Towards end of May & I'm about to put mine in the ground. Haha.. im the late bloomer here 😂😂😂 thank you from cinci ohio!

I started my Dahlia tubers last week and they already have some leaves started. I’m worried they maybe too moist but seem good so far. Wish I’d know I could go without soil! (Zone 5). Also, I didn’t know I could do this with the Glads! Thank you ☺️ Great video!

Thank you so much for this video! I'm in a higher elevation in Colorado and it KILLS me that the first frost cones as soon as my glads bloom! Luckily my dahlias ate usually in containers so there i am, heaving these huge pots indoors to salvage them! I started my glads inside this year and I think I'm gonna beat the weather this year, thanks to you!

Since Covid happened and I was prisoner at home and all I had left to keep my sanity was my garden, I began to care and love flowers...and chickens lol...and my love or hobby grows yearly. Our summers are very short and our winters can last 6-7 months, so I'm so ready to move south so I enjoy gardening and flowers blooming all year long. I just can't be locked inside 6 months at a time because of winter or whatever.

Mind absolutely BLOWN!!! 🤯🤯🤯 Thanks so much for this video and the great info.... My Dahlias are in transit... and I was trying to figure out how many pots I needed to scoop up for them because I wanted to give them a head start! But I'll be trying this instead! Thanks for saving me the headache of doing it the other way!!!!

That’s super interesting. I’m glad I found this video

Good to know they work without soil.I just started mine in soil coz they started sprouting themselves. Hope we get blooms early.

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

Good to know about the glads and dahlias! Thanks for sharing. Missed out last year on blooms.

Thank you so much! I am going to go try this.

this is really neat! thanks for the tip! i'm going to try it with my dahlia tubers!

Just found your chanel, it's so lovely. Great video. Amazing information about Glads. Going to do it tomorrow.

Great advice! Thank you : )

Excellent advice here and a great technique. I've got a short growing season here in Australia so I'll definitely be doing this..! Thanks for this demo.

Super, thank you🌷

I've never grown glads but picked some up from Dollarama (before I saw THAT video). I'm starting them today, we'll see what I get! Thanks so much for the tips!

I have never grown either of those! I think I will try them next year!

That's genius, thanks a lot for sharing. Following you now.

Great video! I started a few Gladiolus today! Thank you. A little early, so just a few. Excited! I can get frost Father's Day weekend! Must wait. Must wait. Lol

You did a good job .I liked you video, clear and to the point.

Nice tutorial. Although I live in zone 8, I might try this method with my glads to make them sprout and be less appetizing to squirrels.

I love gladiolus too and I just learned the water method last year! I am so intimidated by dahlias I killed so many 😫 but after watching your video I think I will try again...

Thanks for this! I’m trying them for my first time in Winnipeg and was wondering if I’ll even get to see them bloom.

Kristen..last year was an odd dahlia growing year. I live in Zone 4 Canada. Started early and bloomed late. Just the year. I too, have started my dahlias and have some "brand new" dahlias coming hopefully this week. Love all your ideas. Keep on growing ❤

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

It’s true! Nobody had nice dahlias last year.

Wow! Thank you so much! I am trying Dahlias for the first time this year and already pre-started in soil. They did sprout but it takes up a ton of room and I was nervous that they must need some water. I put them on heat mats (70F) and under lights. This is seriously revolutionary! I am in zone 6b and if I am successful this year I am definitely using your method next year. Thank you x 1,000,000.

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

I would water the ones in the soil though! Glad I could help.

Thank you for this! I am in the US zone 8 and my dahlias and Gladiolus are both sprouting, however its far to early to plant I will take your advice for both of these, and I have grow lamps :)

Hello, this is awesome information and makes me feel much more confident in starting my tubers! I also found your stories on Instagram, well actually my 14 year old showed me how to find them 🤣🤣🤣. Thank you again and best wishes, Dorothy

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I’m so glad!!

Thank you so much for this!🙂

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

I think around a month.

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Some great advice & tips. I'm in zone 4a. I,m starting my glads & Dahlia in large pots & they will stay in the pots until just before the first frost. Last year i planted 75 glad corms & a darn chipmunk ate through most of them, that's why i have them in pots this year. Love your channel & blog. All the best with your fresh flower business !

@ShiftingRoots

Жыл бұрын

Oh those darn critters!! I’m so sad you lost your glads!

"You are not behind" I needed to hear that! I started a few things too early, & now they're beginning to get root bound in their pots & then I have things that really need put in the ground, so I'm feeling really behind because of the time it's taking me to pot all these things up but I need to remember that I started all these things to get a Jumpstart & get blooms as early as possible- it's going to be OK if I get them in a little later than planned! I'm just paranoid because last year I had a lot of my vegetables get root bound and they barely produced at all! By the time they started to recover it was in the high 90's every day and their blossoms just started to dry up and fall off! 😩 But even if I have to restart a few things from seed- it's going to he ok!

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! You’ve got this!

@ElderandOakFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShiftingRoots ty

Told you I’d watch it!

I’m going to RUNNN and do this in Calgary! What would I do without your tips?! Thank you! P.s your little pep talk at the end was so helpful! I’m a university student who wants to garden but is drowning in exams right now and so I miss seed starting dates. You reminded me that it’s okay and we all do things as best as we can. Love your lovely videos! Thank you!

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, and I can relate! I’d often forget to water my pots in university, because life was so crazy!

I love this! I don't have room to pot up my anemone corms and dahlia tubers, but I still want to try pre-sprout them. So I find your video! I am gonna try sit them on my brightest window seal when my new dahlia tubers arrive... Do you suggest moist them, may fast speed this process? I don't have a rack with grow lights... And for now, I am pre-sprouting my anemone corms in a dark moist bag also soil-less. I am checking regularly for mold, fingers crossed!

I’ve started glads indoors in soil. When they sprout what size flower pot should I put them in? I can’t plant outdoors due to the damaged dirt around my house 😢

I love this video, I already start Dahlias indoors to get a bit ahead, but this is my first year with Glads, How many weeks would you say to start them BEFORE you are safe to transplant outside, I have about 2 weeks or so depending on the weather and I want to try these for a few, new follower here as well!

@SoilandMargaritas

3 жыл бұрын

Oh goodness, nevermind, I just read the description where you provide this info, Thank you!

Crazy!

So happy to see this video 😃 I’m new to Dahlias and live in a cold climate and I’ve started the dahlias in a little soil , but with 65 tubers it’s a lot of soil and takes a lot of time. So will try this no soil method on the remaining tubers 😁 do you keep them dry all the time or spray it with water when they start to grow ?

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t add water, but if the shoots get more than 3 inches I’ll transfer them to soil.

@heidenilsen

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShiftingRoots thanks 😊

I wonder if I can do the same for Caladiums. Have you ever tried it? Btw thank you for this video. You are the only one who talks about this. Greatly appreciate it

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, I've never tried it, but give it a try! If you're worried, just try one or two first to see if it works.

@AmitSharma-bm7hz

10 ай бұрын

Caladiums dint grow in water, I had tried putting in water for couple of days but no luck 😢😮

Thank you ! Do you keep your gladiolus inside or can they be in a garage ( I’m zone 6 forecast lowest temperature is 40 Fahrenheit and up )

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

I keep them indoors, but I think your garage sounds fine at those temperatures.

Hi can gladiolus and dahlias be grown in tropical climate?

Can you grow them in water instead of soil

Hi , I'm so happy I found this video. You have answered so many questions in this 1 video lol😊 I bought a pack of 3 Gladiolus from the Dollar Store a few years ago. I leave the bulbs inground all winter. I bought more yesterday . Now thanks to you I know what to do. I bumped into a video about savings seed. So now I have so many seeds from everything I grew. Plus picking dead flower tops off plants I see 🤫😅🤣 If I started selling seeds I would make so much $$$ just from my snapdragon seeds alone. Lol After my Gladiolus died , I took all the seeds out. I'm trying to find out what these seeds grow into 🫢 Do they grow into a bulb? If so, how and when should I put these seeds in soil? Cheers from Toronto

@ShiftingRoots

7 ай бұрын

I’m not sure if gladiolus have seeds, but they will have baby corms. And I’m glad you found my video helpful!

@cheersmeme

7 ай бұрын

@@ShiftingRoots 🤣😂 You saying that made me 😂🤣 so hard.. I love gardening. I have 8 Rubbermaid bins in my dining room full of Red Wiggler Composting Worms. I use lots of worm castings and make Tea's with the castings, to put in my soil, and weekly spray all plants. Best fertilizer ever. I didn't have any bug invasion at all.. I'm great at raising the Worms.. But I have absolutely no idea what most flowers are called. So I use 3 different apps, to identify flowers. lol Why 3 you ask.?? Coz most times 2 will give me 2 different names. 😂 😂 Free versions eh lol I just looked on the app to make sure I am talking about the same flower you are. I think I am. If Gladiolus grows from a bulb, then sprouts green pointy leaves, then 1 tall stock, that flowers grow on.. Then we are talking about the same flower lol I opened one of the dried flower pods. And there was lots of beige flaky stuff with a seed. I am laughing so much, Here I am asking someone that has so much knowledge about plants. And what I thought were seeds, there probably not .. lol I'm sure you have opened one up , haven't you 🤔 lol I really appreciate you replying. 🙂 I subscribe, started watching some videos. cheers

@cheersmeme

6 ай бұрын

Hi Kristen .. Just thought you would like an update.. Since you weren't sure about my question Dec 1st In seed cells, I planted 48 of my Gladiolus seeds that I harvested from the dried flower pods. They are 2" under the lights for now. Today, about ½ of them are starting to pop up . I still have no idea what they will grow into 😅😆 😂 tho Meaning, will they grow bulbs ? lol I will send you another update once I find out So you will know the answer to 😊 Ohh 1 more question. 😆 🤣 😂 Can I start Allium bulbs in water to ? They are from the Dollar Store ... Purple Sensation & Allium Sphaerocephaion bulbs Cheers from TO

How long did it take for your glads to get that big? Thank you!

@ShiftingRoots

2 жыл бұрын

Not long at all! Maybe a week or two.

Hi!! I’m just wondering if I pre sprouted my gladiolus is water under lights and it’s time to harden them off do I leave them in the water??

@ShiftingRoots

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Leave them in the water when you’re hardening them off.

do I need to harden them off before planting outside?

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. For the dahlias, I just covered them with a milk jug.

So I started mine in water...they are rooting and getting little green sprouts on the top. What now? Do I put in dirt outside? Do i keep under my lights for a specified amount of time?

@ShiftingRoots

2 жыл бұрын

Keep adding water as necessary, and leave them under grow lights until it's time to harden off plants before your last frost.

@cherierangel7459

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

What zone are you in ?

I just planted mine a week ago here in Nova Scotia.... Is that too soon? I think my zone is 6b

@ShiftingRoots

3 жыл бұрын

If outdoors, likely yes. I think you also have a similar last frost date that’s sometime in May. If that’s the case, dig them out, they’ll die otherwise.

@erinjoy5625

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShiftingRoots really, wow ok. Thank you so much , they won't go into some sort of shock or anything by taking them out will they? Cause iv already been watering them as they were planted a lil over a week ago