This is the absolute best dahlia cutting video there is on RUclips!! I recommend it to every who wants to take cuttings, or people who say they’re confused by cuttings. Your video explains it so clearly AND you do close ups!! Which is so helpful to newbies! I wish more people took cuttings and sold them! I don’t think we’d have such a short supply of those hard to get ones if everyone took cuttings of them and upped the supply. The price might even go down if the demand could active met. I’ll always recommend this video! Thank you for making it!!
This was really great, thank you. Unlike other videos, you showed exactly what it looked like up close and you explained each step (the hows AND the whys) and I feel great about where I'm going with my cuttings. Thanks so much!
I love your video! You totally simplified taking dahlia cuttings for me! I was afraid to try it before, but you showed close up every step. Thank you. I’m zone 5b north Idaho.
Thankyou. I’ve done hundreds of Dahlia cuttings. Please mention to sterilize your cutters between varieties as to not spread virus. Happy to find you channel and excited to follow your journey.
Hello love your videos. I'm currently about to snip off my new shoot growth for the first time and have a question. I've watched many videos on how to do this and most people use a root hormone. Why don't you all use one? Does it really make a difference with dahlias?. Thanks for the videos
You got me to do a double take, the cutting pulled out of the vermiculite is not the one we see you plant up. Guessing the roots were a bit to long for that small planter pack. Always a bit of a challenge if they put to many roots on when in the cutting tray. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for this great video! Question; if my last frost date is May 15 how far prior to this date should I take and plant cuttings to have them ready to go by May 15, assuming I’m only taking one set of cuttings. I don’t have too much room to take several sets of cuttings . Thanks!
Great video. I have never done cuttings in the Fall. I'm currently digging Dahlias and am in zone 8. Can you please expand a bit on this question (posed by someone else earlier)? If I plant small tubers Nov 1, then take cuttings from it on Dec 1, then root the cuttings in vermiculite for two weeks and plant the rooted cuttings in larger containers Dec 15. My last frost date is approx middle of April. How large will those original planted cuttings be in 4 months time? (Dec 15 - Apr 15)
Hi Liz, we’ll eventually will move the earliest ones up into 4” pots but they will stay pretty small because we’ll start taking cuttings from those cuttings. They never really get the opportunity to grow too large.
@@PepperHarrow What would be the point of taking cuttings from cuttings? If you move the original ones into 4" pots as they grow, what do you do with that plant if you take cuttings from it as well? Do you let it continue to grow? Or do you simply use it to take cuttings from and therefore it never is allowed to grow out of that 4" pot?
@@PepperHarrow So you just keep growing these January babies until you harden off for outside planting mid May? That sounds wild to me! Are they massive at that point?
I enjoyed this video. I'm new to dahlias in general and this was very informative. Cool information! I have two questions: Why did you choose to use vermiculite as a growing medium for the cutting and what is the reason that you snipped off some of the leaves?
Thanks for watching! We use vermiculite because of its water retention as well as reducing disease, pest, and mold issues. We snip the leaves a bit so its putting less energy into the greenery and more into the root system.
You guys have blown my mind!!! I just threw away tubers last week that I couldn't find eyes. I hate waste. Keep these great videos coming. You have a great channel and look forward to many more. Your farm is beautiful. I love how you plant your dahlias. Saw that in another video. Do you stake your dahlias? I didn't see any netting or twine to corral them. I noticed on Swan Island Dahlia videos that they are mounded up pretty high on the stock. Is that what you do? Thanks so much and am now binging your channel. :)
Kelly Tripp Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! It’s about 72-75 degrees. Yes, we’ll transition them to the greenhouse which starts to harden them off. When the weather gets warm enough we’ll set them outside for further hardening before planting. 👍
Great video!! What medium do you have the “mother tubers” in (the tubers you took the original cuttings from)? Is it just potting soil or seed starter or something else? Do you must the tubers while waiting for the sprouts? How long do you find it takes for tubers to get a sprout long enough to take a cutting?? Thank you so much!!
Thanks for making this video, very useful! Do you think it would be possible to save a dahlia that was affected by dahlia Gall by potting up a healthy part of the tuber, and then take cuttings as instructed in the video?
I really enjoy this video. I have two questions. Will you get flowers from the Cutting you take from the mother tuber in the same year? Can you plant the mother tuber after taken several cuttings? Thank you
Not sure if you have ever heard of Sarah Raven. She is a England flower farmer, but also well knowledgeable. She has several videos on Dahlias and other flowers. Look her up, you said that you would love new ideas. I’ve watch all her videos and saved many.
@@PepperHarrow what she does on her cuttings she take a very little bit of the dahlia and she puts her cuttings in a 3 inch black pot around the edges. She believes that the roots will hit the sides and divide. Just thought you like another view.
Hi love your videos. I have a question so after the cuttings root, you grow them throughout the winter indoors and plant outside when Temps are warm? I want to try this but just needed clarification.
Are you digging the tubers from the field and then storing them for a bit before potting them up to sprout them for cutting? Or straight from digging them up in the fall into the pots?
A little bit of both, Chris. We have so many that it takes a bit to get through them. We’re finishing up the last dividing and storing over the next couple of days. The most valued ones go straight into pots from when field.
Excellent, well explained video! Do your cuttings have bottom heat, or are they in a really warm room? Basements are usually pretty cool- so just curious...thank you!
Hey Hey Hey - a new subbie here ;). I'm new to flower gardening and super inspired by your videos! Looking forward to binging on your videos and learning so much more. Quick question though: what brand or type of cell trays do you use? They look so "sturdy" and not flimsy like the thin plastic ones I've seen in big box stores.
@@PepperHarrow I so so so wish that I had watched this before dividing and storing my tubers in the fall :( I thought for sure no eye = no keep. I'm mourning the dead by trying this propagation method now. :)
By dirt, do you mean sterile potting soil? This is interesting. My grandma grew dahlias, but I haven't, mainly because I would have to dig up and store the tubers.
They need an eye, but the point of the test we did is that we could not see the eye at the time, but they ended up having them. They’re sometimes just too tiny to see.
This is the absolute best dahlia cutting video there is on RUclips!! I recommend it to every who wants to take cuttings, or people who say they’re confused by cuttings. Your video explains it so clearly AND you do close ups!! Which is so helpful to newbies! I wish more people took cuttings and sold them! I don’t think we’d have such a short supply of those hard to get ones if everyone took cuttings of them and upped the supply. The price might even go down if the demand could active met. I’ll always recommend this video! Thank you for making it!!
Hi there folks,I’m from Australia &I learned about Dahlia cutting‘s .good work.Vince.
Hello! Thank you for your video! Do you put the tubers under a light source when they are first potted up? I couldn’t tell what you did. Thanks!
This was really great, thank you. Unlike other videos, you showed exactly what it looked like up close and you explained each step (the hows AND the whys) and I feel great about where I'm going with my cuttings. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
GREAT INFORMATION!!!
Thanks for sharing.
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If these are put in greenhouse to sprout what is ideal temp? Thanks and love what you guys do!
I saw this video a while ago but finally got the chance to try it this year. It worked beautifully!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤️
I love your video! You totally simplified taking dahlia cuttings for me! I was afraid to try it before, but you showed close up every step. Thank you. I’m zone 5b north Idaho.
Thanks Marian! 🌸💗
Thanks! I will try it this autumn with the dahlias I have for my flower field here in Germany 👍🏻😍
Thank you for making this video! We are also in zone 5b.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm in 5b so it helps me a lot!
Super helpful! Thank you!🌿
Always good info!
Thankyou. I’ve done hundreds of Dahlia cuttings. Please mention to sterilize your cutters between varieties as to not spread virus. Happy to find you channel and excited to follow your journey.
Good idea, thanks!
Excellent presentation!
Hello love your videos. I'm currently about to snip off my new shoot growth for the first time and have a question. I've watched many videos on how to do this and most people use a root hormone. Why don't you all use one? Does it really make a difference with dahlias?. Thanks for the videos
I’ve seen many videos as well and most say it’s not necessary, however may promote fast root growth.
Great video!
Fantastic video....Totally doing this
That was super helpful. Thanks so much!
You got me to do a double take, the cutting pulled out of the vermiculite is not the one we see you plant up. Guessing the roots were a bit to long for that small planter pack. Always a bit of a challenge if they put to many roots on when in the cutting tray. Keep up the great work!
Thank you
Great info! Thanks 🌱🌱🌱
Thanks for this great video! Question; if my last frost date is May 15 how far prior to this date should I take and plant cuttings to have them ready to go by May 15, assuming I’m only taking one set of cuttings. I don’t have too much room to take several sets of cuttings .
Thanks!
Beginning of March would be a good time to start.
Great video. I have never done cuttings in the Fall. I'm currently digging Dahlias and am in zone 8. Can you please expand a bit on this question (posed by someone else earlier)? If I plant small tubers Nov 1, then take cuttings from it on Dec 1, then root the cuttings in vermiculite for two weeks and plant the rooted cuttings in larger containers Dec 15. My last frost date is approx middle of April. How large will those original planted cuttings be in 4 months time? (Dec 15 - Apr 15)
Hi Liz, we’ll eventually will move the earliest ones up into 4” pots but they will stay pretty small because we’ll start taking cuttings from those cuttings. They never really get the opportunity to grow too large.
@@PepperHarrow What would be the point of taking cuttings from cuttings? If you move the original ones into 4" pots as they grow, what do you do with that plant if you take cuttings from it as well? Do you let it continue to grow? Or do you simply use it to take cuttings from and therefore it never is allowed to grow out of that 4" pot?
@@lizdick7318 We take cuttings from the cuttings because it helps keep them small and manageable as well as just plain creating more dahlias.
Great video thanks guys!
Thanks for watching!
Do they need lighting too
Another wonderfully informative video 😊 Do you find that dahlia plants from cutting produce flowers more abundantly then from tubers?
Hi Jen and Adam. Thanks for the great video. Since you plant out on May 15, what time of year do you plant the tuber in the 4” pot?
Connie King Hi Connie! We’re taking cuttings right now and we’ll continue until the end of April✨
@@PepperHarrow So you just keep growing these January babies until you harden off for outside planting mid May? That sounds wild to me! Are they massive at that point?
Keri Rockanne We do! They stay pretty tame because we’re taking cuttings of of the mature cuttings.
How many weeks does the whole process take? How many weeks before last frost should I start them?
You started these with last years dahlias at the end of season? They didn’t get any rest?
If I do this now, June 5 ish can I keep them
Outside till they root to pot them
Up?
Thanks! Great job
Can you tell what temperature this propagation space is? You don't use a heatmat for cuttings?
Can you make cuttings at the end of the season or only at the beginning? Wondering if I can make more plants in October before pulling them up?
Yes! We’re pulling them up, cutting greenery back and potting them up now.
Excellent
Thanks
What kind of light do you use for your cuttings?
I enjoyed this video. I'm new to dahlias in general and this was very informative. Cool information! I have two questions: Why did you choose to use vermiculite as a growing medium for the cutting and what is the reason that you snipped off some of the leaves?
Thanks for watching! We use vermiculite because of its water retention as well as reducing disease, pest, and mold issues. We snip the leaves a bit so its putting less energy into the greenery and more into the root system.
@@PepperHarrow thank you so much for the response. It all makes sense to me now!
You guys have blown my mind!!! I just threw away tubers last week that I couldn't find eyes. I hate waste. Keep these great videos coming. You have a great channel and look forward to many more. Your farm is beautiful. I love how you plant your dahlias. Saw that in another video. Do you stake your dahlias? I didn't see any netting or twine to corral them. I noticed on Swan Island Dahlia videos that they are mounded up pretty high on the stock. Is that what you do? Thanks so much and am now binging your channel. :)
Hi Pam, thanks! We don’t stake our dahlias at all. It’s become too cumbersome of a task for us. Stay stay upright pretty well as is.
@@PepperHarrow Just went out to my compost bin to find the tubers I threw away. Wish me luck!!! Love everything you guys do!!
Great video !! What is the temperature of your basement? And do you harden the cutting off?
Kelly Tripp Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! It’s about 72-75 degrees. Yes, we’ll transition them to the greenhouse which starts to harden them off. When the weather gets warm enough we’ll set them outside for further hardening before planting. 👍
Love your milk glass collection!
I’m just starting dahlias this year and am SO excited to have found this info.
I couldn’t stop staring at it. So pretty!
And is that a Jade plant on the right?
Thank you 🙏🏼 great video!,
Wow! So you will take cuttings in January for dahlias that you plant out in May? Do you just keep them growing indoors up until May?
Yep!
Hi Thank you for very informative videos. Do u put the cuttings tray on a heated mat
No, we keep the room at 70 degrees and that works fine for us. They do require light. We just use standard led shop lights.
Great video!! What medium do you have the “mother tubers” in (the tubers you took the original cuttings from)? Is it just potting soil or seed starter or something else? Do you must the tubers while waiting for the sprouts? How long do you find it takes for tubers to get a sprout long enough to take a cutting?? Thank you so much!!
Just seed starting mix.
When you get the tuber into the soil, prepared for cuttings, at what point do you water the tuber?
When they sprout 🌱
How big do they get over winter while you're waiting to plant them?
After you root the cuttings and plant them outside in the spring will those cuttings create more tubers instead of roots when you dig them up
They will make more tubers. 👍
Thank you. I love your information your giving. Binge watching now.
I've rooted many dahlias, but they always come out different from the mother plant, just curious, do you have this happen to you.
Thanks for making this video, very useful! Do you think it would be possible to save a dahlia that was affected by dahlia Gall by potting up a healthy part of the tuber, and then take cuttings as instructed in the video?
LaVikinga108 I would be concerned with spreading the gall. Any tubers we find with gall are thrown out so we’ve never tried.
@@PepperHarrow yes, you're right, better safe than sorry!
Great video! Do you ever mist the cuttings when they are in vermiculite?
No need. Just bottom watering to make sure it’s moist where it roots
Nice.
Thanks!
I really enjoy this video. I have two questions. Will you get flowers from the Cutting you take from the mother tuber in the same year? Can you plant the mother tuber after taken several cuttings? Thank you
Yes, you get flowers and tubers if planted early enough. You can also plant the mother tuber as well. 👍
Thank you 😊
Great question, as I was curious too. This is exciting!
Not sure if you have ever heard of Sarah Raven. She is a England flower farmer, but also well knowledgeable. She has several videos on Dahlias and other flowers. Look her up, you said that you would love new ideas. I’ve watch all her videos and saved many.
Love her videos!
@@PepperHarrow what she does on her cuttings she take a very little bit of the dahlia and she puts her cuttings in a 3 inch black pot around the edges. She believes that the roots will hit the sides and divide. Just thought you like another view.
Love new ideas! I’m going to look for that video
Is it absolutely necessary to dig the dahlias up? I live in zone 7b N E Alabama. Thx!
Not if you live in a warmer zone like you do.
Hey y'all! Good info! How much light do the cuttings receive while rooting?
Thanks for watching! They receive about 18 hrs of light per day.
Do you also do pinching with them and do you use the pinching as cuttings?
If they are big enough you can take cuttings from the cuttings.
Will you get flowers the first year. Thinking I would do some cuttings now, but wondering if they would produce this year or if it’s too late?
Yes! They will flower this year the only risk you’re running at this moment is them not producing Tubers.
Hi love your videos. I have a question so after the cuttings root, you grow them throughout the winter indoors and plant outside when Temps are warm? I want to try this but just needed clarification.
Yep, that’s correct.
Are you digging the tubers from the field and then storing them for a bit before potting them up to sprout them for cutting? Or straight from digging them up in the fall into the pots?
A little bit of both, Chris. We have so many that it takes a bit to get through them. We’re finishing up the last dividing and storing over the next couple of days. The most valued ones go straight into pots from when field.
Thank you. Where would you say is a good place to get the trays you used in the video?
JP Source Farmtek is a good source 👍
Excellent, well explained video! Do your cuttings have bottom heat, or are they in a really warm room? Basements are usually pretty cool- so just curious...thank you!
We don’t use bottom heat. Our basement is very warm, around 65-75 on average
From your cuttings do you get a full bloom and full set of flowers the first year?
We do. We also will get nice tubers the first year if we get them in early enough.
Will the cutting bloom the same year
They will! ✨
Hey Hey Hey - a new subbie here ;). I'm new to flower gardening and super inspired by your videos! Looking forward to binging on your videos and learning so much more. Quick question though: what brand or type of cell trays do you use? They look so "sturdy" and not flimsy like the thin plastic ones I've seen in big box stores.
I think we got these from Farmtek. They’re goods ones for sure!
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Do you need to have a certain humidity?
We don’t track the humidity, but this does side with stimulating root growth.
@@PepperHarrow thank you. I’m trying a couple of my cuttings in vermiculite.
Hello
You don't need to add any rooting hormone?
You can but we don’t. We haven’t had issues without it.
What percentage of your tubers with out eyes would you say sprout?
It was a pretty high percentage. About 70%ish? They must've had eyes that we just didn't see. It was a good experiment!
@@PepperHarrow I so so so wish that I had watched this before dividing and storing my tubers in the fall :( I thought for sure no eye = no keep. I'm mourning the dead by trying this propagation method now. :)
By dirt, do you mean sterile potting soil? This is interesting. My grandma grew dahlias, but I haven't, mainly because I would have to dig up and store the tubers.
Peggy Fleming Yes, we mean sterile seed starting soil. They’re definitely a lot of work with tuber storage.
Liked your video maybe say soil rather than dirt, or as the euros say compost what ever that is
Or the room temperature is enough
The room temp is enough and we do provide supplemental light
I’m confused....do they need an eye or not?
They need an eye, but the point of the test we did is that we could not see the eye at the time, but they ended up having them. They’re sometimes just too tiny to see.
@@PepperHarrow Thank you for replying.
A bit confusing…
Thank you