Yes! Dahlias will make seeds! Here’s how I collect mine.
1. Mid September, about 6 weeks before my first frost, I stop cutting my flowers & I let them mature on the plant.
2. You’ll see the centers of your flowers open and being pollinated by the bees. (You can also help your dahlias by hand pollinating-Part 2 coming soon)
3. Wait for your flowers to drop its petals and in a couple weeks the seed heads will be formed
4. You’ll know it’s time to harvest your seeds when the seed pods are totally dried out and feel like paper.
That’s it! Super simple and so much fun to grow dahlias from seeds, because each seed will produce a totally different flower from it’s original “parent plant”.
🌱Store in a cool dry place until next season!
Let me know if you have any questions
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Reminder to get out early to water & cut your flowers. Never cut in the heat of the day. Pro tip: I like to hydrate my plants first before harvesting.
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Happy 6 months of being the coolest cat on the farm, Forrest! We picked up this guy from the same farm we get our beef calves
Thank you for sharing your wonderful animals with us @pacificcascadefarms
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✨New favorite flower, Campanula! I don’t know why it took me so long to grow these beauties..but they’re here to stay because they are a perennial 🤍 who couldn’t love these little bell flowers! Their vase life is nearly two weeks too!
I started these in the fall, and they’re starting to take off.
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✨Today is the last day of our April Delivery Subscriptions!
It’s time to sign up for May! Get 5 weeks of farm fresh flowers delivered right to your door! Save $15 a bouquet by signing up for a delivery subscription.
✨DETAILS:
If you live in Sumner, Bonney Lake, Lake Tapps, or Buckley your delivery days will be Fridays!
•If you live in Maple Valley, Ravensdale, or Black Diamond your delivery days will be Tuesdays!
If you live in Enumclaw you can choose which day works best for you!
You can sign up right on our website. If you’re gifting this, please leave their delivery address for me at check out.
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🌸I’m so excited to bring you our farm grown goodness! Bouquets are always cut fresh and hand tied with the best blooms on our field
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I think one of the things that make our flowers so special, is they are always harvested at the perfect stage for the longest vase life. The flowers don’t care what day it is, so some days that means picking flowers in a church dress 🐰
Flowers are the Cart today are more open than usual so they will be beautiful for your Easter Day!
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I just finished harvesting the daffodils for tomorrow’s mixed bouquets. I always harvest my daffodils the night before I’m making bouquets to give them time to drain their lycorine, a poisonous sap that drips out of the stems if they’re freshly cut. Allowing your daffodils to sit in a bucket all by themselves for 6-8hours is enough time for the ends to condition & seal the sap-making them safe to mix in with other flowers like the tulips and anemones.
🌼 Farm fresh flowers available daily!
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Working in the greenhouse this morning and it feels like the wolves are knocking at the door…
These wind storms aren’t new to Enumclaw like I am-This is our fourth growing season (🤯) & first with our new greenhouse. I’m feeling so thankful for this structure, especially after three years of mending bent rebar and chasing down the plastic from the hoop houses I DIY’d after 70mph winds.
But the wind still fills me with anxiety even though I know my animals are bedded down safely and our house has been weathering through storms since 1941. There’s just something about the hallow sound rattling every thing around you. It’s like the wind is waiting for you to make a mistake so it can destroy everything you’ve been working towards. I feel like yelling “Not today Satan!” 😂 Oh the joys of flower farming in a town that literally means “Thundering Noise”
Our Greenhouse is a @climapod Virtue HD 9x42 in black
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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
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