I recently took this (very sad) dahlia back home after it suffered with constant rain and spider mites at a friend's place.
Once digging it up, I found the tuber clump had mostly rotted, although I was able to cut a few viable tubers off to save.
The rot hasn't reached the stem, is there any way to replant it as a cutting once I have removed all the rot?
Thank you!
by ej-bug
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I would remove the top node with buds, and use the node below it. You can cut the stem down the middle (carefully so you don’t damage the nodes the branches are coming from) and then keep both as cuttings, leaving the piece of the main stem at the base of the branch.
You can look up “leaf cuttings” on YouTube there are some really good videos! And you can do this with any set of branches or leaves. Usually I would put them in soil as I think they root a bit faster, but since they are already looking so thirsty I would say put them in water to root so they can rehydrate a bit
You can take cuttings, but I’d HIGHLY recommend treating for spider mites in the process. If you don’t, your cuttings will eventually die anyways.