splitting dahlia tubers - photos
jroot
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Comments (6)I would love to have some dahlias! I have bunching onion bulbs, NOID daffodils (lots), asparagus fern seedling, various mints, a few odd trees, several varities of canna, and pink gladiola bulbs. I can also take cuttings of the plants listed on my trade page, but they would not be rooted. Let me know if you think we can work something out. Thanks!!...See MoreStarted dahlia tubers
Comments (2)Since you mentioned that you are a newer gardener I'll point out something that you may or may not have fully understood. If these were tubers that you acquired from a reputable source (mail order, store, an experienced gardener, etc.) you might as well just pot them up individually to start with. The reason some people (myself among them) plant lots of tubers close together in shallow trays and then later move them along to pots is to test them for eyes. When dividing your own clumps it is sometimes difficult to tell whether a division will have an active eye or not. I divided one clump that had over 40 tubers but I didn't expect to be able to carve them all away from the main stem with eye tissue. I just did my best to get a piece of the stem where an eye was likely to appear and then I planted them all in a shallow tray to test for eyes before potting up the active tubers....See MoreYikes! Monster dahlias eating my garden!
Comments (12)Thanks, Pooch peach. It's odd to visit a new forum & be recognized by someone who's known of you from another! Topping? We're talking whipped cream & almonds in my book! Thanks for the link, & I'll study up. Thanks for the tuber numbers info...You said, "Tuber numbers have nothing to do with tall plants (unless it's a tall variety"... Well, how does one know if you're dealing with a tall variety, and how do you respond if that's so? Aren't dinner plates "tall varieties"? My cacti are up to 5' at least. How sweet of you to remember my bouquet photos. Actually, I almost said in my initial post, "I'll post photos of some of my dahlias in case any of you want them", but then, edited it out because I feared being overwhelmed by requests which I might not later feel up to filling. I want to *in spirit*, but sometimes, I get lazy and/or depressed, and lose motivation, and didn't want to promise something I wasn't able to fulfill. If folk want to be on an "in case I'm able" list of send-to-me's, I'm happy to keep it alive! I really only have 8 dahlias, and figure they're common enough that many others already have 'em. Here are some of my dahlia bouquets:...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 Morejroot
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