Comments on: Dahlia experiments http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dahlia-experiments/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nancy Bond http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dahlia-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-6732 Nancy Bond Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:51:45 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=2917#comment-6732 My Dad used to grow a LOT of dahlias at one time, and I remember them being spread on newspapers to dry in the cellar (they were dug up each fall) then stored in a basket full of sawdust for the winter. I don't believe he ever did anything more than plant them with a healthy hand full of composted horse manure from the neighbour's barn. :) <em>Nancy, He must have had such a beautiful display! -kris</em> My Dad used to grow a LOT of dahlias at one time, and I remember them being spread on newspapers to dry in the cellar (they were dug up each fall) then stored in a basket full of sawdust for the winter. I don’t believe he ever did anything more than plant them with a healthy hand full of composted horse manure from the neighbour’s barn. :)

Nancy, He must have had such a beautiful display! -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/how-when-what/dahlia-experiments/comment-page-1/#comment-6729 Layanee Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:16:47 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=2917#comment-6729 I do have a few dahlias and the rules? Hmmm... throw 'em in some damp peat moss and store them in the furnace room of the barn. They have two chances, they can live or they can die. I find if I have no expectations of their survival, I am always rewarded with a few good tubers. LOL <em>Layanee, I think that's just the right attitude to adopt when it comes to overwintering dahlias! -kris</em> I do have a few dahlias and the rules? Hmmm… throw ‘em in some damp peat moss and store them in the furnace room of the barn. They have two chances, they can live or they can die. I find if I have no expectations of their survival, I am always rewarded with a few good tubers. LOL

Layanee, I think that’s just the right attitude to adopt when it comes to overwintering dahlias! -kris

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