What are Potroots?
homemommy
15 years ago
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I found the following quote in another post:
"a little multi-fingered conglomerate known as potroots. Those are generally smaller they're usually not easily divided. Grow just as well as regular tubers though."
I am thinking that this is what I am dealing with mostly, it better discribes all my dahlias then as a single large tuber. Basically these are conglomerate fingers massed together, not any one very large in size, and not very easy to separate!
So, what causes Pot Roots? Are they the result of certain varieties, or not ideal growing conditions? And how should you grow them on?
Most of my dahlias are supposed to be dinner plates, even though I divided the clumps, they where not divided down to one tuber each, and as a result, I have multiple shoots in all my pots. should I grow them on like this? Should I attempt dividing them now? (They have pretty established roots now, as they have been growing for a couple months in the pot). Should I wack off all but one stem? Seems to me though that whatever I cut is probably just going to eye up and resprout again...
I am at a loss as to what to do...
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