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dahlia

Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8
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how to save them

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  • Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8

    I digged up four of my favourite dahlia,s ..  How can I store them the best way?

  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154

    I clean all traces of soil from the tubers , dry out thoroughly and keep them in a cool room or frost free shed during the winter months , obviously after cutting off all foliage . Re-pot in the Spring and water as usual .

    (Helps if you've a greenhouse to speed things up a bit ) !

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  • Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8

    Thank you Paul!

    There are so many roots on each plant and I wonder should I divide them now or in spring?

     

  • MortuusMortuus Posts: 18

    I leave mine in the ground, have done for years now. Just give them a heavy mulch of manure.

  • Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8

    haha,,my back still hurts from digging...so  I planted lots of bulbs in the empty spaces.

  • SussexsunSussexsun Posts: 1,444

    I lift mine as often you can divide the tubers in spring and double your plants

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  • Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8

    thank you all. I can offer the whole street in spring..Nice!!

    Have a nice day.image

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I usually leave mine in and mulch, but this year I think they’ve been in long enough to need separating,  dug up a huge clump as it didn’t flower too well this year, seems to be all joined together, so needs sorting, but another one just fell into three separate clumps. 

    I always wrap in newspaper after drying them off. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    Lida - it depends where you are in the country as to whether your dahlias can be left in the ground or not. The colder it is and the more wet it is, means that they will have a lesser chance of survival. And don't break the tubers up individually - they are meant to grow like that in a clump - you just replant the whole clump together. You only need to divide the clumps if they are HUGE - and by that I mean if the clumps are many years old.

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  • Lida AllardLida Allard Posts: 8

    wow, thank you. I will follow your advice and will not attack them with a knife.

    I am from Holland and have a cottagecarden including my "moestuin" ..herbgarden. 

    lways looking for improvements.

    Thnk you so much and greetings from Holland.

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