Some of my Dahlias were helped along and forced by a small one with a
watering can. I used them for cuttings and still they insisted on
getting big. So last week, I started to harden them off and even planted
a couple out since I needed greenhouse space. I fleeced them up every
night and one of them developed a flower bud.

I fed them and cared for the poor things and then last night there was
nor frost forecast so I didn't smother them.

Bugger.

It would have been laughably silly to have Dahlias in bloom in mid May
outside, but I was kinda hoping for it.

No great loss even if the plants don't recover since I have more than
ample replacements coming on in the greenhouse.

I'm intending to do the same thing *deliberately* next year, but there
won't be so much pressure on the greenhouse so I should have the room to
manage it.

Warwick