I would like to have some bird pepper seeds. I am from the Bahamas and was told that your Thai bird peppers are the same, can you confirm this? If they are the same, please tell me if you can send me some seeds? I'm sorry I don't have a garden. I'm just starting out, so I have nothing to trade.

There are better experts out there than me. I have grown dahlias for 40 years. Most of the time I leave them in the ground, (because of my illness, not lazy). Some people split them up in the fall. Wash with a hose. Then let dry. Then you decided whether to store them as a whole clump or individual tubers. Cut off all of the small root pieces that are under the size of a pencil. Label them if you know what they are. I bought a good knife at the Goodwill just for plant work like this. On some tubers, you will see little nubs or eyes on them, that will be next year's plant growth. I have stored mine in brown lunch sacks, then put each lunch sack in a big grocery paper sack. Some wrap them in saran wrap, and some in plastic baggie. Store in cool basement, or someplace with no frost. I usually put mine in our window well that is covered with wood. In spring, it is easier to see the eyes, where to divide them. I know on this site, someone posted on dividing them with pictures, but at this time, have not looked for the address. Looks like you will have some to trade there in spring. Darlene

Well, everything I've heard about storing makes a point of not using sawdust. From where does the wood come from...is it fresh...you certainly don't want moisture around your tubers, you want it dry. Peat moss....again, in what condition was the peat given the tubers....moist?, or dry? If not peat moss....which should be very good for them, try using vermiculite....or dry coarse sand (builder's sand). The bed should be very dry....on the bottom...the tuber in it should not touch its neighbour...the medium is given over it....then another layer of tubers can be laid on it....and again, buried by the medium which is kept dry....very dry. No moisture should reach the tubers. The storage room should be free of moisture. The temperature of such storage should be kept between 40 and 50F. Higher, it invites mildew and rot...colder, it invites the tissue being frozen if there is any hint of moisture within the tuber.

Send pm ?? A dahlia ? Sorry u lost me - lol - yeah trading tubers sounds awesome! Ur my new bestie now!! Lmao - I just looked up the phantom!! Omg it looks similar to blue bayou. Both gorgeous. Heck ya I'll take one. We'll trade- I'll give u blue bayou for a phantom :) I don't mind trading w/ u - sounds like a plan to me- I also have a bunch of tubers I bought from Walmart that I stored in my closet. I bought them 2 mo ago tho!! But they're alive n well. I'll send u the names of the ones that have extra tubers in each bag. I'll send as many as I can fit in one of those Manila envelopes with the bubble lining ?? I'll purchase a few big ones so I can send extra tubers. Don't feel obligated to send me a match for everything I send ! really they're just tubers I don't care for as much as the ones I've been purchasing lately - I only bought them bc they were in my face @ Walmart - lol - when u said u planted ur dahlias really late last year, how late was it ?? I'm scared sh*tl€ss mine aren't going to make it or bloom! It says fla too hot for blooms :( I promised myself I'm gonna do whatever it takes to grow a dahlia garden!! If I gotta buy shade hoops or garden sails!!! I'm gonna invest in a greenhouse one day bc a lot of my fav flowers don't grow well here! Like Astrantia! Omg I love astrantia!! The sun came out yesterday even. For 2 hrs- woke up this am to the house shaking from thunder! It poured buckets ALL day!! It just now stopped & it's so gloomy out! This is day 6 of straight rain! I'm gonna cry if the sun doesn't come out!! I have a bunch of teddy bear sunflowers I started from seed- I bought as many fuzzy varieties I could get my hands on- they came up but need sunlight so bad ! I so want to move north!! Even in the pan handle, i don't care! I hate this rain it's sickening & depressing. Ill get ur tubers together but I need ur address - email me crossrachel@icloud.com & send me ur cell no so I can txt u to get ur adddess :) here's names of my extras - diary in love ( never found this online!) I'll post a pic ! terrone, new dimension, Kelvin Floodlight & of course blue bayou. As far as diary - the sprout got big b4 I noticed & cut it back. growth might b slow for u this year but will take off next year. In the Deep S. we only have to dig up tubers once every 2-3 years to increase vigor & blooms which is good bc I'm kind of lazy - lol