Growing dahlias is highly addictive. It's unrelenting & overpwering. Overwinterinh tubers is a challening processes resulting in both joy & disappointment until you find the system that works for YOU. Thanks for sharing your experiences, knowledge & passion.
Yes, this is helpful. My first time out to save my Dahlias. I had such beautiful planting results this year, and they have certainly done their job...hopefully, I can over-winter them as well. If I fail, I will try again next year. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Peggy! It’s always so good to hear from you! How’s the garden? That’s nice to hear that it’s cooling down just a bit. We’ve been having beautiful weather, it’s been making garden chores really enjoyable. 😊
Thank you for this video, very informative. I didn't know you can cut off the damaged tubers and still keep them, that is awesome. Questions: After you divide the tubers, do you still need to let the freshly cut wound dry out a bit before storing them or they can go directly into the vermiculite? If you need to let them dry out a bit, how long, another day? Also, if you check the tubers in the winter and find that some have shriveled a bit, do you mist them with water? If yes, how much do you mist, can you show us in a video, please. Thank you!
Hello and thank you for your video! I live in NY Zone 7A. We do sometimes get really cold winters so I choose to dig and store my dahlias in a card board box in my garage off the floor on a interior wall. I did notice that some of my smaller tubers already started to shrivel within two weeks of being dug up. I put them away dry overnight on my counter and I did not rinse them I just brushed off much of the dirt and did cut the roots off. The temperture here has been fluctuating from 70's to tonight going down to the 30's. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, it sounds like you’re on the right track. If your tubers are smaller/thinner to start off with they typically shrink quicker. You mentioned they are in a cardboard box, are they in any sort of medium? I think if you had an area where you could control the temperature and humidity they would be okay just in the box, but if not I always recommend storing them in vermiculite or wood shavings. You could also use plastic wrap and wrap them like a sandwich IF they’re divided, don’t wrap them in clumps. Does that help?
Oh that’s amazing! Like I mentioned in the video, I like to divide and rotate mine. Sometimes I’ll get rid of a specific variety or give away tubers that way I don’t have a ton of the same variety. 😊
I’ve watched several dahlia channels. You are the Goddess of Dahlias. 👸🏻
You are too sweet! I wish I could give you a big hug!! Thank you for your sweet comment!! 🥰😊🫶🏼
Growing dahlias is highly addictive. It's unrelenting & overpwering. Overwinterinh tubers is a challening processes resulting in both joy & disappointment until you find the system that works for YOU. Thanks for sharing your experiences, knowledge & passion.
Yes, this is helpful. My first time out to save my Dahlias. I had such beautiful planting results this year, and they have certainly done their job...hopefully, I can over-winter them as well. If I fail, I will try again next year. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Claudia,
I hope you are enjoying your autumn 🍂
We are getting a slight change from 90's to 80's 👍👩🌾
Take care
❤Peggy❤
Hi Peggy! It’s always so good to hear from you! How’s the garden? That’s nice to hear that it’s cooling down just a bit. We’ve been having beautiful weather, it’s been making garden chores really enjoyable. 😊
Thank you for this video, very informative. I didn't know you can cut off the damaged tubers and still keep them, that is awesome. Questions: After you divide the tubers, do you still need to let the freshly cut wound dry out a bit before storing them or they can go directly into the vermiculite? If you need to let them dry out a bit, how long, another day? Also, if you check the tubers in the winter and find that some have shriveled a bit, do you mist them with water? If yes, how much do you mist, can you show us in a video, please. Thank you!
Thank you for these amazing questions! I will definitely answer all of these questions in our next video. 🥰
Thanks for the video please would you tell me what it is you have tied round the tubers 😊
Hello and thank you for your video! I live in NY Zone 7A. We do sometimes get really cold winters so I choose to dig and store my dahlias in a card board box in my garage off the floor on a interior wall. I did notice that some of my smaller tubers already started to shrivel within two weeks of being dug up. I put them away dry overnight on my counter and I did not rinse them I just brushed off much of the dirt and did cut the roots off. The temperture here has been fluctuating from 70's to tonight going down to the 30's. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi, it sounds like you’re on the right track. If your tubers are smaller/thinner to start off with they typically shrink quicker. You mentioned they are in a cardboard box, are they in any sort of medium? I think if you had an area where you could control the temperature and humidity they would be okay just in the box, but if not I always recommend storing them in vermiculite or wood shavings. You could also use plastic wrap and wrap them like a sandwich IF they’re divided, don’t wrap them in clumps. Does that help?
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Why are you digging your dahlias up? I live in zone 7A where they sit in cold wet soil all winter and come back beautifully every year.
Oh that’s amazing! Like I mentioned in the video, I like to divide and rotate mine. Sometimes I’ll get rid of a specific variety or give away tubers that way I don’t have a ton of the same variety. 😊