Our first hard frost means all my dahlias have finished and I usually leave them in the ground (free draining chalky hill in the SE so they're fine) but I want to move a few. Should I wait until spring or could I do it now?
Just my opinion, but planting Dahlia tubers into soaking wet ground, does not seem like a good idea. I think there may be lots of losses of tubers left in the ground this year, because of the weather.
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Good point. I think if the weather stays mild we will be ok because as soon as it stops raining our soil will dry out very quickly. I'm assuming the tubers can cope with mild frost, is that right?
Good point. I think if the weather stays mild we will be ok because as soon as it stops raining our soil will dry out very quickly. I'm assuming the tubers can cope with mild frost, is that right?
so long as the ground in which they're planted doesn't actually freeze, they should be ok.
Start them in pots? That's what I do with new ones anyway but now I have to decide whether to lift and dry and store this year's new ones or risk them outside. Not all of last year's new ones came thru winter and it's supposed to be mild here.
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