Last year I purchased some dahlia plug plants from Halls of Heddon - they were very expensive but I thought my lovely new garden deserved them and we figured they would be an investment.
When they arrived in April I followed the instructions exactly - they lived nice and cosy in our polytunnel until the optimum planting out time.
After they were planted out I must admit to being slightly disappointed - they took a long time to get going although during the last 2 months they have bulked up and flowered constantly.
We've had a couple of frosts in the last 2 days so today I have dug them up and given them a good haircut prior to storing them over the winter - I have noticed however that 3 or 4 of the plants don't have tubers, they have long thick fleshy roots but not the usual fat tubers that I was expecting - have I done something wrong? will they die? or are they supposed to be like that?
When they arrived in April I followed the instructions exactly - they lived nice and cosy in our polytunnel until the optimum planting out time.
After they were planted out I must admit to being slightly disappointed - they took a long time to get going although during the last 2 months they have bulked up and flowered constantly.
We've had a couple of frosts in the last 2 days so today I have dug them up and given them a good haircut prior to storing them over the winter - I have noticed however that 3 or 4 of the plants don't have tubers, they have long thick fleshy roots but not the usual fat tubers that I was expecting - have I done something wrong? will they die? or are they supposed to be like that?
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