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Dahlias!

Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 380
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Has anyone started uncovering theirs yet?  We're on very sandy soil so leave them in over winter topped with a mound of soil to stave off the worst of the frosts.  But I never know when to start scraping the soil back so they can start their year...

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I think it's too soon, March has hardly started.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mine take off end of April
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mine are indoors. It's the only place that I can keep them reliably dry enough over winter. 
    In your situation, I'd just wait until you actually see new growth @Rob Lockwood, and when temps and conditions are decent enough for them to thrive. No point in tempting fate.
    As @Busy-Lizzie says - it's only the beginning of March, and that's very early- still, even in areas that are warmer and with lighter soil  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Far too early, here. I dig mine up, but don't start them off in the cold g/h until April.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Rob LockwoodRob Lockwood Posts: 380
    Thanks all!
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