Digging, Dividing and storing dahlia tubers

            I use a transplanting shovel, it's longer than a normal shovel.This seems to work well. It allows you to get under the tubers and lift.

After the first hard frost (Usually mid to late October in Michigan), cut off the tops of the dahlia plants and wait for two weeks.This allows the tubers to start forming new buds and make it easier to divide. A tuber with no bud will not grow.

Dig up the tubers. If you damage the neck of the any of the tubers, they will probably not save.

Wash & cut. If the new buds are not clearly visible, you will have to make a best guess. The goal is to have at least one bud per individual tuber.

Allow the tubers to dry for several hours or maybe even over night. I usually do this inside (think shade). 

Mark each tuber with a permanent marker. If you have trouble doing this, the tubers are probably not dry enough. I abbreviate the Dahlia name.

Wrap each tuber in plastic wrap (Saran Wrap). One per package makes it easier to deal with in the Spring. However, you can wrap 3 or 4 together making sure each tuber is separated with plastic wrap.

Pack the wrapped tubers in bags or boxes and store in a cool dark place (Basement cellar).

Settle in for Winter. Sometimes I check the tubers, but most of the time I just wait until Spring planting. If you have any tubers that have spoiled, you can deal with them at that time

Some rights reserved

Taken on: October 9, 2008

Tags:

dahlia

storage

dividing

2008

clinton

michigan

garden

flowers

fall

store

divide

dig

overwinter

flickr « less

Sets appears in: • Eight Steps to Digging, Dividing & Storing Dahlias

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20, f/2.8, 1/20 sec, 6mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length:	6mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver1.0
Show full info

Stats: 3,243 views / 1 comment

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder