What Is The Best Way To Store Dahlia Tubers...?

...just dug up my dahlia and have found I now have a profusion of tubers - I grew them from seed so have no experience with tubers and storing over winter. Can anyone give me some advice please? Thanks in advance.

What Is The Best Way To Store Dahlia Tubers...?
Remove as much soil as you can.. Do not damage the tubers . Cut the stems off a couple of inches away from the tuber... Dust with flowers of sulphur and keep dry.. Keep out of frost also.... A shed is fine... Some people hang them upside down. I used to keep them in trays of dry peat. In spring cover the tubers with a couple of inches of peat or compost, and water. When shoots appear they can be put into pots prior to planting out in April/May or you can take cuttings to increase your stock.
Reply:At the end of the growing season, tuber-grown dahlias should be dug and stored for the winter in a frost-free place. Immediately after the first frost and after leaves have blackened, cut the stem back to about six inches above the ground. Then use a fork to loosen the soil around the tuber and lift out of the soil. Remove surplus soil from the tuber.





Place the tubers upside down in a dry airy space for about two weeks. This allows moisture to drain out of stems. The tubers need to be completely dry before they are stored for the winter. Next store the tubers in trays of dry sand or peat moss in a cool, dry cellar or storage area at about 40 to 45 degrees F. Never store at a much higher temperature, as dahlia tubers will dry out and shrivel rapidly.





Another method of storing includes placing tubers in a heavy-grade, black plastic bag without additional packing material. Then seal the bag. This will prevent the tubers from dehydrating. Keep the tubers in a frost-free area. The danger exists, however, that they will sweat and rot.





Inspect the tubers every few weeks during the winter to check for disease or shriveling. Cut off any diseased parts and, if the tubers have shriveled, place them in a bucket of water overnight to plump them up. Allow them to dry thoroughly before returning them to storage.
Reply:Hello!,





Yes the best way to store the tubers is in a shed in a wooden tray with newspaper on the bottom (to soak up moisture), Cover any corms, tubers with a sprinkling of yellow sulphur (they sell this at garden centres) this prevents rot and also keeps nasty bugs at bay that might eat them!. Then plant out in Spring
Reply:Dust the tubers with flowers of sulphur, wrap them in a good few layers of newspaper and store in a cool place but away from the frost.
Reply:bring them indoors by a window until late spring spring then you can replant them outside do this for a couple of years until they're strong enough to go in the green house over winter that's your best bet or put them in a green house with a heated mat under the pots choice is yours
Reply:We live near the south coast. All we do is leave them in the ground and cover them with a thick layer of mulch.


They over winter without any problems.
Reply:In a shed or garage watch for frost on them
Reply:I put mine in a cardboard box with perlite (the styrofoam tpye stuff you get in a bag at the garden center) and store it in a cool dry place. I have a basement, but if you don't, try popping them into a mailing envelope filled with perlite and put them into your cripser. They need to be in a cool dark place and be kept in something that will keep them from getting moist and molding or rotting.





Replant them when the ground is first workable in the spring.

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