I'm attempting to store dahlia tubers for the first time this year, and I've read so many articles and watched tons of other videos that mention to check on tubers regularly throughout the winter, but it helps so much to actually SEE someone walk through the process and decide how much water to add! The elephant ears and caladiums were also a nice bonus. This video clarified a lot for me -- thank you so much for sharing!!!

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! it can be daunting. But gardening is all about experimentation and seeing what works for YOU 😊🌝

Oh my goodness! I’m editing a video now that includes a quick dahlia check 😉 I’ll watch this after I’m done 🥰 💐

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

I see yours are doing amazing!

@FlowerHillFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatgardensforall I’m so happy with the ones I actually made an effort to store 😂💐

Yuliya, this is so very helpful to see the nuances of each box's state of dryness as well as the tubers themselves. thank you thank you. Must run downstairs right now to check on my dahlias!

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck Patty! Praying for your dahlias 😂😂

Thank you. I would love to see you dividing your tubers in the spring.👌💕

I giggle every time you pop out of the elephant ears LOL

Another most amazing informative video from you! I love watching the actual process. Caladium and Elephant ears are much easier to store than I thought. Must give these a try up here in zone 5b.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you!

Thanks for showing us! I learn better when I see it being done.

Appreciate all the work you went through to show us this chore. Just picked up two dahlias at the hardware store (I really went through all of them to be sure they were healthy and found many moldy ones). In z9 SF Bay Area.

Thank you so much for this video. I’m new at storing dahlias~~ this made me feel a lot more confident

So exciting to see these grow again in the garden 🌺👩🏻‍🌾🌺

Great video I'm attempting to store dahlias this winter. Nice to see the up close look and using a box for storage. Thanks!

Great video! I'm going downstairs right now to check my sleeping tubers. Thank you❤

First time growing dahlias. I'm going to go check mine now. Thank you.

This was a very helpful video - thanks Yuliya! I am new to growing Dahlias and am totally smitten! I stored them in shredded paper, but I think it is drying them out too much. Next year, I'm going to try the moistened vermiculite. Love your videos and adore seeing your outtakes! Too cute! (especially your pets!)

Another great video! I am checking on our 170 dahlias this weekend. We live in southern Wisconsin and store them in cardboard boxes with newspapers and peat moss. After seeing your video today I picked up vermiculite to add to the boxes. Most of ours look good since our basement is cool and dark. However, the best looking dahlias are the few that were dug out with some dirt attached and stored in the huge paper leaf bags. We tried this method for a few last year when our fall was so wet that a local grower suggested this. We had 100% success with those last year. The bags were heavy and we returned the soil to the garden in the spring.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

So interesting! yes, everyone does it differently. I used sand for years and it was almost 100% success, then newspaper - not so good. Now vermiculite - expensive but convenient

First time storing dahlias they look wrinkled and dry. Thanks for sharing these where not expensive but have quite a few on order that I will not want to lose next year. Thanks 🌺

How come you make me feel like I could attempt this? Lol Super video, thanks so much ✌️💚

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

😂🤣

Thank you! This video was so helpful.

Super helpful. Thanks!

The blue box has more moisture and even growth bc it’s wrapped in plastic foil. The box is shiny.

What a helpful video! ♥️ I don’t have a basement so I store my summer bulbs in an unheated closet on an outside wall. I haven’t checked on them yet this year but will do that right away! Hope they are doing as well as yours. 🤞🏻 I have caladiums, elephant ears, peacock orchids and a few dahlias. (You sent me the dahlias, the peacock orchids and an elephant ear for winning a contest you sponsored last year)! ♥️💐🌷🌿

Hi Yuliya! Thank you for this informative video. Such information is appreciated because last summer tried growing dahlias and caladiums and I did GOOD. Then storage time and I did use vermiculite and also shredded newspaper, I used shoe boxes and deep mailing boxes, checked them and they look good. I will give them just a spritz of water (liked you showed us) if dryness is occurring. Again, , love how you explain everything. Jersey Ann from NJ

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Joyce!

great video - very helpful

Great video, hoping I can do the same next year!

Such a great video now I see how you donit

I use wood shavings and plastic bags. A very cool storage. Seldom lose any.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! that's a great way too. I tried sand, plastic wrap, newspaper. Right now using vermiculite. it is a bit expensive but convenient 😊

Tha white stuff looks more like perlite. I am anxious to see which of mine survive. I grew dahlias for the first time and decided to let them stay in the ground here in 7b GA just to see how they’ll do. Of course I should buy more just in case 😁

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Right, the more die the more new ones we can try! That's what I thought about the 'white vermiculite'! But the bag in which it was sold clearly said Vermiculite. I don't know if they mislabeled it, but thankfully it does the same thing for my dahlia storage 😊

@anitahadley2871

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatgardensforall I definitely want to add some softer colors, whites or creams. I just love the white one you grew! Also, I don’t have any singles which I may try in pots. My husband was at Costco yesterday and saw tubers already. I will have to see what colors I can find!

I love my Emory Paul, but the first summer they were plagued with powdery mildew in their prime, and last year they were hit with frost, just as the buds were opening. SO frustrating! Northern Michigan, zone 5

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Emory Paul doesn't get mildew here when everything else does

Funny you should be checking on your Dahlia Tubers, I was just doing the same with my Dahlia Seeds! And just as I thought, they're still in their seed packet, dry & snuggly, all safe & sound! As usual, Good Video! ❤

@achnix3167

3 жыл бұрын

Theres literally nothing funny about it.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I love these activities right now. It makes me feel like the spring is around the corner 😊🌝😊🌝

@gardengatesopen

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatgardensforall I know, Right!!! It feels very difficult for me bcuz it's not very cold where I am! (Zone 8) Right now, the night temps are around 50°, with the days being in the 60's. And it makes me want to go ahead and plant seeds outside - as in direct sow!! It's soooooo hard to resist!!! But I know from experience that there is at least week of freezing temps that's hiding in late February, or early March!!! And EVERYTHING I plant right now will ALL be for NOT!! 🥶 Even if I cover them, and baby them thru the cold spots, there's only a 10% chance they'll make it!!! ONLY 10 PERCENT !!! (bcuz they aren't cold season seeds...) So everyday I'm struggling, the garden is pulling at me in one direction, and Old Man Winter is pulling me in his direction!!! DO I TAKE THAT CHANCE!!!?!! DO I Roll the Dice??!!! Do I Bank on that 10% chance?!!?!! Aaaaahhhhggggggg!!!! January is SOOOO HARD!!!! But Spring IS right around the corner!!! 🌿🌱🍀🌿🌱🍀🌿🌱🍀🌿🌱🍀🌿🌱🍀🌿🌱🍀🌿🌱🍀 I can almost see the little Spring Pixies dancing in the twilight, as they sew those Spring seeds! 🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️ The little minxes!!! I dunno how things get planted at your house, but THAT'S how most of the seeds get planted around here anyway...

I’ve read never store in cardboard as it will wick your moisture away. I’m doing saran wrap method this year, which required fall dividing. I have the saran wrap tubers in a cooler in the garage against the house wall. So far so good. They’re staying in low 40’s temp. I have a total of about 60, and maybe 80 on order! Crazy! I blame quarantine!!

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had luck with cardboard because it breathes. I am thinking about ordering some more dahlias too, you can never have enough 😆😆

I need to do this, but im honestly scared! Lol. If I lost any I will be upset..Thanks for the video Yuliya!

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

The large chunks were not that expensive 5 years ago and that is what i got at menards. It was a huge bag for $17 but the next time too much dust. Now if i want dust i get it at amazon lol

I don't know if you realize it, but you've got fungus gnats in some of those boxes. This is a good sign because it means you've got plenty of moisture. However the gnats can cause alot of damage. If you dust with just a bit of sulfur powder, that will take care of the problem . This also prevents fungus problems since it's an insecticide and fungicide.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your suggestions! The gnats are in my plants room actually, not in the storage boxes. I battle those little suckers every winter 😂😂

This is my first year trying to save mine. I think I am not doing it correctly.. I have some shriveled up ones. Uggg

Thanks for sharing. I have wrapped my dahlia tubers in plastic wrap this winter, so that will be a chore to unwrap everything. Previously I stored the dahlias in plastic grocery bags and the tubers still dried out. Trying to figure out what works best in my area...Boise, Idaho. I have caladium storing too. Looking forward to spring. I purchased about 20 new varieties of dahlias... Hoping I have room for them all. Have you done planting of them in pots/containers before and if so how was your success? That's my plan for my new shorter varieties.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! wrap method works but I found it so time consuming. wrapping 60-70 tubers 😂 Shorter dahlias are great in pots. I grew Alauna Clair Obscur in a pot (little taller) and it did amazing!

What is the name of the elephant ear you showed yourself standing behind in the garden? It’s gorgeous!

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Colocasia esculenta

The third box you opened was perlite.

I only have 1/2 dozen or so of dahlias and this is first year to try and winter over. I am seeing some fungal activity on one of them. Is there something I can put on it to kill the fungus or does the tuber just need to get thrown away. Mine are seeming to dry out very quickly ....i do hope they make it. Thank you...love watching your channel! Thank you for the seed videos too! I have 22 jugs so far that I'm trying winter sowing!

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I rarely use chemicals (even organic ones) and rather remove the infected plants. But you can try Sulfur fungicide.

Nice

Watched Erin’s dahlia video.... Didn’t check mine! Now yours😂The guilt! I’m going to the garage to check mine right now🤞

@catherineairadion1830

3 жыл бұрын

I am invested!!! How are they?

@lorilawton9546

3 жыл бұрын

@@catherineairadion1830 glad I checked. Quite a few were shriveled🤭I’m storing in peat moss. Which I spayed down a little. First timer with dahlias! I’ll check back soon. The stress....lol

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Great timing! yes if the substrate is dry spraying helps

So if they have sprout on them you don’t spary them great video so helpful

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and place in a cooler location - no warmer than 50 degrees

Off i go to spray my stuff,too dry here in my bsmt🤔🤔🤔

Hi! Can you reuse this vermiculite for many years? would you need to sterilize it? If so, how would you do it? Thanks a lot!

@emptynestgardens9057

3 жыл бұрын

Oh great question!

@bloomy974

3 жыл бұрын

I think you shouldn't reuse it because of possible disease.

@pansepot1490

3 жыл бұрын

Microwave or oven. High temperatures have a sterilizing effect. However I never used vermiculite to store dahlia tubers. I just kept them in plastic crates with some paper for protection. There’s not one-fit-all system. I have seen people use potting compost, sand, sawdust, paper shavings. A lot depends on the temperature/humidity/air circulation of the place where you store them.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

I do reuse it. The vermiculite itself is inorganic matter (like a rock). Wood shavings are organic matter so diseases are likely to stay in them.

Ok

Great video, what’s those grey stones again?

@greatgardensforall

2 жыл бұрын

You mean vermiculite probably

So I checked my dahlia tubers and they are shrivelled. I sprayed them with water. Should I just throw them out, or can they still be used ?

For more tropical bulbs like Elephant Ears, Caladium, and Canna Lillies, do you store the bulbs in a cool place, like a cold garage (zone 6b), or do they need a warmer room for storage?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

I would say 50 degrees is best.

@lauraw4902

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatgardensforall Thank you!

Thank you for that video! Very informative! You may have said, but what is the name of that huge elephant ear plant?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Colocasia esculenta

The white medium is called perlite.

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought! But the bag in which it was sold clearly said Vermiculite. I don't know if they mislabeled it, but thankfully it does the same thing for my dahlia storage 😊

Have you ever try planting dahlia from seeds? When is the best time to sow the seeds?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

No, but it think it would be fun! Start 6-8 week before you last frost

the 3rd one looks like perlite

I just bought some at a big box store. Should I open them up and store them this way? Also, why store them in products that will dry out? Why not store them in plastic of some sort so the water doesn’t evaporate?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

I really depends on your climate of home situation. Everyone stores them differently. I tried sand, wood shavings, peat, newspaper, seran wrap, etc over the last ten years. As for the new tubers it depends when you are ready to start your dahlias. If it's soon don't worry about storage (keep in a cool place).

If I plant Dahlias in a potting container, can I just drag the whole thing down to the basement to over winter? Do they have to be dug up and divided in spring or can I just put it back outside?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the size of the clump. Some dahlias produce huge clumps that need to be divided yearly some every other year. I think storing them in pot is fine.

What is vermiculite made out of ? I checked my Dahlias just last week and I found some mushy parts that I removed, I had mine wrapped in Saran Wrap und now I ordered vermiculite from Home Depot and it came in the other day , I will try that method

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

It is a naturally occurring mineral that is heated so it expands like an accordion and it holds moisture when sprayed with water. I think wrap method is great but a bit time consuming.

What temp outside over winter would you say is too cold to chance leaving them out.?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Zone 7 is borderline for leaving dahlias outside.

@itsmewende

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatgardensforall That's that's my zone. I actually wouldn't be surprised if they changed us, it's not been that cold here in yrs.

The white looks like perlite and not vermiculite???

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought, But the bag in which it was sold clearly said Vermiculite. I don't know if they mislabeled it, but thankfully it does the same thing for my dahlia storage 😊

Why do you leave the old stems? I always here that you need to remove them to prevent rot

@greatgardensforall

2 жыл бұрын

I find it easier to divide them if I leave the stems 😊

Is that plant on the right silver falls? Did you bring it in from the garden?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I am overwintering them, they are doing well so far

@murzua5

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid me!!! I never thought of that! It's gorgeous. Can't wait to get some now.

If they have dried out, what can we do to save them? PLEASE advise!! Most of my tubers seem to have really dried out....and I was considering soaking them in water and putting them in moist soil(the way one would in April to get them started) to breathe life into them. Is that a good idea or bad idea? PLEASE advise

@finzblazin

3 жыл бұрын

Mine are goners too

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

I would make sure they are covered with substrate really well and placed in a cool spot (no warmer than 50 degrees). Also, some dahlia tubers just do not store well. For example Cafe Au Lait produces the worst tubers that are hard to store.

Tonight's activity was putting away tubers, by the looks of things our humid air is going to be a real challenge *sigh. Right now they are scattered all over the guest bathroom with fans on them. After 2wks in the garage I can't believe how damp they still are. It's a gross feeling putting your finger through a rotten tuber 🤢

@greatgardensforall

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the worst!

Some of mine are very dry. Do you ever try and soak them?

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

No, i make sure to place them in cooler location (not warmer than 50 degrees) and spray with water.

👍👍👍👏👏👏

Where do you order dahlias from??

@greatgardensforall

3 жыл бұрын

Longfield gardens, Swan Island Dahlias

@elizabethmarshall5797

3 жыл бұрын

@@greatgardensforallTY

5:41 you said vermiculite but is perlite