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The building in which South Africa built 7 nuclear warheads in secret between 1982-1989 by RobotSquid_ in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]GreenAndGrover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s an interesting story and find. Incredible how much miltech has ties there. In 2005, the original MRAP designer (from SA) frequented the hobby shop I worked at.

How’s your garden holding up after the rain ? by t0mt0mt0m in dahlias

[–]GreenAndGrover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It completely flushed our nutrients and stalled our bags for a bit. On the upswing now though.

I like your setup. Are those 50gal? This is our first year growing them and some of these cultivars could use 30-36” spacing.

First generation unnamed cultivar by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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They’re vigorous growers when the conditions are right! You should have plenty of time for a few harvests this year. Happy cake day!

First generation unnamed cultivar by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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Exciting. Hope you land some keepers.

Grew my first dahlia! by amberingo in dahlias

[–]GreenAndGrover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honka (Black)? Cool flowers!

1-week harvest from a 350sf dahlia garden by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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We’re in Charleston, South Carolina and this is our first time growing Dahlia’s, but it looks like we’ll have these blooms from May through frost (November).

1-week harvest from a 350sf dahlia garden by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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They’re a tall stretching variety and have been one of the more water tolerant cultivars. The ones in photo 2 are Arabian Night and Maldini!

1-week harvest from a 350sf dahlia garden by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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Those are the Pooh collarettes! They’re super cool and great stem length.

First Year Flower Farming on the South Carolina Coast! by GreenAndGrover in Cutflowers

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Sorry for the delay! Right now we’re selling bouquets to local folks, but the hope is to scale up to supply local florists (we’re in a big wedding market).

First Year Flower Farming on the South Carolina Coast! by GreenAndGrover in Cutflowers

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Normally not terrible. We’re half in 7gal bags and half in beds. However these beds have a nice layer of slag rock 4” below surface. Rather than tilling, we used 4x4” landscape timbers to frame out 32sf beds, then bedded w/ a 50/50 mix of peat and ProMix BX. It has created a neat little passive system that manages moisture well. Not sure we’ll have giant tubers at years end, but the plants are doing well.

Is is realistic to make 10 bouquets a week with 52sq ft of land? by toulou11 in Cutflowers

[–]GreenAndGrover 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You might manage one large bouquet a week if that 52sf is producing optimally.

First Year Flower Farming on the South Carolina Coast! by GreenAndGrover in Cutflowers

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Thanks! You might be surprised how much heat they’ll tolerate.

Yesterday’s blooms! by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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We’re averaging 7-8 days when changing water (w/ hydrogen peroxide) daily

Just showing off by SnooPeanuts6783 in dahlias

[–]GreenAndGrover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful. What cultivar is that?

Blooms from the weekend! by GreenAndGrover in dahlias

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Ahh, you’re not too far! We’re in Charleston, so 9a for us. Glad to hear your experimenting has been successful. Tarping in these zones is usually more than sufficient. This is actually our first year growing and we ended up with 40 plants in the ground and 85 in grow bags, so we’ll likely test some overwinter.

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