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Monday, November 12, 2012

Dahlias are being dug and divided...

We're into our third week of digging and dividing tubers.  Should be done by Friday!!  Yahoo!!
On my hands and knees, clippers in hand, I cut them
all down.  All are labeled for digging.  Because I worry
about getting surprised by a cold winter storm, cut early
before we had a 'hard' frost.  Seems to be okay.

Here's trays of tubers dug, waiting to be divided.

After we divided each variety the tubers go into these gold
buckets containing 2 tablespoons of Daconil, a fungicide,
and soak for 20 minutes.

We use this netting bag and bucket to pour the tubers
and Daconil water solution out, and put the tubers in
trays to dry overnight.

The divided tubers, soaked in Daconil, are left overnight
with a space heater running and an oscillating fan to help
distribute the warmth and air to facilitate drying the tubers.

After almost three weeks of this routine, it does look like there is a "light at the end of the tunnel!"

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