Whatever method you choose, keep the tubers in a cool, dark place. An unheated basement or heated garage usually works.

Dahlias are cold hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 8 and warmer. In these zones, dahlias can survive the winter in the ground and regrow again in the spring. A thick layer of mulch will protect them ...

Overwintering is a great way of protecting your plants from frost and wet weather, and it's especially crucial for more sensitive plants like dahlias. Their tubers can be stored over winter, but the ...

Learning how to store dahlia tubers for winter is simple and a great task to add to your list of autumn gardening jobs. Growing dahlias rewards gardeners with an array of fabulous colors and forms in ...

After a successful dahlia season you might be wondering how to care for these plants so that they'll deliver another glorious show next year. If your instincts tell you to remove those precious tubers ...

Q. I have trouble storing my dahlia tubers over winter. They seem to dry rot and I lose more than half. I have tried dry beach sand, saw dust, wrapping in newspapers and also misting them during the ...

Dahlias don’t hibernate neatly; they either shrivel or turn to soup when winter storage goes wrong. The line between sleep ...

This week, I checked my dahlias that I dug and put into storage last fall. I save some every year to plant the following spring. While the fleshy roots on dahlias are technically tubers and not actual ...

Q.: What is the best way to store my dahlias for winter? Katy Swarthout, Pickney A.:First off, I am glad you recognized that your dahlias do need to be dug and stored inside over winter. A lot of ...

Dahlias being stored in traditional peat moss. I've tried to store my dug-up dahlias inside over winter, and they usually either rot or dry out by the time I'm ready to replant them the following ...