Re: Another Dahlia Question

>I would like to hear more about dividing the tubers.  This is the first 
>year that I dug them up to store until next year.  I was just going to 
>plant the whole thing like it was when I dug it up. 

You will find when you go back to the tubers after the winter, that some of
them will have dried up, and the ones which have survived will have eyes; 

 Do you just rip them >apart?  Is the eye bud easy to see? 

Yes the eye is easy to see, although they can be small, but they are
whitish, and look alive,  and the rest of the tuber is dead-looking and
brownish-gray; I wouldn't say "rip" them apart, just pull gently;

 Also, I have been starting them from 
>seed in flats each year and they have never gotten too crowded before I 
>plant them in the ground.  Usually they just have root growth, but 
>sometimes there is a tiny little tuber starting.  By fall they have good 
>size tubers.

I'm glad to hear this, and will try it next spring.

Isabelle Hayes

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