You don't say what zone your in. If you get any freezing temps at all, cut
the plants down to just above the ground level and dig up those tubers and
store them for winter.

ou can learn about storage of dahlias on the biggest dahlia e-mail list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dahlia-net



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"jellyfish" wrote in message
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hi there, have planted some dahlia bulbs this year and they have
sprouted and come up and ive been told i need to lift them for the
winter but i dont really want to if i dont what are the repercussions
of this? and if i have to what is the best way of over-wintering them




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