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| I took all my tubers that had eyed up in the cellar and put them in trays or pots with peat. I have been putting them outside in the sun to sprout? I looked today, and the eyes were all shriveled up?? Will they come back when I plant? How do you all get tubers to sprout that I read about? |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva 5B (My Page) on Sun, May 16, 10 at 2:20
| The strong UV rays probably fried them. If they have sprouted inside you need to harden them off before you put them in direct sunlight. I would keep the soil moist.. not soggy and put them in the shade outside for a few days and then add more sun little by little. They eyes sould come back in a few days/weeks. All hope is not lost. We, who start tubers early start, them under lights inside. Keriann~ ** Search this forum for 'starting tubers indoors'... thats how we do it : ) |
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| Thanks. I have read so many web stories on dahlias that I have it all mixed up. I planted some yesterday and have put the others back in the cellar. To make it worse is that I do have a grow lite syste, but was using it for plants. |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva (My Page) on Sun, May 16, 10 at 10:05
| Can you get them in the shade outside? That would also work and then you can gradually give them an hour or two of sun a day until they can handle full sun. I plant mine in 1020 trays (nursery flats) with 4" of soil. They eye up under lights and then I harden them off outside. Right now they are antsy to get in the ground! Keriann~ |
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| That is exactly what I was doing. I picked the ones that were showing eyes . They were in flats with peat. I had them under lights but nothing seemed to be happening so I took them outside in the nice weather. I must admit it was dry and sunny but I spritzed them twice a day. Who knows??? |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva (My Page) on Mon, May 17, 10 at 19:15
| You can keep the soil moist at this point... just not soggy... hmmmm... that is odd, they should be doing great. Keep us updated! Keriann~ |
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