how do you preserve dalia flowers in winter? they usually get rothen.?

Answer 1

This is my first year growing them, and I have them in a pot, so I am going to put them on a covered porch.

I hope they will survive. If yours are in the ground, you can build a square out of 1x1's, about 3 feet in every direction. I then stapled plastic over 5 sides, and used my 'portable tiny greenhouse' to protect my plants last year. It worked great!

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I had no idea that you had to dig them out. I'll do that tonight, thanks!

Answer 2

My grandmother use to dig her's up before the first hard freeze. She had alot of them and she was'nt a spring chicken. This is what my book says to do. Cut the plants down and lift [dig] them up in November. Store them in a cool frost-free place.Don't let the tubers dry out; preferably put them in a box with dry sand or peat dust[the same thing they are packaged in when you buy them in the store], Do not water the corms, as they may rot. I my self prefer to dust alittle fungicide before storing them in the sand or peat dust. Dahlias need alot of fertilizer, 20-20-20,is always a safe way to go. Plant Dahlias the first of May the same time you plant potatoes, good luck , Happy Growing!

Answer 3

When you dig them up, hang them in a dry spot to dry and then store them in a cool dry spot til Spring

Answer 4

you have to dig them out, make sure they are free of soil and dry and then store them in a box, nestled in shredded paper or something like that.