{"id":1169,"date":"2023-11-06T23:07:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T04:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakeshoredahlias.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2023-11-06T23:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T04:26:20","slug":"how-to-store-dahlia-tubers-for-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakeshoredahlias.com\/how-to-store-dahlia-tubers-for-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Store Dahlia Tubers for Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If your tubers have been in the ground 120 days, you may go ahead and dig them up now! It is not necessary to wait for a killing frost. If you’re in a growing zone which gets freezing temperatures and snow, you will need to dig your tubers up and store them inside during winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After digging them up, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I highly recommend storing the clumps of tubers over winter. Here are the steps to do that successfully!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have used white pine needles as a packing medium successfully for several years. I have a big white pine tree next to my driveway. Every fall, during October, my white pine tree drops its needles on my driveway! I just rake them up and use those to store my tubers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n