This week has found me digging my dahlia tubers out of storage and getting some of them started under grow lights. Typically we can get dahlias in the ground around May 15th, so it helps to get blooms faster by getting some of them started in nursery pots under grow lights. If you’re not too familiar with dahlia tubers, check out this short video I made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDBoU648sKE

The key things I wanted to point out about dahlia tubers are that size is no indication of projected plant size, and also to show you how to find the eye of the dahlia.

Dahlia tubers can range in size from sizes close to a AA battery, all the way up to tubers slightly larger than a mango. But tuber size doesn’t indicate plant size. Some varieties of dahlias make long, slender tubers while other make really round, robust tubers. Each variety is different but they all make beautiful and healthy plants as long as they have an eye.

What’s a dahlia eye? It’s the part at the top of the tuber that the plant will grow from. It looks like a little dot or a dimple right above the neck of the dahlia tuber. In order for a tuber to start growing a plant it has to have an eye.

Check out the video and stay tuned for more!