Growing store bought jicama tuber
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Comments (3)So they must have a natural period of dormancy they require. I'm hoping we may have another month before first frost, but there are always surprises. There's no sign of slowdown, they're blooming heavily. Some got a late start (they were started outside and it was just too cold). The pre-made hanging basket one is a knockout. I've GOT to keep that one alive for next summer! The leaves and flowers do look tuberous-type, though leaf form is larger and a little different from the ones I bought bagged as dormant tubers....See MoreGrowing store bought lotus?
Comments (20)Butterfly, I definitely will come back to update. I think I have gone furthest this time is because I put them all into big pond fairly early, so I didn't have to worry about the water quality, the lotus didn't have a chance to rot. Good luck with your lotus seeds. As for pond tab, I remember experts at this forum recommended using tomato spike, they said it works very well and is much cheaper. You may want to look into that. I never try that because I have lots of fish in my pond, the water is very rich. Water Lilly can grow without soil....See MoreStoring Dahlia Tubers
Comments (14)I've tried storing dahlias in peat moss inside loosely closed plastic bags in unheated garages with varying success. Last winter I tried a method new to me, which was to cover my dahlia bed (after a freeze in the fall) with about two feet of dried leaves, leaving the dahlia tubers in place where they grew. Then I covered the leaves with a large tarp. I weighted the edges of the tarp with stones large enough to keep our vigorous Colorado winds from pulling it off. The dahlia bed is about seven feet wide by twenty-five feet long and holds about 30 to 35 dahlias during growing season. I got 100% survival, and they were all in perfect condition when I dug them this spring in early April. We didn't have a terribly severe winter, but we had a number of days where the minimum dipped below zero and stayed there for a couple of days. We also had pretty good snow cover when most of the cold weather occurred, so that may have helped, too. I did the same thing with my garden crop of carrots and beets, and they survived very well. One of the dahlia clumps not only survived the winter, but also survived being overlooked at digging time and run over with my rototiller! I wouldn't advise doing this in an area where you are troubled with voles. They would probably devour a dahlia crop in short order. We have the usual grey house mouse around in liberal numbers, but they didn't bother the dahlias or the root crops. In a colder climate than northern Colorado, one might need to put on a slightly deeper cover of leaves. I'm convinced that this is the way for me to store my dahlias....See MoreBought WAY too many: space saving way to start tubers indoors?
Comments (25)What's sad is I have 2 other gardens amended ready to plant in !! But on the s. side of my yard in full, direct, all day sun.. ugh! dahlias won't survive here - they need afternoon shade in my heat :( My hubby said just dig the holes - I knew better!! but thought how I will be pulling weed & grass clumps out of the area for the next 2weeks before I dare to plant one tuber in :( even after digging up the top area of sod. I feel stuck :( I dont want my tubers to stay out of the ground another minute but also know what it's like to do something half @s$ in the beginning and regret it until I fix it ! Now that u have me thinking ab it !! It's harder work to go back n fix it verses doing it right in the first place. I have 47 tubers waiting to be planted - my fear is, if I go ahead & do the bed right, it might take a while. I dug individual holes bc I've been physically sick lately & haven't had the energy to do my normal gardening - I counted 4 bags of black cow & 3 bags of potting Mix - far from enough to amend this area. But I can use soil from one of my open gardens I only have some kelp & bone meal in it - I'm an avid gardener. I know amending a small area for a plant does nothing good for it - I honestly think it's better not to ammend at all unless enough area is amended to accommodate the root zone @ maturity. I was trying to convince myself it'll b ok this way & I'll fix it this winter. Do u have any ideas for a quick solution ?? I wish I had the money to hire help to get this done asap!! Ugh- So how far apart on center should the tubers b planted ?? and in between rows ? I went by online recommendations. I'm beyond upset with myself I didn't start this early march!! Grrr !!!! Very upsetting... Along the south side of my house there's a hillside that stretches out past the right side of my back yard & circles behind it. The hill dips into a valley, which is were my "immediate" backyard is. The lowest point of this " valley" is behind the area I picked for my dahlias 2b planted. My backyard is a little valley but the ground closer to my house is higher than the rest of this valley area. I chose to plant my dahlias in this area closer to my back lanai for afternoon shade & higher ground. Bc the dahlias are at a higher point than the rest of the " valley" if it rains & floods, my dahlias won't be sitting in it. My yard is weird & uneven. I'm upset I waited way too long to get this started!! Do u think I will have blooms this fall if I get them in within a week ? Sorry for flooding u with questions but Im not familiar with dahlias like I am Roses & other flowers :) thanks cici...See Morejoscience
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