Winterizing Your Tender Bulbs - Wisconsin Garden Video Blog 1019
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- We’ve been blessed with some warm November weather, but now it’s time to begin winterizing our tender bulbs for winter storage. By digging them up we have a chance to save these bulbs for planting again next year. Today, we will be digging up our Peruvian Daffodils, a variety of Dahlias, Elephant Ears and Cannas. They’ll sun harden, then be washed and sun dried for 24 hours and then packed inside cardboard boxes and plastic trays with Peat Moss and kept in our cool, dark basement over winter. Once a month we will inspect their progress and give each bulb a light water spray so they don’t fully dry up and die. Any questionable tubers will be removed.
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I hope you guys are ok. I was catching up on past videos. Today is January 1 and noticed you have not posted since this early Nov video. Praying you guys are well
Happy New Year Wesley. After 11 years, we've decided to take a video production break until Spring. We've been working on several major business projects, so the timing looks good for now. Hope you had a safe and wonderful Holiday season and looking forward to a healthy 2022 for ALL! Thanks again for watching and checking up on us. Stay safe. Lynn & Richard www.WisconsinGarden.com
@@WisconsinGarden thanks for sharing that. You guys had put out so many videos a breaks sounds well deserved. Look forward to seeing you again soon
I used to watch this channel years ago when I was 11 and now im coming back at 22.
WOW, we are honored. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Happy Thanksgiving. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Thank you so much for making videos, they lighten up my day!
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Hello Cameron. Glad we lightened your day. Thank you for your kind comments, as well as, for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Possibly the misshaped bulbs have been sitting on stones. Bulbs will pull or push themselves into the correct depth. Good info 👍
Hello Pat. Normally, we would agree. Since the partially sunken barrels where filled with potting soil in spring, something else must have cause those tubers to misshape themselves since no rocks were added. It could have been one of the metal legs on the supporting cages that redirected its growth. Still a mystery of nature. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Lynn and Richard. I am just checking in.. I live 20 minutes from Mayfield Ky where the F5 Torrnado flattened the house. Our house is ok. We were coming back from Nashville airport on way back home and got caught between 2 tornados. had to take shelter with strangers I did not know, in Clarksville Tenn. My sister knew them and they were so gracious. We are safe and ok. I just thought I would let you know. I know you might remember I live in Western Ky.
Hello Lana. What a horrible event of tornados and the devastation they caused in multiple states. Kentucky seems to have been hit the hardest by unprecedented December tornado that stayed on the ground for hundreds of miles. We saw more images this morning on the news. It flattened so many homes and buildings. Hope they still find survivors as winter sets in. Glad you found comfort from strangers in time of trouble. So glad to hear you are safe. Hope the remainder of the year stays safe & quiet. Thanks for checking in with us. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Hi Down there!!! Holidays are coming in case I don't see you be blessed! See you for spring planning?
Hello Theresa. May you and your family also be blessed. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe. Enjoy fall or spring depending upon where you live and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Very helpful thank you so much! 💚
Good morning Trav. Glad you found this helpful. Thanks again for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Nice upload 👍
Good morning Anindita. Thank you for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
I use wood chips and cover them completely the real fine wood chips work best. Laura of Garden Answer has a good video on saving Dalihia
Hello Marie. Unfortunately here in zone 5B the majority of our tender bulbs in the past froze and died, so we now make the effort to save our tender bulbs. This year we are experimenting by doing it differently than in year past. The wonderful thing about gardening is the variety of approaches gardeners make that work for their growing zone successfully. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
What I do is have a hose with me. I dig a clump lay it on the ground hose it off clean with the jet setting. I also have a bucket filled with diluted bleach water.
Set them to dry do on to the next one.
I do gather them into a big tray and let them dry for 2 days. Then I take them and double wrap them in plastic wrap with an ID tag inside. Stick them into a Styrofoam cooler with the lid on. And place it in the coolest part of the basement. It is a very sucessful method and I don't divide till spring.
Hello Barbara. Sounds like you found a great system. We were considering experimenting with plastic wrap but decided to go with Peat this year instead. Next year we will try it. Just like in the movie "Jaws", I think we're going to need a larger Styrofoam Cooler. We too wait until spring to divide if appropriate. Thanks again you for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Lynn and Richard wish you both a Merry Christmas and a great New Year be safe and keep the video coming from lower Michigan
Thanks Rebecca, for your kind holiday wishes. Thanks again for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours as well. Enjoy winter and have a wonderful week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
We’re lucky we don’t have to winterize most of our tender bulbs. In some areas, we would with the dahlias. I love the look of that Peruvian daffodils.
I recently watched a video by “Swan Island Dahlias”. I love their simple dahlia videos. I’ve watched many dahlia videos over the years but I find theirs easier to follow for a successful growing, dividing, and much more. She said you usually find the eyes on last year’s stalk/stem. I love your setup for storing your dahlia. I saw "Dahliaholic" do something similar, so you’re on the right track.
Great video, Lynn & Richard!
Good morning Mary. It would be so different not having to dig up tender bulbs each year for storage. But then we wouldn't receive any tropic snow storms either. Such a dilemma! What's a north country gardener to do? Yes, those Peruvian Daffodils are pretty incredible not only their blossom but root system. And the variety of Dahlias alone is a gardener's delight. Just imagine if that's all we grew. Imagine the time digging them up each year and finding that amount of storage space. YIKES. Thank you again for you support over the years and for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Are you guys ok?
Hi Suni .We are fine. Thanks for asking. Just taking a breather for the rest of the year. Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well as, a healthy and Happy 2022.
Happy holidays Lynn and Richard 🎄
Thank you kindly, Potato Man. Hope yours were healthy and happy as well. Thanks again for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and healthy in the new year. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Such good information. Thank You! Happy Thanksgiving and Go Pack Go...again!💚💛From a WI girl in Texas!
Hello Green and Gold Maureen. Here's hoping Aaron can do his job on the gridiron and off the media circus. May you and you family have a blessed Holiday Season as well. Richard votes for Ham or Pizza vs. Thanksgiving Turkey. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
@@WisconsinGarden Well spoken about Aaron. My lady if you can get away with pizza for Thanksgiving jump on it before he changes his mind!! XO
Our family has already committed to the traditional Turkey, but sliced Ham for Richard. He will have to take me out for pizza. TKS Lynn
I enjoy your videos so much. I really miss having Dahlias. We moved into our retirement home and it is a mobile home with no garage or basement. We have an unheated shed but are in zone 5b here in southern Maine so too cold for the shed. Only option would be the fridge and apparently there is too much moisture there. I am tempted to buy 1 Dahlia in spring and give it a try in the shed with a ton of cover just in case but I am pretty sure that would not work. Hope you both have a great Holiday season and a happy New Year!
Hello Janet. We pleased to hear you enjoy our garden videos. Ah those giant Dahlias. So very impressive and a joy to watch grow. We've heard some viewers say that they have left theirs in the ground and covered them well. With the frost line 3-4" deep around here in our zone 5b, not sure those tubers would survive. How about a closet and create a light proof box for storage as long as you only will have 1 to save? Worth a try. We still peek at ours about every 3 weeks and give them a gentle spray just to keep them from totally drying out as did several last winter. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy winter and have a wonderful week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Hi, Do you think a closet will be cold enough? I might try this. Our master bathroom is the coldest room in the house and we have a large closet in there. Hey, it can't hurt to try right? And if it works I can plant a few more. Thanks for the suggestion!
Actually, it not about staying cold as much as staying as dark as possible over the winter so the tuber can rest. Our basement is a constant 65-70 degrees over winter. It's all about resting time for the tuber and tender bulbs. Try and see what happens and don't forget to mist at least once a month, not wet, just a misting. Let us know what happens. Have fun experimenting. L&R
@@WisconsinGarden Awesome thank you. I think the closet will be a good choice for that. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks!
Thank you Lynn and Richard. Learning something new from every post. Traveling in Ireland. Saw few good gardens here. Still bit cold 15 degrees with rain. Of course better than canada🇨🇦.Will be back next week. Take care Need to pull out my dinner plate Dalias. Bye for now.
Good morning Nathan. Traveling in Ireland and you're still watching our video. We're impressed. It must be wonderful to be traveling again and enjoying new sights. Hope the snow stays away so you have a chance to save your Dahlias. Enjoy your trip and safe journey back home to Canada. Thanks again for watching, sharing and caring. Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall wherever your are and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Thanks Lynn and Richard! Have great holidays 💕🙏🏻
May you and your family Seniye also have a joyous Holiday Season. Thanks again for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
It was so nice to see you two. I enjoyed the vid. It was a cloudy nearly 60 degrees here in central IL and I finished planting the last of tulip bulbs today. Weather man says maybe snow flurries by the weekend here. I always look forward to your vids Lynn and Richard. If you don't post before the Holdidays, I wish you both and your families too a warm, happy Holiday season filled with love and just enjoying what is good about life and family. Take care and TY again for making wonderful vids. Rusty from Champaign Urbana
Hello Rusty. The weather here in Wisconsin has been very garden friendly this November so we had time to complete another end of the garden season video. We're pleased to know you appreciate our garden videos. It makes all the work producing them worthwhile. May you and your family be blessed as well this Holiday Season as life continues to march forward to better days. Thank you again for always watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
That's a better wall than in texas
Not sure what you meant other than perhaps our wall of boxes. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
I have seen them stored in vermiculite also and that seems to work. Depending on the humidity, you may or may not have to moisten them. Looking good.
Good morning Diane. Indeed, we will check on them weekly for the first month and determine how well they are doing. This is the first year using Peat to store our tender bulbs over winter as a comparison to past efforts. Come spring we will know how well, or not, this method works. Thank you again for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours. Enjoy fall and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Do you dampen the burlap when you store the bulbs in the basement? Or do you spray the bulbs and peat moss directly and then cover with dry burlap?
No, we decided not to dampen either burlap or peat moss but will inspect them carefully in a month and give the bulbs directly a gentle water spray once a month and seen what happens this spring as we continue to experiment. Since the basement is cooler we think they will do well for now. Thanks for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe. Enjoy fall or spring depending upon where you live and have a great week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Do you plan on having vlogs during the winter months?
Hi LoraLee. Long answer: Richard and I are currently discussing a variety of vlog possibilities for things we've not yet addressed. After 11 years we've covered many topics on the evolution of our gardens and enjoying this brief respite.
We are both working on some personal projects that require lots of time including new classes for 2022 specifically for a local technical college. I'll be writing another book, this one about Richard life. It will be our 90th publication.
Currently, Richard is working on a painstaking pixel-by-pixel restoration project and digitally archiving over 400 B/W images of the Milwaukee Braves from 1953-1965. Following that he's working on a private colorful restoration project involving a collection of over 300 Lighthouses from around the USA. In addition to those, he continually creates many works of art whenever he takes a break for a few hours. I just feed him.
Thanks again for watching, sharing and caring. Stay safe and Happy Holiday Season to you and yours as well. Enjoy winter and have a wonderful week. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
@@WisconsinGarden I can hardly wait for the new book about Richard's life! I'm currently reading the book entitled 'Second of Five Again' and I can't put it down! It's one of the best books I've read to date and very well written. Much love! :)