One of the easiest ways to know when your dahlias are ready to lift is to look at the color of the foliage. When the stem and ...
Cooler temperatures are here, so if you are considering garden maintenance, you might be wondering if you can leave dahlias ...
Besides avoiding any overly wet situations, digging up the corms will help avoid overcrowding. Like dahlia tubers, ranunculus ...
Cut the blackened part of the dahlia for compost leaving a couple of inches of the stalk. Carefully lift the tubers and gently place them in the sun to dry. This is a good time to remove tubers that ...
Treated as annuals in USDA zones 3 to 7, dahlias actually grow from perennial tubers that can be lifted and overwintered for ...
But if you are a devoted dahlia grower, you will want to dig the tubers from the soil this month and let them dry a bit indoors. Then store them in paper bags in a cool, dry garage or shed for ...
Dahlia tubers can be planted in your garden once all danger of frost has passed, and soil temperatures are at least 55 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. “Dahlia tubers will remain dormant until soil ...
New plants can be expensive and it's easy to grow your own from cuttings. All you need to do is trick the dahlia tuber into making new shoots in late winter. These can be snipped off and are so ...