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Grower Kristine Albrecht and sister-in-law Janet Egger, left, explore Albrecht’s dahlia farm, where she breeds new varieties of the flowers using hybridization, below. The farm produces dahlias in an assortment of colors, sizes and shapes.
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won awards. She won again for the largest dahlia ever shown in the U.S. in 2012, 2016 and 2019. She credits her family and friends for her suc- cesses, especially Jan Palia and Iris Wallace for their help with the farm. “Jan works her magic with bouquets, and Iris keeps things organized,” Albrecht said. She added that both grow beautiful dahlias as well. While she gets a short break from farm chores in the middle of winter, her new year starts at the end of the previous autumn when she digs all the tubers out of the ground, labels them carefully and puts them in a climate-controlled shed that keeps them at 43 degrees until it’s time to plant again. She also harvests seeds from crosses she’s made. To get a jump on the season, Albrecht starts taking cuttings as early as December. She has a cutting bed set up in the living room with lights on up to 14 hours a day. “It’s a way to trick the cuttings and seedlings into thinking it’s spring so I get a head start on the season. The cuttings need to stay moist until they develop roots. After a couple of weeks, you have a little plant that is a clone of the tuber,” she said. “I love starting seeds and doing the cuttings because it feels like you’re gardening even though it’s too cold to be outside.” By planting time, typically mid-April, Albrecht is ready to put about 1,000 tubers and about 1,000 seedlings into the ground. The tubers are a mix of potential parent plants for future crosses and varieties she’s evaluating for possible intro- duction into the trade. As the seedlings bloom, she will decide whether to keep them or toss them. She estimated she destroys 95% to 98% of the seedlings. To share her expertise with others, Albrecht has created more than 150 educational videos on YouTube and has written a book. She said she plans to devote more time in the future to hybridizing efforts. “That’s where my heart is,” said Albrecht, who now has a goal of developing a dahlia in a soft mo- cha/brown color. “It’s a hobby that’s gone crazy, but I really en- joy it,” she said. “I love to grow things, and even though I know what I’m doing, I’m still amazed I get all these dahlias to grow for me.” (Pat Rubin is a contributing writer for California Bountiful® magazine, where this article was published in the July/August 2023 issue.) July 19, 2023 Ag Alert 23
60 to a couple thousand. We needed more room. We had a fallow piece of property at the time. It was flat and used to be a chicken farm.” In 2006, she tackled the daunting task of turn- ing the weed-covered lot into a flower farm. “We pulled out piles of weeds and shrubs and black- berry vines,” she said. Years ago, the former own- ers used the property as a private dump. “So, we still find the occasional shoe.” Healthy soil equals healthy plant, so Albrecht added plenty of organic matter. In addition, she joined the local dahlia society—even served as its president for a while—and learned from the experts about growing dahlias. She produced such an abundance of flowers she turned to local florists to see if they were interested in buying the extras. They were happy to have the flowers for bouquets, she explained, but told her they wished dahlias came in soft, muted shades of mocha, cream, pink, burgundy and blush. The challenge was a big one since dahlias typ- ically come in cheerful, bright colors. There are plenty of highlighter yellows and bright reds, she said. Albrecht’s standards were high: She wanted to breed new colors for the floral industry but also wanted the plants to adhere to the rules of the American Dahlia Society. ADS requires that flowers last well in a vase or in a bouquet, and plants need to produce plenty of healthy flowers and tubers. It’s a long process, and not always successful. “Sometimes you get what you want quickly; other times it takes years and more crosses, and some- times you fail,” she said. “But I learned I have a good eye for what parent plants make good crosses, and I like to jump in 100% whenever I do something.” Her efforts paid off, and her dahlias attracted the attention and praise of dahlia experts and judges across the country. She developed the award-win- ning KA’s Papa John, a creamy white dahlia up to 8 inches across and named for her late father, who taught her about gardening. It’s one of her favor- ites and great for decorating arches at weddings. “The petals look like they’re waving in the wind,” she said. Her creations KA’s Cloud and KA’s Khaleesi also
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