Potting Up Dahlia Tubers - Both Stored and Newly Purchased - May 2025
Late last year, I dug-up and attempted to store a number of dahlia tubers that had been in our beds all year-long. This was the first time I had grown dahlias (in the ground) and also the first time that I attempted to "save" the tubers from one-season-to-the-next. In this post from last December, I showed how I ended up using the "Saran Wrap Method" to attempt to preserve the tubers over Winter . I dug up clumps of tubers, let them dry out just a little bit, left most of the soil on them then wrapped them and left them in the garage where the temps *usually* stay above freezing all Winter. With Dahlia planting season fast-approaching (I have to wait until last Frost date to plant them - which is right around mid-May), I grabbed the box of tubers and went to check to see how they did? Were they rotten? Dried out and dead? Turns out...neither. They not only survived the Winter. But....most of them were ALREADY ...