Re: Newbie Gardener Alert! -Reply

In a message dated 6/4/98 12:06:11 PM Central Daylight Time, SS@Schwabe.com
writes:

<< Dahlias are practically bullet proof, but they do
 have to be dug in the fall and stored or they
 will rot over the winter (more to do with wet
 than cold, depending on the year). >>


I was really excited a few days ago.  Last fall I did dig up my dahlia tubers
and then thought of something a lady at the nursery had told me.  I live in
zone 5, close to zone 6 and have a microclimate close to zone 7, I think.

After I dug them up, I just dug a deeper hole (about 10 inches or so) and then
stuck the tuber back in.  I did this on three of them, but a couple of the
holes were not quite that deep.  I didn't think any of them would really come
back, but to my amazement one did.  Almost pulled it thinking it was a weed.

We did have a very mild winter, but we also had a hard freeze about the first
week or so of March.  (I am talking way below zero).  
Sure got my roses.  Next year, I am just going to plant some of the dahlias a
little bit deeper and see what happens.  Knowing me, if I try to save them,
I'll kill them any how.

Sandy
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