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When to lift dahlia tubers

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Posted by sheldon z10FL (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 4, 07 at 5:50

Hi, Everyone!

I have dahlias planted in containers around our pool here in South Florida and they're doing well. However, come the cooler (spring-type) weather in November, I will be needing to lift the dahlias to make room for the cool-weather plants. Since we don't have frost, it is likely that the dahlias will still be green when I'm ready for the new plants. Will it hurt these tubers if I lift them while they are still green with plants? I would like to be able to store them, if possible...

Any and all advice is welcome!

Thanks!

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RE: When to lift dahlia tubers

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If you have a patch of ground 'out back' that has reasonable soil and good drainage, then all you need to do is dig out a patch for the Dahlias and plant them like a row of potatoes.

If you know you have any particular insect pests then take precautions but they should 'over winter' in the ground with no problems. (I'm zone 9a. I get heavy winter rain and frosts to -5C. Bedding Dahlias are fine in the ground for me and return the following season with no problems. I don't grow for the show bench but 'ordinary' Dahlias will come through easily - particularly if they are fed with good compost.)

If you can't do this then you might want to use gro-bags with some potting mix and divide the clump/s for replanting as you need.

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