Dahlias / Cocoxochitl: Lifting, Cleaning, Dividing, and Storing
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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2024
- This is how we do it! We are in the Philadelphia, PA area and these methods work for us. I have been growing dahlias for seven years, starting with a couple hundred plants at Roughwood Seed Collection, and now with around 350 plants at Truelove Seeds for cut flowers, seed saving, and tuber sales. We also taste test our varieties that have larger, more productive tubers. Dahlias are an Aztec plant known as Cocoxochitl in Nahuatl, and were originally used for food. Some people in Mexico still eat them!
Please let us know how you do it differently in the comments. I highly suggest joining the Facebook group "Dahlias" if you are on that platform. That group has lots of helpful people with much longer track records than me. Also, check in with your local dahlia growers and dahlia clubs for advice on your particular climate with its particular humidity and temperature ranges.
Thank you to Zoe, Hannah, and Debbie for helping to film!
www.trueloveseeds.com
There are many groups and videos online about tips for Dahlia's but in my opinion yours was the best. Thank you I just love your idea's and energy.
Awwww I'm just seeing this! Thanks so much! :)
Very good demo and explanation of all the different types of storing the tubers!
This was the most helpful video I watched--now I feel ready to tackle the project! Thank you!
Cheers from Hervey Bay Australia. Just starting to grow Dailies now. Looking forward to my results
Oh and great video by the way!!!!
This is the best explanation of how to divide I have seen. Thank you. It is always so hard to figure out how to cut and where to cut. Thank you again! Like you, I have tried a million different medias to store them in. My first time hearing about cinnamon. I will try that this year! They are great nectar for migration generation of Monarchs!
Loved all the information you gave! I’m just starting my first planting of dahlias this year and I’m very excited about the flowers and with enough information, will be able to preserve the tubers.
Glad it was helpful! Just FYI - while the vermiculite works well for other people in different climates, it really didn't work for us.
Very good video!
I grew my first dahlia this year! I just ran out and yanked them today. Then I decided I better figure out what to do with the tubers. Thanks for sharing your knowledge:) I’m also in Pennsylvania 👍
Very interesting . Thanks !
Thank you for sharing 💖🇨🇦🙏
video needed more info on mother tubers trimming of hair roots and piggy back tubers and also shortening of huge tubers . watching videos of dividing tubers yours was best
Lovely that you call them by their real name! 🥰. Greetings from Mexico!
Wonderful! Yes we want to honor them and their origins always. Cocoxohitl!
I’ve tried eating a few of my dahlia tubers but can’t say I was impressed! They remind me of a weak flavoured swede.
Yes, it helps to cook them! And some taste better than others.
I have watched quite a few videos on this process and byfar you explained it so well and easily! Question for the hive: Is it okay to re-use the storing medium? Beit peat moss or vermiculite? I got peat moss because vermiculite is super expensive. Peat moss isn't cheap either, but as a first time dahlia grower I just couldn't invest like that. I am wondering if it is a potentially re-usable investment. That would make it worth it!
Thanks for the detailed shots! I grew dahlias for the first time this year and have dug up my tubers and powdered them with bonded sulphur. Several sources recommended letting them air dry for a week, but I feel like some of my tubers are a lil shriveled and others are a little squishy...how dry is too dry? How squishy is too squishy? Also, how small is too small to bother trying to over-winter a tuber? I have some petite pals who have some neck and crown and eyes, but they’re so little! Thank you for any advice!
Hello! Sorry for the long delay! Thank you for the note. I imagine this is no longer useful, but I always try to overwinter my baby, small tubers. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It's worth a try! I often air dry mine for a week or so, just because it takes us so long to get to 400+ dahlias. Shriveled and squishy both sound bad. How did those ones do? I'd love to hear how your first year of storage went!
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Thanks Owen, exactly what I needed. I'll let you know how my lovelies go after winter. Looking forward to looking underground. Best, Nat (Norway)
Wonderful! How'd it go?
Can we leave and store the clumps with dirt then wash them, and divide them in spring??
Fabulous video, think I’ve been too conservative and leaving my tubers too large, They’re getting a major haircut this year😂.Also never heard of eating them or the cinnamon option. Will give both a try 👍 Greetings from the UK, Wales 🏴
Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful! I personally prefer being conservative with my cuts. This year we won't be selling any, so we plan to only cut each clump into four at the most.
Thank you for your video. I'd love to know if the cinnamon helped and was the vermiculite any better at preventing rotting vs. the paper bag method? We're just digging our tubers up now and not sure what to do next so I'd appreciate any feedback! Thanks from Seattle! Natalie
Hello! So sorry that I did not get back to you! I'm just seeing this now. Vermiculite works very well for many people, but for us, it caused more rot. We prefer the paper bag method when storing larger clumps, and the peat moss in a container method when storing individual tubers.
@@TrueloveSeeds I sure appreciate you responding! Better late than never! (: Last year was our first attempt at storing our tubers and it definitely wasn't successful! ): Luckily we didn't dig up every one and so we didn't have to replace them all. I live where the winters are pretty mild and so it wasn't necessary to dig them all up but we had hoped to be able to share our tubers this year but we ended up with a bunch of shriveled up tubers. I don't think we'll be digging up our tubers this year but this is still a great reference if we get the guts to try again! Thanks so much!
are all dahlias edible or just certain varieties how would i cook them i am here in northern ontario and have one growing outside first time ever
Your tubers are so big & plump! Mine are pretty shrively even before I’m storing them. I tried soaking them before storing. Any advice for shriveling tubers? Thank you, great video!
Do you spray them at all overwinter?
Is that Facebook group no longer there? I looked for it and can't find it.
En un año sacan tantos tubérculos o es de más años gracias
Thank You for your video. I live in Canada with below 0 temperatures in the winter.
I would like to store my dahlias in the head in a box surrounded by styrophome and
with a blanket on top. Do you or any of your subscribers have any suggestions
on how to prepare a head for dahlia winter storage ? Best Regards Dirk
Thanks, good video!
Thank you!
Thank you Dirk! I am not sure what a head is? Is it a bulkhead? It is very important that they never ever freeze.
When will your dahlia sales be open?
Hello! We are not sure when we will start selling dahlias again! We are in the middle of many transitions so we took last year off, and may take another year off. Thank you for your interest. You can check at trueloveseeds (dot) com in January.
Can you implant an eye into a tuber, if it doesn't have one.? Also can you implant an eye from one colour onto a different colour tuber. Just curious
Which medium (peat moss, vermiculite, etc) worked best?
Hopefully this video will survive the winter
God willing!
Hi, what worked best for you in storing your tubers? The brown paper bag? or the storage in vermiculate and dusting of powder cinnamon? Please, let me know by a reply Thank you so much ..........best
The brown paper bag works great! We will be doing that exclusively when we are storing our tubers for our own use. If we start selling tubers again, we will likely use peat moss in containers. We will not use vermiculite again- we lost many tubers using this method. Other people swear by it, so it depends on your particular climate and the conditions of the area where you are storing them.
@@TrueloveSeeds Thank you very much for your reply. As a gardener, I get attached to a few plants and flowers. Your information how you store your Dahlia Tubers, is appreciated. Like most people I do loose some Tubers during storage but this year I will also try the Brown paper bags. Thank you
So the tubers is food as well???
Yes! Cocoxochitl is an Aztec food crop.
Eat them? I've never heard of that!
Taste like chicken 🐔
@@sun9912 stop it ! for real ?
The original dahlias of Mexico were grown for food. Europeans brought it to Europe but they were more interested in the flowers.
i wished you lived closer .....i would give you all my tubers i just dug up .....i have like 40 to 50....i just dont have the room nor the time to deal with all of them...
Tôi ở Việt Nam rất thích trồng hoa nhưng không có củ giống, bạn có bán không
My daughter is a chef, she has been asking me about eating the tubers - I thought she was crazy. Apparently not! I would love to know how you prepare them - I have about 40 varieties - are there any that are your favourite - other than bodacious of course ;-)
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Really good video showing and explaining. I like how maybe I won't have to wash my dahlias like we've been doing. Although I do have clay which sticks pretty good. What was the name of the Facebook group you mentioned? Thank you for a well done video!
Fetterman???