Dahlia Breeding for the Farmer-Florist and the Home Gardener

Our 73-page dahlia breeding book is a step-by-step guide to creating new dahlia varieties from seed. It is available in softcover or eBook.

Unlike planting a tuber or a rooted cutting, dahlias grown from seed are unique and unrepeatable. All the dahlia varieties we grow in our gardens once came from a single seed.

Included in this book:

• Pollination strategies, both hand pollination and various open pollination methods.
• Dahlia Genetics
• Target traits desired by breeders.
• Seed collection
• Seed Germination
• Seedling care
• Planting seedlings
• Planning for a seedling's future
• Record keeping
• Buying seeds
• This book is based on 14 years of dahlia breeding experience.

"Bravo! Thank you so much for sharing your hard-won knowledge with us all.

This fantastic book is a gift to the world."

-Erin Benzakein, Floret Farm

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• Available in the UK HERE
• Available in Australia HERE
• Available in the EU HERE

This book is filled with expert tips and hundreds of beautiful photographs. It is available in Softcover, eBook, or Audiobook on Audible. In it, I share all my dahlia-growing secrets. Drawing on 18 years of growing experience, I set out to write the most detailed and comprehensive book on dahlia care. This beautiful 278-page book covers everything growers need to know about dahlias.

My tips and techniques are for farmer-florists, home gardeners, beginners, and show-growers. In these pages, I explain:

• Soil preparation and soil health
  No-till gardening techniques
• Harvesting dahlia seeds
• Germinating and planting seeds
• Planting in beds and containers
• Collecting seeds
• Pre-sprouting tubers
• Watering options
• Pinching out young plants
• Fertilizing dahlias
• Disbudding and deadheading
• Growing in hot climates
• Dahlia Viruses
• Growing in sink pots
• Dahlia pests and diseases
• Harvesting blooms
• Transporting dahlia blooms
• Drying dahlias
• The Dahlia Genome Project
• Dahlia myths
• Common dahlia questions
• How dahlias are named
• Making cuttings
• Digging, dividing, and storing tubers
• Dahlia history

"I have purchased all the current books available on caring for dahlias. While those books cover the basics, this book is the one I've been longing for. It is very detailed, with beautifully illustrated explanations of everything dahlia growers want to know. I love that the authors are not afraid to dive deep into the details when they think it's important."   

-Goodreads

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• Available in the EU HERE
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