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storing dahlias over-winter
so i cut away the green, lifted the tubers, washed most of soil away, and have left them to dry.
whats the best storage method consindering they'll be in a dark cool cellar overwinter? cheers |
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whats the best storage method consindering they'll be in a dark cool cellar overwinter? according to the TV gardening progs, in a bucket of perlite... Morgan |
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"Morgan Sarum" wrote in message ... whats the best storage method consindering they'll be in a dark cool cellar overwinter? according to the TV gardening progs, in a bucket of perlite... I have kept them (the tubers) in brown paper bags in open vegetable baskets. They did fine. I am not sure if mice like them but otheriwse if you keep them cool and dark and dryish (you do not want to dessicate them but you do not want them to rot either) they are fairly tough. If you do get fatalities, they are easy to propagate from cuttings next spring once they start sprouting if you have a greenhouse. Morgan |
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"Tiger303" wrote in message ... so i cut away the green, lifted the tubers, washed most of soil away, and have left them to dry. whats the best storage method consindering they'll be in a dark cool cellar overwinter? Store them in a shallow box covered with dry sand (not the orange builder's sand) or dry used compost. Keep checking the tubers through the winter for any disease, spray the tubers with water if they start to shrivel. Cheers Nick http://www.ukgardening.co.uk |
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"Tiger303" wrote in message ... so i cut away the green, lifted the tubers, washed most of soil away, and have left them to dry. whats the best storage method consindering they'll be in a dark cool cellar overwinter? cheers -- Tiger303 Most of mine have survived about 10 winters by leaving them under the soil in an unheated greenhouse (St. Helens, Lancs.) - with a much better survival rate than when I used to lift them and store them in a cool garage. Bevan |
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Bevan Price wrote:
::: Tiger303 :: :: Most of mine have survived about 10 winters by leaving them under :: the soil in an unheated greenhouse (St. Helens, Lancs.) - with a :: much better survival rate than when I used to lift them and store :: them in a cool garage. Lancs!...you sound just like me!...I can't abide that M word which was foisted upon us for political reasons, when people try to correct me by saying "I thought it was in mersyside?" I always reply, "No, I was born in Lancashire and I haven't moved, so that's where I still live" |
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Or....buy new blubs and plant them? |
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I'm in Southport and mine have never been lifted or protected in any way.
However our soil is is a sand y peaty loam and we have quite a mild climate. Even so most years we get some hard frosts which don't allow me to put a spade in the soil for a few days at a time. I just let the foliage die back over the soil, though a couple of years I cleared this away and we still had loads of them. They get bigger and bigger every yearand so i occassionally hack out a bout half of the tubers to hold them back..... PW "Phil L" wrote in message .uk... Bevan Price wrote: ::: Tiger303 :: :: Most of mine have survived about 10 winters by leaving them under :: the soil in an unheated greenhouse (St. Helens, Lancs.) - with a :: much better survival rate than when I used to lift them and store :: them in a cool garage. Lancs!...you sound just like me!...I can't abide that M word which was foisted upon us for political reasons, when people try to correct me by saying "I thought it was in mersyside?" I always reply, "No, I was born in Lancashire and I haven't moved, so that's where I still live" |
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Tiger303 wrote in message ...
so i cut away the green, lifted the tubers, washed most of soil away, and have left them to dry. whats the best storage method consindering they'll be in a dark cool cellar overwinter? cheers As you have dug them up, they may as well stay out. But next year I suggest that (depending on where you live) you - improve the drainage before you replant them - leave them in over-winter with a thick (3 - 6 inch deep) mulch Now they are out you need to hang them upside down to allow moisture to drain from the hollow stem. Then store them in a place with good air circulation. I know someone that stores theirs slung from hooks and held in netting bags. Orange nets or brussel sprout nets are OK. If you can persuade a lady to remove her stockings for you I have heard they store well in hoisery too. |
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