10/07/2026
Hi everyone!
I've taken a little while off from posting, as sometimes it just gets to be too much. It's October 6th already! While others in our area are talking about throwing in the towel, turning off irrigation, and are preparing to dig dahlias, we are still filling our stand daily with lots of blooms. Everything is still so green and healthy, you would think it's spring instead of fall! We have had some cool nights that slowed down the growth a little, but things are really picking up speed again. I've lost count of how many flushes we have gotten at this point, but last week we conservatively estimated that we had cut and sold 100,000 dahlias already. We always let the plants and weather dictate what we do here on our farm..... our schedule isn't set to a calendar. Although it's uncomfortable digging in the cold and rain, we wholeheartedly believe that letting the plants get frosted before digging is highly beneficial....we don't rush mother nature. I think the size, and quality of our tubers has proven it time and time again. So, around here we are still watering, still feeding, and still cutting lots of dahlias. In past years, at this point we were fighting pm, and struggling to keep going...... this year, I feel like we have finally cracked the code. No pests, no disease, just happy plants that want to keep going. This crop is going to be awesome!
