Dahalia Top Star (20 Seed)

🌸🌿 Dahlia ‘Top Star’ Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Dahlia Top Star, Top Star Dahlia
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Dahlia pinnata
🔹 Type ➜ Flowering ornamental plant 🌼
🔹 Special ➜ A compact, free-flowering dahlia producing vibrant blooms, ideal for flower beds, borders and pots.
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic gardening
➜ Home gardens
➜ Terrace gardening
➜ Balcony gardening
➜ Landscape planting

🌟 Why Grow Dahlia Top Star?
✔️ Bright, colourful flowers 🌸
✔️ Long flowering season
✔️ Excellent for cut flowers 💐
✔️ Attracts bees and butterflies 🐝🦋
✔️ Compact plants suitable for containers
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Flower beds
➜ Borders
➜ Decorative pots

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India
➜ Best sowing/planting: September – November
📍 Punjab
➜ October – November
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 18–28°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Fertile, well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH 6.0–7.0
✔️ Mix plenty of compost before planting.

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Dahlia Top Star seeds
➜ Organic dahlia seeds
➜ Open-pollinated flower seeds

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Sow seeds in nursery trays or pots.
Seed depth: ➜ 0.5–1 cm
✔️ Germination: ➜ 7–14 days
✔️ Transplant seedlings when they have 4–6 true leaves.

🌿 Spacing
➜ Plant to plant ➜ 30–40 cm
➜ Row to row ➜ 40–50 cm
🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before planting:
➜ FYM ➜ 4–5 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During flowering:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Compost tea
✔️ Encourages continuous blooming.

💧 Irrigation
➜ Water every 3–5 days or when the topsoil starts drying.
❌ Avoid waterlogging.
☀️ Sunlight Requirement
➜ Full sunlight
✔️ At least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily.

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common issues:
➜ Aphids
➜ Thrips
➜ Spider mites
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Yellow sticky traps

🌸 Flowering
➜ Starts 60–80 days after sowing.
✔️ Remove faded flowers regularly to encourage more blooms.
⏳ Crop Duration
➜ 5–6 months

💐 Uses
✔️ Garden decoration
✔️ Cut flowers
✔️ Border planting
✔️ Pollinator-friendly gardens

🪴 Growing in Pots
✔️ Excellent choice for containers.
Pot Size
➜ 10–12 inch pot or grow bag
Soil Mix
➜ 40% garden soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand

➜ Dahlia Top Star seeds
➜ Top Star dahlia flower
➜ Organic dahlia seeds
➜ Dahlia flower seeds India
➜ Winter flower seeds
➜ Flower garden seeds
➜ Balcony flower plants
➜ Cut flower varieties
➜ Ornamental flower seeds
➜ Senior Seeds dahlia seeds