Author Topic: Dahlias put away until next year (Read 1681 times)

escapedtothecountry · « **on:** November 02, 2012, 04:09:18 pm »

I toyed with the idea as to whether I would dig them up and store them or leave them in teh ground and hope the frost wouldn't kill them. Anyway - I have finally finished getting them out of the ground. I will need to get them out into the sun so the soil dries and I can knock it off. Then apparently I have to check ver two weeks to make sure there is no rot... and/or make sure they aren't getting too dry!!

I can't believe how much waste there was for the compost pile!

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #1 on:** November 02, 2012, 11:51:59 pm »

That's a lot of digging

guess you are further south than us, the ground is solid morning and early afternoon with frost, and soggy in-between

Digging is almost impossible ( tho I did dig up my pepper plants from the poly two weeks ago to bring indoors and see if they would continue to next year

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escapedtothecountry · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2012, 12:05:27 am »

Not had a hard frost yet. Windscreen has been frozen 5:30am but nothing too bad. The raised bed in the back paddock still has dahlias flowering away enjoying whats left of the sun during most days.

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #3 on:** November 03, 2012, 12:14:25 am »

Hit a high of 6c today

one minute everything was blooming. The next, everything frozen and withering

thought I could leave the baby cucumbers a bit longer but had to pick them last week as the plants have withered in the poly and the cucumbers were thinking about withering ( they are only 2-3 inches and pale but still taste fine )