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CUTTING THE FLOWERS: Cut early in the morning or late at night. Place flowers immediately into hot (130) degree water, then set aside in a cool draft free area to cool for 8 hours before arranging. When arranging your flowers remove any leaves that would be under water. Display your flowers in a cool part of your home out of direct sunlight. By misting regularly, changing the water every other day, and re-cutting the stems your blooms will last several days.
DIGGING & STORING: Dahlias should be dug in the fall after the `15th of October. Just before digging, cut the stalk off leaving 6” above ground level for a handle. Tie a label onto the handle with the dahlia name. With a spade dig around the entire plant about 1 foot from the stalk. Carefully lift up tuber clump with the spade, use care to prevent broken necks. Set tuber clump aside to dry for a few hours, then remove excess dirt from around the clump of tubers. Next wash excess dirt from around tubers, then divide and label individual tubers.
We recommend a fungicide treatment to reduce the numbers of fungal spores present on the tubers. We dust ours with powdered sulpher. To do this mix one cup powdered sulpher with 8 Quarts of vermiculite in a container and mix together. After tubers have been washed & labeled put a few in the mixture and roll them around to coat the tubers surface with the sulpher. After treating with the fungicide they may be placed in storage. |
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