Dahlia Dwarf Double Mix is a half hardy perennial, best grown as a half hardy annual.
- Sow indoors, a warm kitchen windowsill is all you need for starting these seeds.
- Sow 0.5cm deep, in trays of compost.
- Water well and place in a warm position.
- A temperature of 15-20c is ideal.
- Keep moist.
- Seedlings usually appear in 14-21 days.
- Transplant seedlings 5cm apart to other trays, when large enough to handle.
- Always handle by a leaf, never by the stem.
- Grow on in cooler, but not cold conditions.
- Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out 30cm apart, when frosts are over.
- Water plants regularly in dry spells and remove dead flowers to prolong the flowering season.
- Average 50 seeds