Hi all, apologies if this is a common topic - I've yet to figure out how to effectively search this site!

I have a couple dahlia tubers in my zone 10 garden that are making multiple small thin stems (straw like). They didn't produce any flowers and wouldn't have been able to hold them up even if they had. Any suggestions as to what might contribute to that? I wonder if the soil was too warm where I planted them? Or maybe too dry?

I also had many in my front beds that didn't flower this year. They were newly planted and planted in March when they all went in (except the over wintered ones from previous years). Other flowering plants in the same beds did well so I don't think it's a fertility issue (unless dahlias are just super heavy feeders and, if so, then I suspect that's it.

Any other suggestions? I can't seem to stop growing more and more of them and I certainly would prefer if all that love actually helped produce gorgeous bouquets.

Thanks,

Joan