Dhalias Starting to Bloom

[Izhar]

WOW... excellent cinerarias (please do share any tips for doing so) and I love the ranunculus...

[Farhan Ahmed]

I m getting jealous seeing such lovely flowers and the fact that Spring arrives late at my place.....

[AhmadIrfan]

Cinneria are seed grown weekly fertilization of DAP and npk 20-20-20 sprays, broke the buds once to encourage more growth and replaced NPK 20-20-20 with NPK 5-15-45 when the buds started to re appear
Ranunculus is one of my favourite flowers and considerably easy to grow, i expect each plant to produce more than 20-30 flowers.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Very good job, The butter cups are from seed or corms?

[AhmadIrfan]

The buttercups are from corns, still waiting for the other plants to flower.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

New bought corms or your old ones , how do you grow the corms? any mortality?

[AhmadIrfan]

These ranunculus were from new corns brought from chanan din seeds( the most unreliable seed store from experience this year). None of the corns died. just soaked them in water for 30 mins before planting, the corns absorb the water and they become buffed up. I planted it as so the head was not covered by the soil and the medium used was a mixture of bhal manure and dried leaves. No chemical fertilization until i moved them to a 10 inch pot a month after they sprouted.

[AhmadIrfan]

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[AhmadIrfan]

I've been having problems with the plant in the 2nd pic with yellow flowers cant remember the name. If you look at the petals of the flowers they turned downwards as opposed to being straight can anyone help with this problem?? These were seed grown 3 plants per 10 inch pot with extensive use of fertilizer and i've cut the buds alomst 4 times with scissors to maintain a flat level for the flowers and to encourage more growth.

[Izhar]

Its Dahlberg daisy, over fertilization and over watering may have caused this.. keep it dry a bit...