Re: Dahlias
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Dahlias
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:10:24 -0600 (CST)
> In Z8 here Dahlias will only survive a very mild winter. I dig mine after
> frost has killed the stems and store in a cool dryish place(in my case a
> frost free but otherwise unheated greenhouse).
I dug one up and it wasn't frost-damaged, but rather rotting from the
tremendous excess of winter rains we have received. I replanted it more
shallowly after removing the rotted parts -- thus exposing it to more
cold damage should that occur, BUT helping to reduce the rot.
--
Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com) Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu) Graduate Student in Software Engineering
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- Re: Dahlias
- From: "Kishori Hutchings" <cusheoncreek@saltspring.com>
