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Taking cuttings from dahlias
Not done this before but would like a couple of extra plants from tubers I only have one of (including one from a unique seedling from last year).
Sarah Raven has a video where she takes off a little chunk from the dahlia tuber with the cutting, while another video shows just cutting into the green. Which is better?
Thanks
Sarah Raven has a video where she takes off a little chunk from the dahlia tuber with the cutting, while another video shows just cutting into the green. Which is better?
Thanks
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I did find that new plants took a while to get up to full glory. I normally leave Dahlias in the ground over winter but I dug the new tubers up and stored.
I don't want to take any cuttings from it, because it's clearly rather vigorous, and I won't have room for them before they can go outside permanently!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
What is your rigorous new dahlia, @Fairygirl? Sounds like a winner!
Apparently it gets to a fair old height...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
They were cheapies from B&Q so it wasn't the end of the world.
The new ones are a mix of purples and oranges. The dark Obsidian one is also in the mix, so I'm hoping they all take well enough. That one is bl**dy massive already.
I'll keep them in the house this year . The girls will just have to move out
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't have room for many dahlias. I grow them in large plastic pots and place them in the borders to colour up a quiet patch.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I've just been re planting some crocosmia [E. McKenzie] which I'd lifted from a bed I've dismantled. In with lots of whites/greens. Very useful for later in the year
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border