Dahlia tubers are currently shipping out to their new homes.
Dahlia tubers are currently shipping out to their new homes.
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Please note that many tubers are shipped dormant (without a visible eye) particularly during the early shipping periods of March & early April.
All our dahlias are guaranteed to sprout. It is the responsibility of the customer to manage the growing conditions. Customers have 30 days from receipt of their order to reach out with an issue. We send same season replacements out in situations where a tuber fails to sprout. There are a few things that will void the guarantee though:
If your dahlia grows into a beautiful plant, then blooms out a flower that you didn’t order, please reach out to us and we’ll help you ID it and send out the correct variety the following season.
Although many books and blogs say that dahlias are an easy plant to grow, we would regard them as an intermediate garden crop that requires a certain degree of gardening knowledge and experience to grow successfully.
Any tuber that is planted outdoors in garden soil or in a pot before the tuber has broken dormancy and produced an eye or sprout, cannot be guaranteed. This is simply because there are too many factors that can affect the tuber.
Dahlias are at their most vulnerable when sprouting from tubers in the Spring. Rodents will nibble at tubers, slugs and snails can eat the eyes as they emerge or decimate young plants, even cats and dogs can accidentally dig them up when digging around in the garden. Environmental factors such as weather, drainage, light availability, irrigation also have to be considered by the customer when selecting a time and a location to plant their dahlias. The customer is solely responsible for any damage that occurs in their garden due to pest, or environmental factors. Therefore, it is important for the customer to document the condition of the tubers on arrival and before planting out as both pictures will be required for the guarantee and a replacement.
We recommend that all tubers are started indoors so that eyes/sprouts are visible before planting out. This enables the customer to have more control over the success of the dahlia. Customers with multiple varieties will also learn that different varieties sprout at different speeds and patience is required with some more than others.
Any other concerns with tubers or plants should be emailed to us with images by October 1st of the growing year to help us resolve any issues and arrange credit or replacements for the following season.
Our farm is a breeding farm that is not open to the public, and where new varieties are bred and evaluated. Therefore we have very strict handling and care procedures to ensure the health of our crops.
We try to ensure that the smallest tubers that we send out are the size of a AA battery. This should give the young dahlia plant enough stored energy to bounce back from a light frost or a spring hail storm.
Larger tubers are not necessarily better. If a tuber is too large, say around the size of a coffee cup, then the dahlia will start
off strong but rely too much on the tuber and may not develop a sufficient root system.
Often in early summer as the heat really comes on, the parent tuber rots or is nibbled by a critter and a dahlia that has grown too big, too fast won’t be able to sustain itself and flop down. Then you have to spend time nursing it back to
health. It seems counterintuitive, but smaller tubers can produce stronger more vigorous plants by developing a balanced root and plant growth.
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