Well I accidentally became a dahlia fan this past year. I thought that I had read enouph to get them out of the ground, stored and ready for winter. One question I had was whether to cut before or after storage for the winter.

The other is more difficult. I live in Virginia, USA and the weather here is changing. It is Oct. 27th and my plants were still full of blooms. We have had a few frosts, but the tops were all still healthy. Finally it got to around 32 degrees last night. I paniced, I knew my babies were gonna die. I cut the tops and dug them up, only to realize that was wrong. I was trying to find info on how or when to divide and I stumbled on the one week thing. You know, cut the tops and wait a week or so, to allow the eyes to develope before digging. OOOOPS. So here I am, I got all my precious tubers in a box and dont see any eyes on them. Now that I saw some pics (Poochella, tx again) on what to look for, I will examine more closely. But they are all so pale and soft and very smooth. The centers ( I guess the origional tubers planted) are darker and firm. Please help me someone. This is my first time working with Dahlia and these are so lovely. I dont know names, just colors, they are all the med-large cactus version. 1 has a white center and lovely purple edges, another is all white, and then my favorite is an awesome yellow center w/ orange edges.I was so looking forward to actually pruning and getting biggers ones next year. Like dinner plates. lol Anyhow hope to hear from you guys and thanks for reading my post.

wofles