Well sorry to hear you guys have a bunch of problems too. My only real problem is JBs, the poor dahlias only bloom to feed them. I have half a mind to just snip all the blooms but then they might go for the leaves if I do that. I'm making sure to keep them watered though. I'm going to try feeding them this year too. I haven't in years past. Does anyone have a recommendation for food? I'd like to do a water soluble feed if possible. My goal is to have them tip top mid August when the JB season is over.
Dan, do you spray Sevin even when bees are around? I try not to use that stuff around things that are blooming. I have used it twice though, once on an Amalanchier alnifolia (all berries were gone) and another time on a Persicaria amplexicaulis (prior to it blooming).
