Dahlias: Dahlias: Looking forward to spring - Part I, 2 by psudan

psudan wrote:
I have two fair sized piles in the garden that I chopped up and bagged with the mower. With everything being so wet, I probably won't have that option again until spring. The garden is covered with the leaves that have fallen since the big snow. I won't even bother raking those. They will get tilled in next spring.

Mary, one of my LaLunas was pretty prolific with nice looking tubers. Let's hope that they make it through storage.

I read an article on tuber storage that said some varieties are notorious for not keeping well. On the other hand, some can practically be thrown into a box in the corner and will always do well. Two years ago, I had two Hollyhill Six-in-One plants. I saw very few eyes when I divided. I cut off 26 tubers from the two plants. In the spring, all 26 sprouted. After years of growing this plant, I've concluded that it is one you can pretty much always count on. I had trouble finding homes for all of them. lol