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20th Ave Memory was a great addition to the field this year. Lovely stems, blooms, and productivity. I remember the tubers being small at planting (not a negative for me) and I divided them today. The clump is made up of about 20 pinkie sized tubers. Lol. So I left them in bunches. I think they'll store just fine. They are still firm and plump. 3 tubers to start yielded 11 small clumps for 2023. I may be able to further divide in the spring if I am brave.
You could also root a lot of cuttings off those. That is a very sweet flower. I think I have moved too far away from pinks...ended up with so many purples this year. I need to start a shift back to the many shades of pink.
For me personally, I can see the benefits of using cuttings as a propagation tool but it will be used sparingly. It's a completely different ball game in terms of production and cost. For field grown dahlias with the primary goal of tuber production, cuttings do not make a whole lot of economical sense. They rarely out perform a tuber grown plant in terms of tuber yield. But, they do help save genetics in the form of pot tubers (especially for my seed parents) and help boost seedling plant numbers in year 2 & 3 for a successful new introduction later. Cuttings are a lot of maintenance early in the season exactly at the same time as all my packing and shipping. I used cuttings a lot in my early years of growing dahlias, but now I might only do a big push every other season for my Coseytown stock.
Dutch dahlia farmers that sell the infamous small pot tubers everywhere in the USA, grow their dahlias from cuttings. No tubers there except for those used make sprouts for cuttings. You need lots and lots of greenhouse space for that type of growing.
We like to place a sign on our porch that says: We are in the garden. Really, we are always in the garden.
teddahlia wrote:Dutch dahlia farmers that sell the infamous small pot tubers everywhere in the USA, grow their dahlias from cuttings. No tubers there except for those used make sprouts for cuttings. You need lots and lots of greenhouse space for that type of growing.
Exactly. I have a 5 tiered shelving unit in my basement. I can have 54ish mother 50-70 mother tubers giving cuttings and the rest of the space is to actually care for the newly rooted cuttings until they can be hardened off outside.
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
Do you have two with that coloring or is this the one you posted before?I really like the mysterious genetics on those with this color break. HH Double Take is in my top 5 favorite dahlias. I have planted 30 plants of Double Take for two years now but each year the gophers have left me with only three plants to dig in the fall. I am moving my field this year to a location where the gophers might not be so educated. btw... HH Double Take has an excellent vase life and does not shatter.
I made a "New Years Resolution" that all pictures would be labeled immediately. We all know where this is going. I am sure we kept this seedling but we are unsure at this time which one is which. If it is the one I think it is we have 4 tubers of it. I have only a couple of tubers of Doubletake but still have it. Berry Purple is still going strong.
We like to place a sign on our porch that says: We are in the garden. Really, we are always in the garden.
