I bought some little ones similar to that in Homebase end of season sale,last year, left them in the pots they came in,and put them in the green house, now planted out in concrete pots
Unfortunately, I foolishly put mine in a planter that I will struggle to shift I'm actually looking forward to another gardening first - digging them up and attempting to store for the winter.
Our front planters are concrete weigh a ton. They will probably stay in there, I've had scented pelargoniums in pots near there they've been there for about 7/8 years.even survived "The Beast from the East"
our Scottish weather has gone from warm conditions, to heavy rain fall and a dip in artic polar conditions; I decided to over winter my dahlia's (yesterday) as the cold spell was forecast today (and the usual rise in temperature for the weekend). Rather than leave my dahlia's in the soil until we have a sharp frost I dug them up and used vegetable string bags to dry them out and hung them up in the mini green house to enable them to dry out. The tubers are in reasonable condition (I usually find when I have lifted them out from the soil the tubers are wet). I tried to over winter my dahlia's in large garden pots last year but they rotted away. I don't want to leave this years in the green house too long and I'm planning on wrapping them up in newspapers and putting them in a jute bag and place this in an attic as I don't have anywhere else to store them in as the greenhouse is only a temporary measure until the tubers dry out. How long is it advisable to leave the tubers in the wee nettling bags before I can take them indoors to wrap them in newspapers ? My greenhouse is one of these types which can be removed in winter and is only used for raising seeds and growing them on in springtime.
That's a 'how long is a piece of string' question @Sandrah61 You'll have to judge it yourself according to the state of the tubers. The main thing to remember is to make sure any stems aren't allowing water to drain back into the tubers. It's the reason they're usually stored upside down initially. If they're potted, it's slightly easier, because they can just be brought under cover and just kept drier in those pots. Unfortunately, if it's one of those plastic growhouses you have, they're inclined to be damp in wet weather, so it's debateable whether they'll dry out well in that. Our climate here certainly isn't conducive to leaving dahlias outside in the ground, but it can also be difficult to dry them sufficiently without a porch or proper greenhouse. You may have to just bring them inside sooner.
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Unfortunately, I foolishly put mine in a planter that I will struggle to shift
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You'll have to judge it yourself according to the state of the tubers. The main thing to remember is to make sure any stems aren't allowing water to drain back into the tubers. It's the reason they're usually stored upside down initially. If they're potted, it's slightly easier, because they can just be brought under cover and just kept drier in those pots.
Unfortunately, if it's one of those plastic growhouses you have, they're inclined to be damp in wet weather, so it's debateable whether they'll dry out well in that.
Our climate here certainly isn't conducive to leaving dahlias outside in the ground, but it can also be difficult to dry them sufficiently without a porch or proper greenhouse. You may have to just bring them inside sooner.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...