Канал: Kristine Albrecht

233. Comparing the Original Mexican Species Dahlias to Modern Dahlias.

233. Comparing the Original Mexican Species Dahlias to Modern Dahlias.

232. Botrytis from Excess Moisture in Large Dahlia Seed Heads.

232. Botrytis from Excess Moisture in Large Dahlia Seed Heads.

231. Harvesting and Storing Dahlia Seeds.

231. Harvesting and Storing Dahlia Seeds.

230. Dividing and Preparing Tubers for Winter Storage.

230. Dividing and Preparing Tubers for Winter Storage.

229. Dahlia Breeding. Milking Seed Heads. Looking at Maturing Seeds.

229. Dahlia Breeding. Milking Seed Heads. Looking at Maturing Seeds.

228. Dahlia Breeding. Identifying Seed Heads, Collecting Pollen, and Collecting Seeds.

228. Dahlia Breeding. Identifying Seed Heads, Collecting Pollen, and Collecting Seeds.

227. A Deep Dive Into Hand Pollination for Dahlia Breeding.

227. A Deep Dive Into Hand Pollination for Dahlia Breeding.

226. How I Store the Pot Roots From First-Year Seedlings Over the Winter.

226. How I Store the Pot Roots From First-Year Seedlings Over the Winter.

225. Our book, "DAHLIAS: Seed to Bloom" is now an Audible audiobook.

225. Our book, "DAHLIAS: Seed to Bloom" is now an Audible audiobook.

224. Dahlia Breeding: A Quick Overview of Hand Pollination.

224. Dahlia Breeding: A Quick Overview of Hand Pollination.

223. An 11-minute Walk Through my 2nd and 3rd year Breeding Patch in 2024.

223. An 11-minute Walk Through my 2nd and 3rd year Breeding Patch in 2024.

222. Dahlia Seedling Traits. How I Analyze My Seedlings.

222. Dahlia Seedling Traits. How I Analyze My Seedlings.

221. Reviewing and Removing Undesired First Year Seedlings.

221. Reviewing and Removing Undesired First Year Seedlings.

220. Saving a Plant Taken Down by Gophers.

220. Saving a Plant Taken Down by Gophers.

219. Replacing Failing Tubers, Spreading Compost, Mulching with Straw. Early Season Field Care.

219. Replacing Failing Tubers, Spreading Compost, Mulching with Straw. Early Season Field Care.

218. Planting Tubers, Mulching the Soil With Straw, and Pinching Out Young Plants.

218. Planting Tubers, Mulching the Soil With Straw, and Pinching Out Young Plants.

217. Understanding Cot Leaves on Dahlia Seedlings.

217. Understanding Cot Leaves on Dahlia Seedlings.

216. Early Season Pest Pressure at the End of the Rows.

216. Early Season Pest Pressure at the End of the Rows.

215. The Difference Between a Pinched Out & Unpinched Plant.

215. The Difference Between a Pinched Out & Unpinched Plant.

214. Planting Early Season Cuttings.

214. Planting Early Season Cuttings.

213. Transferring Rooted Cuttings into 4-inch Pots.

213. Transferring Rooted Cuttings into 4-inch Pots.

212. Planting Rooted Cuttings Early in the Season.

212. Planting Rooted Cuttings Early in the Season.

211. Cover Crops. Checking in on the cover crop at different stages of growth.

211. Cover Crops. Checking in on the cover crop at different stages of growth.

210. How I store my pot tubers over the winter.

210. How I store my pot tubers over the winter.

209. Collecting, drying, and storing dahlia seeds.

209. Collecting, drying, and storing dahlia seeds.

208. How I pack and store my tubers for the winter.

208. How I pack and store my tubers for the winter.

207. Using corn tassel bags to keep seed heads dry.

207. Using corn tassel bags to keep seed heads dry.

206. Milking my seed heads in the fall to keep them as dry as possible.

206. Milking my seed heads in the fall to keep them as dry as possible.

205. A beautiful new first year seedling.

205. A beautiful new first year seedling.

204. Removing seedlings that were grown in four inch pots.

204. Removing seedlings that were grown in four inch pots.

203. Disbudding dahlias for better blooms and more robust tuber production.

203. Disbudding dahlias for better blooms and more robust tuber production.

202. Deadheading Dahlia Plants.

202. Deadheading Dahlia Plants.

201. Looking at second year seedlings with Julie from @williwildflower who is an amazing designer.

201. Looking at second year seedlings with Julie from @williwildflower who is an amazing designer.

200. Walking through the FIRST YEAR seedling patch with Jan, July 2023.

200. Walking through the FIRST YEAR seedling patch with Jan, July 2023.

199. A walk through one row of the second and third year seedling patch. Late July 2023.

199. A walk through one row of the second and third year seedling patch. Late July 2023.

198. A walk through a row of second and third year seedlings. July 20, 2023.

198. A walk through a row of second and third year seedlings. July 20, 2023.

197. Stripping the Lower Leaves on Mature Dahlia Plants.

197. Stripping the Lower Leaves on Mature Dahlia Plants.

196. A walk down a row of second and third year seedlings, mid July 2023.

196. A walk down a row of second and third year seedlings, mid July 2023.

195. A walk through the second year seedling patch on July 14, 2023.

195. A walk through the second year seedling patch on July 14, 2023.

194. Rust Removal Eraser from Hida Tool Company, Berkeley, CA.

194. Rust Removal Eraser from Hida Tool Company, Berkeley, CA.

193. Learning How to Clean our Garden Snips Using a Sap Remover.

193. Learning How to Clean our Garden Snips Using a Sap Remover.

192. Disbudding a lot of dahlia blooms. Disbudding benefits your plants, tubers, and blooms.

192. Disbudding a lot of dahlia blooms. Disbudding benefits your plants, tubers, and blooms.

191. The Theory Behind Sharpening Floral Snips.

191. The Theory Behind Sharpening Floral Snips.

190. Learning How to Sharpen Floral Snips at Hida Tool Company.

190. Learning How to Sharpen Floral Snips at Hida Tool Company.

189. Pinching Out Many Plants in a Row of Dahlias.

189. Pinching Out Many Plants in a Row of Dahlias.

188. How I deal with Earwigs and Cucumber beetles using Sluggo Plus and the Bugzooka.

188. How I deal with Earwigs and Cucumber beetles using Sluggo Plus and the Bugzooka.

187. Rescuing a Wilted Tuber Eaten by Gopher.

187. Rescuing a Wilted Tuber Eaten by Gopher.

186. Pinching out Plants From Tubers.

186. Pinching out Plants From Tubers.

185. Checking On Unsprouted Tubers.

185. Checking On Unsprouted Tubers.

184. Reducing the Number of Shoots Produced by a Planted Tuber.

184. Reducing the Number of Shoots Produced by a Planted Tuber.

183. Salvaging Young Leggy Seedlings and Cuttings.

183. Salvaging Young Leggy Seedlings and Cuttings.

182. Planting 4" Sink Pots With Drip Irrigation.

182. Planting 4" Sink Pots With Drip Irrigation.

181. Pinching Out Questions. Commonly asked questions about pinching out dahlias.

181. Pinching Out Questions. Commonly asked questions about pinching out dahlias.

180. Pinching Out Young Plants.

180. Pinching Out Young Plants.

179. Looking for Aphids on Young Seedlings and Cuttings.

179. Looking for Aphids on Young Seedlings and Cuttings.

178. Spraying Horticultural Oil for Aphids in Early Season.

178. Spraying Horticultural Oil for Aphids in Early Season.

177. Rooting Cuttings with a Turbo Klone.

177. Rooting Cuttings with a Turbo Klone.

176. Pinching Out Young Cuttings.

176. Pinching Out Young Cuttings.

175. Supplies I use for Making Cuttings.

175. Supplies I use for Making Cuttings.

174 The Cutting Bed at Four Weeks.

174 The Cutting Bed at Four Weeks.

173. The Cutting Bed at 16 Days

173. The Cutting Bed at 16 Days

172. Setting Up a Cutting Bed

172. Setting Up a Cutting Bed

171. Organizing and Storing Tubers, Winter 2022-23.

171. Organizing and Storing Tubers, Winter 2022-23.

170. Inside a Dahlia Seed. Here I look inside a dahlia seed to see if it is viable.

170. Inside a Dahlia Seed. Here I look inside a dahlia seed to see if it is viable.

169. October Breeding Review

169. October Breeding Review

168. Dahlia Breeding. Open Pollination With Culling.

168. Dahlia Breeding. Open Pollination With Culling.

167. Using Pin Frogs in Containers to Display Blooms.

167. Using Pin Frogs in Containers to Display Blooms.

166. Deadheading Dahlia Plants.

166. Deadheading Dahlia Plants.

165. Looking at First Year Seedlings, Late July 2022

165. Looking at First Year Seedlings, Late July 2022

164. How I Cut my Blooms.

164. How I Cut my Blooms.

163. Stripping the Lower Leaves When Dahlia Plants Reach Maturity.

163. Stripping the Lower Leaves When Dahlia Plants Reach Maturity.

162. Potting up Cuttings and Hardening Them Off Outdoors.

162. Potting up Cuttings and Hardening Them Off Outdoors.

161. Cutting Blooms for Florists and Designers.

161. Cutting Blooms for Florists and Designers.

160. Hand Pollination, the First and Second Parts.

160. Hand Pollination, the First and Second Parts.

159. Modifying Organza Bags to Give Blooms More Room.

159. Modifying Organza Bags to Give Blooms More Room.

158. Harvesting, Labeling, and Storing Dahlia Seeds.

158. Harvesting, Labeling, and Storing Dahlia Seeds.

157. Dividing Pot Roots (compact tuber clumps from plants grown to full size in 4-inch (10 cm) pots.

157. Dividing Pot Roots (compact tuber clumps from plants grown to full size in 4-inch (10 cm) pots.

156. Washing and Dividing Dahlia Tubers.

156. Washing and Dividing Dahlia Tubers.

155. Disbudding Dahlia Plants.

155. Disbudding Dahlia Plants.

154. A Walk Through the Dahlia Patch With my Friend Jan, July 6, 2022.

154. A Walk Through the Dahlia Patch With my Friend Jan, July 6, 2022.

153. Pinching Out Young Dahlia Plants.

153. Pinching Out Young Dahlia Plants.

152. Staking Dahlia Plants: The Corral Method.

152. Staking Dahlia Plants: The Corral Method.

151. Walk Through The Dahlia Patch, June 13, 2022.

151. Walk Through The Dahlia Patch, June 13, 2022.

150. Checking in on a Flagging Plant.

150. Checking in on a Flagging Plant.

149. Looking at Twin Plants that Came from a Single Seed.

149. Looking at Twin Plants that Came from a Single Seed.

148. Checking Young Plants Grown From Tubers and Replacing Those That Have Failed to Grow.

148. Checking Young Plants Grown From Tubers and Replacing Those That Have Failed to Grow.

147. Looking at the First Tub of Cut Dahlias from the Patch.

147. Looking at the First Tub of Cut Dahlias from the Patch.

146. What Happens if Tubers are Left in the Ground for Several Years.

146. What Happens if Tubers are Left in the Ground for Several Years.

145. Planting 4" Sink Pots with Drip Irrigation.

145. Planting 4" Sink Pots with Drip Irrigation.

144. Looking at Viable and Nonviable Seedlings.

144. Looking at Viable and Nonviable Seedlings.

143. Planting out seedlings in 4" sink pots. This time with 8" spacing.

143. Planting out seedlings in 4" sink pots. This time with 8" spacing.

142. Planting Tips for Tubers and Young Plants.

142. Planting Tips for Tubers and Young Plants.

141. Hybridizing Dahlias: Open Pollination with Culling.

141. Hybridizing Dahlias: Open Pollination with Culling.

140. Gopher Traps: A Review of the Three Types I Use.

140. Gopher Traps: A Review of the Three Types I Use.

139. Opening a Pompon Seed Head. So Fun!

139. Opening a Pompon Seed Head. So Fun!

138. How I Deal With Aphids on my Plants & Sprayer Overview.

138. How I Deal With Aphids on my Plants & Sprayer Overview.

136. Checking Plants in Early Season for Pests and How to Disbud.

136. Checking Plants in Early Season for Pests and How to Disbud.

135. Spreading Green Lacewing Eggs to Reduce Aphids.

135. Spreading Green Lacewing Eggs to Reduce Aphids.

134. Checking in on Seeds that I'm Germinating.

134. Checking in on Seeds that I'm Germinating.

133. Pulling Tubers out of Winter Storage.

133. Pulling Tubers out of Winter Storage.

132. Potting up Cuttings into 4" Pots

132. Potting up Cuttings into 4" Pots

131. Different Ways to Wake Up Tubers before Planting.

131. Different Ways to Wake Up Tubers before Planting.

130. Potting up Rooted Cutting into 4 inch Pots.

130. Potting up Rooted Cutting into 4 inch Pots.

129. How to Take Cuttings and Pulls from Tubers.

129. How to Take Cuttings and Pulls from Tubers.

128. Looking at My Cutting Bed Three Weeks In.

128. Looking at My Cutting Bed Three Weeks In.

127. Checking in on Stored Tubers Over the Winter.

127. Checking in on Stored Tubers Over the Winter.

125. Looking at Tubers Grown From Cuttings.

125. Looking at Tubers Grown From Cuttings.

124. Fall Tuber Dividing & Cover Crop Planting.

124. Fall Tuber Dividing & Cover Crop Planting.

123. Dividing Tubers Grown in Sink Pots.

123. Dividing Tubers Grown in Sink Pots.

122. Storing and Labeling Seeds.

122. Storing and Labeling Seeds.

126. Opening Seed Heads

126. Opening Seed Heads

121. A Favorite 2020 Second Year Seedling.

121. A Favorite 2020 Second Year Seedling.

120. Checking in on a Second Year Seedling. What I am looking for to Help me Evaluate the Variety.

120. Checking in on a Second Year Seedling. What I am looking for to Help me Evaluate the Variety.

119. Tagging new Seedlings and Looking at Seed Heads.

119. Tagging new Seedlings and Looking at Seed Heads.

118. Late Season Plant and Tag Check.

118. Late Season Plant and Tag Check.

117. Taking Apart Seed Heads and Comparing Singles & Doubles.

117. Taking Apart Seed Heads and Comparing Singles & Doubles.

116. Making a Rooted Cutting From a Long White Tuber Sprout.

116. Making a Rooted Cutting From a Long White Tuber Sprout.

114. Walking Through the First Year Seedlings in Late Season.

114. Walking Through the First Year Seedlings in Late Season.

112. A Look at the Second Year Seedling "Annex." Also, a Look at 1 Gallon Sink Pots.

112. A Look at the Second Year Seedling "Annex." Also, a Look at 1 Gallon Sink Pots.

111. Taking a Look at Species Dahlias.

111. Taking a Look at Species Dahlias.

110. Another Walk Through the First Year Seedling Patch. August 2021

110. Another Walk Through the First Year Seedling Patch. August 2021

109. Looking at Some First Year Seedlings. August 2021

109. Looking at Some First Year Seedlings. August 2021

108. A Walk Through a Row of Second Year Seedlings with my Friend Jan. Jan. August 2021

108. A Walk Through a Row of Second Year Seedlings with my Friend Jan. Jan. August 2021

107. A Walk Through a First Year Seedling Row. Burgundy and Red Blooms. August 2021

107. A Walk Through a First Year Seedling Row. Burgundy and Red Blooms. August 2021

106. Walking Down a Row of Seedlings Grown in 4" Pots, June 2021.

106. Walking Down a Row of Seedlings Grown in 4" Pots, June 2021.

104. How to Disbud Your Dahlia Plants for Longer Stems and Larger Blooms.

104. How to Disbud Your Dahlia Plants for Longer Stems and Larger Blooms.

103. Why Are my Plants so Green?

103. Why Are my Plants so Green?

102. How to Get Longer Stems by Disbudding Plants.

102. How to Get Longer Stems by Disbudding Plants.

101. Staking Dahlia Plants.

101. Staking Dahlia Plants.

100. How I Transition Cuttings form Indoors to Outdoors.

100. How I Transition Cuttings form Indoors to Outdoors.

99. Another Winter Check on the Tubers.

99. Another Winter Check on the Tubers.

98. How I store my Tubers.

98. How I store my Tubers.

97. Early Season Dahlia Plant Care

97. Early Season Dahlia Plant Care

96. Pre-sprouting Dahlia Tubers

96. Pre-sprouting Dahlia Tubers

95. Germinating Dahlia Seeds.

95. Germinating Dahlia Seeds.

94. Checking in on Stored Tubers in Winter.

94. Checking in on Stored Tubers in Winter.

93. Growing a Winter Cover Crop / 2020

93. Growing a Winter Cover Crop / 2020

92. Finding Eyes on Tubers.

92. Finding Eyes on Tubers.

91. Late Season Dahlia Care. Preparing for Digging up the Tubers.

91. Late Season Dahlia Care. Preparing for Digging up the Tubers.

90. How I Store Dahlia Tubers Over the Winter.

90. How I Store Dahlia Tubers Over the Winter.

89. Cleaning and Dividing Dahlia Tubers.

89. Cleaning and Dividing Dahlia Tubers.

88. Cutting Dahlias for the Vase.

88. Cutting Dahlias for the Vase.

87. Disbudding Dahlias: Why it's Recommended.

87. Disbudding Dahlias: Why it's Recommended.

86. Disbudding Dahlias: How To.

86. Disbudding Dahlias: How To.

85. Pinching Out Young Dahlia Plants for More Blooms.

85. Pinching Out Young Dahlia Plants for More Blooms.

84. Planting Dahlia Tubers in Pots & Containers.

84. Planting Dahlia Tubers in Pots & Containers.