RE: dahlia question

Diana,  your web page is great.  What a lovely garden you have!  It must be
hard to leave it for work every morning, but oh so nice to come home to :).
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


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From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Diana
Sent:	Monday, July 29, 2002 5:19 PM
To:	perennials@hort.net
Subject:	Re: dahlia question

I also just cut mine off, leave them right in the pot with the soil and put
them in a crawl space under my house. It does not freeze there. I do nothing
to them until I pull them out in May, water them and put them on the deck.
Mine are just beginning to bloom now. I do exactly the same with calla
lilies and elephant's ear. Every other year, I take them out of the pots in
the fall and divide them, repot and stick under the house. So much easier
than when I used to dig them all up, let them dry, and pack in paper bags,
then replant them all in the spring.

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>> >
> > > 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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