plant tubers

[robh]

when can i plant my tubers straight in the ground i live in the south yorkshire area will may be early enough

[Lou78W]

End of May for planting out tubers in the open ground....when all possibility of frost is over..However, you could start them off in posts earlier in your polytunnel.

[Geranium]

I used my heated propagator this year - my tubers were in pots, and it gave them a good early start. I know the experts on here start them in trays.

[Lou78W]

We start them in trays for cuttings....then they can be planted in the open ground at the end of May

[Tel]

I plant my tubers at the beginning of May, then they are through after the frosts are finished here.
I normally plant out the young plants the last weekend in May.

[sweetpea]

I never plant out tubers. Always cuttings from pot tubers or young plants bought in.

[Tel]

There is two reasons i plant out any dahlia tubers,
One is the pom Moorplace i get more shoots that way then when i stop them i get a plant that keeps the bloom down to size because Moorplace can go over size.

The other tubers are the decorative form that i have finished taking cuttings from i reduce this tuber to just the one shoot this gives me earlier flowers for seed purposes.

[sweetpea]

Dec 20, 2011 20:04:26 GMT Tel said:

There is two reasons i plant out any dahlia tubers,
One is the pom Moorplace i get more shoots that way then when i stop them i get a plant that keeps the bloom down to size because Moorplace can go over size.

The other tubers are the decorative form that i have finished taking cuttings from i reduce this tuber to just the one shoot this gives me earlier flowers for seed purposes.

Neither of which currently apply to me Tel