I planted Purple DALIA bulbs this year and they were beautiful I was wandering how i can get them to grow back next year .Do I have to dig them up or what? I should mention it has already frosted where I live
2006-10-23 07:43:36 · 6 answers · asked by SAHM and proud of it 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
In colder zones after the first frost dahlia tubers are normally cut back to leave a 6" stem and left in the ground for another 8 to 10 days but dug up before the first freeze. Doing this encourges more "eyes" to develop and to aid the plant to reach maturity. I still believe that you can safely dig them now and store in dry peat moss in paper bags. Keep in a cool place until next spring when after your last frost date you can replant. Happy gardening!!
2006-10-23 09:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by gardeningfool42 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that you should not prune any plants within 6 weeks of the first frost. I suggest that you cover them with mulch and leaves and prune them in the spring. This is assuming that the type that you have is a perennial. If it is an annual, it is dead and you will just have to get it again in the spring.
2006-10-23 08:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dig them out, brush the soil off them and store the tubers in a cold and dry place. Do not freeze them. They will not survive out side. Plant them when the temperatures are back to above freezing.
2006-10-23 08:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by JD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cu them down to the ground and cover them with a large rock or some mulch, this is easier than digging them up, just be sure to remove covering in spring
2006-10-23 08:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could try to dig them up, but you might as well just buy new next year.
2006-10-23 07:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by Sandra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Deadhead" the bulbs back to the top of the soil,nothing more,and they'll grow back next spring.
2006-10-23 07:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by stev_manteiv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋