Re: dahlia tubers
- Subject: Re: dahlia tubers
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:47:03 -0500
I don't know if you got an answer to this one or not, but the answer
is NO!! Any tuber that does not have a section of stem attached is
blind and will not grow. The ones that fall off when you dig them
are compost material.
If you want to increase your stand, the easiest way is to let them
sprout and then remove the sprouts when a few inches tall and root
them in damp sand. They root readily and will flower for you just
like the tubers during the growing season you rooted them in.
I've always read about dividing them, but have found that by spring
there is so little stem left it's too hard to get a split with stem
attached.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Steve Hatch <stevemh@gis.net>
>
> Hi all,
> On the subject of dahlias, does one break off all the big fat
tubers in a
> bunch and plant them separately next spring? I've always kept them
in the
> bunches they were in, but they do break off when digging and I
wondered if
> maybe I should be multiplying my flock by deliberately separating
them.
> steve hatch
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