To make dahlias ready for the winter absolutely difficult task. It is necessary to dig out plants at once after the first frosts, in dry good weather.
Preparation dahlia to outplanting
Not to transfer different diseases with the earth to healthy plants, it is necessary to weed them before outplanting. Try to take longer dahlias in the earth and as soon as strike hard frosts – dig out.
Outplanting dahlia
It is necessary to begin with bush obkapyvaniye around. By means of shovel dig under bush, holding for stalks, and pull out it. It is necessary to clean accurately tubers from the earth and to put them to dry out. To remove residues of moisture, put them stalks down. Dry dahlias at the room temperature indoors, or at sunny weather on the street. As soon as dry up, cut stalks to four centimeters.
Division of tubers dahlia
The following operation - division of rhizomes which will be directly landed. Roots divide generally in the fall until they have coarsened. The smallest rhizomes can be not separated, and entirely to spread on storage. After plants were divided, they need to be washed out to remove the remained dirt. Then it is important to see tubers on rotting availability if you find such moments, it is necessary to take measures for their removal.
Marking of tubers
The divided tubers need to be marked. It is necessary to specify all information - when are dug out, grade, and especially it should be noted the strongest plants that in the spring not to mix them.
Storage of tubers
Dahlia they need to provide the thermal mode for storage from two to five degrees of heat and air humidity of 75%. Tubers dahlia need to be laid out in box one layer and to powder from above with peat or sand. Also tubers can be put ranks, and between them to spill out sand and perlite. Tubers can be stored in plastic bags with vermiculite. Minus this way is that vermiculite absorbs a lot of moisture that can cause rotting of roots. Some gardeners, if they have no cellar, store dahlias in the fridge. They can be put in polyethylene, to fill up with sawdust and to store so till spring.