is no chance of frost. No heat Mat is needed, but the growing area should be at least 70° consistently.🌸

do you pinch back the seedlings at all, or do you just let them grow? thanks for the great information.

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

They have to be pinched back if they get too lanky!🌸

Hello, quick question: do seeded dahlias produce tubers later on at end of season?

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they will make a small clump the first year!

I have started some dahlias from seed, and they have green leaves with purple veining? Is this normal?

Is this land pure sand ? Essas sementeiras são colocadas na sombra ou no sol? Are these seedbeds placed in the shade or in the sun?

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

No our soil is not pure sand, but it is a sandy loam. The tubers need to be planted in the sun!

If you don't pick those dried dahlias will they grow in the dirt again? If you don't know where the bee's haven't cross pollinated, isn't that a ending task? And how do you know what you have? Do you sell those seeds?

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

We do offer the seeds but we are sold out for the season. We know the mother plant that the seed is picked from but we do not know where the bees have been and the seeds on the blooms are not given a chance to bloom again because we destroy them during our digging process.🌸

What do you use for slugs? I find out that the slugs love dalias but they can kill the plant also.

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

They do! Just continue to bait them and alternate different brands to keep them from getting used to something!🌸

Do your trays have drain holes?

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they need to be able to drain!

Do the first year blooms from seeds change with subsequent years? I know daylilies will do that.

@SwanIslandDahlias

3 жыл бұрын

Not usually, but sometimes the flower qualities get better or worse in coming years!🌸

Would you recommend the seed for someone wanting cut flower dahlias?

@SwanIslandDahlias

2 жыл бұрын

You would want dahlia tubers and the varieties recommended for cutting!❤️

Does this mean that any seed that becomes a dahlia a brand new one of a kind dahlia?

@SwanIslandDahlias

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, all of the seeds are 100% unique!

Great information but not the best video on the closeup shots!