All amateur gardeners know how beautiful blooming dahlias are, how much energy you need to spend to admire them in the fall. Individual species represent the pride of their owners.
Transplant Preparation
Before planting dahlias, it is necessary to carry out a number of advance procedures. At the first autumn frosts dig up tubers. First you need to cut off the entire foliage and leave 10 cm of the stem, and carefully remove the rhizome from the ground, shake off the remnants of the mail. Discard rotten or diseased roots, and put the remaining 20-40 minutes into a potassium permanganate solution. After that, they must be washed with running water and dried well in the open air.
Do dahlia tubers be divided into smaller ones?
For the winter, it is better not to separate the tubers. Separation is possible if only they are very large. Dahlia tubers must be placed in a sandbox and periodically moistened. Strong watering can cause rot. If the cellar is raw, then peat, sawdust, perlite are suitable for storage, or you can just purchase the Gardener mixture. It will help to save not only dahlia tubers, but also other root crops.
Landing
How to plant dahlias? Probably, you have repeatedly asked this question before landing. There are several conditions, observing which, you can grow beautiful flowers. Usually dahlias begin to plant in April. The principle of operation is the same as during winter storage, i.e. checking for rot, cleaning from sand and processing with potassium permanganate.
Now, if necessary, you can divide the tubers, they just break up if you pull them in different directions. The wounds obtained by the root must be treated with brilliant green. Then the tubers need to be sprouted, for this it will be enough to put them in the sun and cover with lutrasil (white non-woven material). It will not allow the plant to dry out or freeze, depending on weather conditions.
One more piece of advice: before planting dahlias in a permanent place, you can use land, sand or peat - all that was put in a box. The end of May is suitable for final planting in the ground. The pits are a recess of 40 cm. Dahlias love the sun. It is advisable to plant dahlias before planting last year
better not to use. They can store bacteria and microorganisms that simply kill tubers. After digging a hole, fill it with water, wait for it to absorb, put a tuber there, fall asleep and water it abundantly. A small layer of peat and sand poured over the pit will help to maintain moisture in the soil.
Before you plant dahlias correctly , you must also make sure that the pit is large enough, since it is unacceptable for a flower when tubers protrude above the ground or there is not enough soil. The next step is to use a mullein solution. Nitrogen should not be used very often (this will lead to the growth of foliage and a decrease in the number of flowers).
Before planting dahlias, gardeners choose some of the largest stems, while the rest are cut. Such measures will help improve flowering. It is imperative to tie up the main stem. As soon as the stems have grown half a meter, it is necessary to cut off all the lower leaves, this will help improve air exchange with tubers. Watering a dahlia requires no more than once a week under the root (until the fall). If slugs are noticed on the bush, you can easily neutralize them with black pepper, sprinkling it around the plant.