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Posted by lucilleclifton Zone 4 (My Page) on
Tue, May 31, 11 at 22:40

What if I forgot about my dahlia bulbs until this weekend? I pulled them out of the vermiculite and they had begun to send up shoots.... so I assume that is a good thing. I potted them up on Saturday and set them so the shoots are above soil.

Will they be way behind since I didn't start them ahead inside? Will they still do OK? I didn't even think about taking them out early to start in pots! Next year!

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This is my first year for potting up tubers. Many of them dried out, while others were left in the winter storage bin. I'm not sure that in a lot of cases, the tubers potted up in the garage would have fared better had they been left in the winter storage. Too many dried out because the ground was soaking wet and cold for longer than anticipated. The ones left in storage still look fine!

In the past, I've always planted tubers outside, without verifying eyes or anything. And they've done reasonably well. Granted, I was planting them first week of May, not the 1st week of June. But I had flowers! Some may not bloom until fall, but at least you'll have more tubers to store in vermiculite for the 2012 growing season.

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