As I do every year, I started my dahlia tubers in pots this spring. Due to unexpected life circumstances, they have not been planted in the ground yet (sitting outside in their pots). Now that life has somewhat calmed down, I'm wondering if it would be totally crazy to try and plant them?

I had resigned myself to the idea that I would throw them in the compost pile and order new tubers for the spring. But I wanted to get some advice on this. If they aren't going to bloom, I'd skip it.

What do you think?

If you are zone 4 like me, then you only have another month and a half of growing season (if we are lucky). I still have a couple of plants that haven't flowered, but they are over 4 ft tall, and I have been bringing in big bouquets every other day or so since mid-July from most of my plants.

I would go ahead and put them in the ground. Even if you dont get many flowers this year, the leaves will feed the tubers and they should be fine for next year.

Due to being out of the country one year, I only had mine in the ground from mid-July to mid-September. Most of them came back fine the following year.