Hibernate dahlias properly

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• Hibernate dahlias properly
• Dahlias do not tolerate frost
  
• Dahlias hibernate best in the cellar
  
• Tips & Tricks

Dahlias are not hardy and must go to winter quarters before the first frost

Hibernate dahlias properly

Dahlias are tireless summer bloomers that enchant the gardener from July to the first frost with ever new blossoms. Dahlias are easy to care for - most of the work involves digging up in the fall and wintering in the house. So you overwinter the also called Georginen asteraceae.

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Dahlias do not tolerate frost

Even at low minus temperatures shoots and flowers of the dahlia freeze. Therefore, Georgians must be kept in the house over the winter. Only the tubers are wintered. Leaves and flowers can not be brought over the winter, because it lacks in the cold season of light and heat.

For overwintering, the tubers must be taken from the soil or the pot. Over winter they are expediently in the basement.

Bold gardeners try to overwinter the not hardy dahlias in the pot or even outside. Here, however, the failures are usually quite high and not suitable for high-quality dahlia varieties.

Dahlias hibernate best in the cellar

A cellar provides the perfect temperatures for hibernating the Georgines. Here it is usually no warmer than four to eight degrees and the humidity is neither too low nor too high.

If there is no cellar available, other rooms are available for hibernation of Georgian:

Temperatures should not rise above ten degrees because the tubers then start exorcising. Dahlia tubers should not dry out too, so occasionally sprinkle them with a little water.

Tips & Tricks

For overwintering dahlia tubers, old wooden boxes without coating are ideal. They regulate the moisture so that the roots do not rot or dry out.