Re: dahlia question
- Subject: Re: dahlia question
- From: I* H*
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:22:43 -0400
I have been able to keep dahlia tubers for years, and every early
spring, I put them in soil and they sprout! even when I don't see the
little white growths that prove the desiccated-seeming tubers are alive.
I used to put them in sand after drying and cleaning them off. Then one
year I was too busy, so they just went into a box with a cover, after
being dried and cleaned off. The following spring they were all right,
so that's what I've been doing since.
I keep the box in the cellar, away from the one radiator there, in a
dark corner.
They don't freeze, but they don't get warm either.
Now, if only they'd blossom.
Isabelle Hayes
Marya Williams wrote:
>snip>
I tried
> storing them in peat moss in the house (cool and warm rooms), in the
> garage, and in the refrigerator. No luck. Anyone able to keep them over
> without fancy storage facilities?
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