My cat got into my grow room when I had the door open while getting organized to start some seeds and wake up tubers for cuttings next month.
While he was in there, he knocked a little bundle of Dahlia tubers out from underneath one of the shelves from last season. They were wrapped in plastic wrap and had living sprouts coming out of them that were still green.
I can’t believe these things are still alive, but it goes to show that wrapping in plastic can keep your tubers viable for a very long time.
Also that these tubers look shriveled and dead but still somehow managed to sustain these sprouts for an entire season.
by sevimel
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