Newbie question

20 years ago

I have never planted dahlias before. When I dug them up, just after a light frost, I took the tubers to the basement. I cut them apart later that day. One variety, Matchmaker, had many tubers -some quite large. I didn't know anything about when to separate them and on top of that my computer was down for some time so I didn't research. I had many divisions and put them in sawdust and am currently storing them in the basement. My question is: Have I destroyed all my tubers for next year's plantings? Thank you for your help.

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bluelytes
20 years ago
JAYNE,
I would think not. But then I am a newbie also, lol. BTW, matchmaker just happens to be on my WISH LIST, hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge!! :) Unless you whacked every tuber offa the main part, I would think you should have at least ONE viable one.

I have some NOID tree dahlias and some other kinds of NOID dahlias also. Did I happen to mention that I did NOT HAVE matchmaker?? heheh

If you reply, please do so to my email: bluelytes@yahoo.com in addition to here. Thanx.

Regards;
bluelytes
jayne_oh5
Original Author
20 years ago
bluelytes

I am embarassed to say that I did cut all the tubers off the stem. Some of the tubers on Matchmaker are nearly the size of the palm of a small hand. I would love to share with you if there was a way to know for sure that I would be giving you a viable tuber. I just got a different computer and my e-mail is not working. Please post any response to gardenweb at least for the time being. Hopefully next week-end I'll have it repaired.
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