Re: dahlia question
- Subject: Re: dahlia question
- From: I* H*
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:41:18 -0400
Wow, this is even easier than what I've been doing (taking the tubers
out of the soil, drying and cleaning them).
Just cut them back, leave them in the pots and in the dark, not allowed
to freeze of course, then wait for them to sprout in the spring!
Isabelle Hayes
WhtRos2@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/25/02 12:31:31 PM Central Daylight Time,
> sistermarya@juno.com writes:
>
> > Anyone able to keep them over without fancy storage facilities?
> >
> I was hoping someone would answer this question.
> For several years I saved several over in my basement and never lost any.
> Sorry, I didn't do anything fancy. I just left them in the pots, cut them
> back and brought them into my basement where I set them on shelves or under
> tables; somewhere out of the way. Quit watering them, of course, until March
> sometime when they would start sprouting. My basement is about 65 to 67
> degrees in the winter.
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