General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 38...! :-D, 1 by daisyruffles

daisyruffles wrote:
Mary, here is a closer picture of your red dahlia. The one up front is 'Ali Oop' and the ones in the back is 'Slywalker'. The camera just can't get the real red color. In real life, it is even better! But these 2 dahlias have been so happy with the cooler weather that they have gone gang busters. I love red flowers too. Yes, I will have a tuber of 'Ali Oop' for sure since there is one plant in my veg. garden and will be digging it after frost in Nov. The 'Skywalker', I am not sure but hopefully.
Sarv, no, I usually don't dig the dahlias (I have about 125+ dahlias). I have overwintered them in their raised beds, but this fall, I have decided to dig up most of them in this bed you saw. I want to take out the ones I don't like, the types I don't like, and then do some re-designing of color, types, and size of the plants. I am to get a few from trades so... The new retaining wall will be filled up with soil, compost (mint & homemade compost) and then be ready for at least another row of my dahlias, YEAH!
Would love to see a pic of the plant stand you are painting.
ViolaA, you can go to the anti-virus icon on the taskbar on the bottom of the monitor screen and right click it to disable the anti-virus while running the defrag.
You really need to defrag. at least 1x month. I usually do it every week to keep my computer up to par.
Carol (DR)