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title: "Why are my potted Dahlias not doing well? They are outside and…"
description: "Why are my potted Dahlias not doing well? They are outside and watered every other day full sun and sometimes I don’t have time to water so it goes about 3…"
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author: "Annie-LI"
published: "2025-07-20T13:38:40.437887Z"
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# Why are my potted Dahlias not doing well? They are outside and…

_Posted by Annie-LI on 2025-07-20_

Why are my potted Dahlias not doing well? They are outside and watered every other day full sun and sometimes I don’t have time to water so it goes about 3 days without water…help!

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## 1 comment

### Rhus commented on 2025-07-20

If you look closely at some of the leaves, it looks like they have something whitish on them. Can you investigate that a little more? I think dahlias can get powdery mildew

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