Please hellllppp! My second attempt and they’re all shriveled up to nothing. I put them in brown paper bags with vermiculite. What can I do differently next time?
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Fun_Sandwich3034
It’s my first time saving tubers and I did the plastic wrap method.
I would say 90 ish % success rate.
The trick is to keep them somewhere cold between 38 to 45 degrees.
The plastic wrap method is also the recommendation from the American Dahlia Society.
case-face-
I put mine in a plastic bag with vermiculite. The paper bag allowed them to dry out entirely – there wasn’t enough humidity. It’s a balance for sure. I’ve seen a friend use plastic little craft boxes with vermiculite and some with wood shavings. That worked for them
Alternative_Hawk_460
This is my second year and many of mine look like this but fewer than the year before!
nitrot150
I put mine in a plastic bin woh coarse pine shavings, the lid on the bin helps keep the humidity up, so far, they look great.
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It’s my first time saving tubers and I did the plastic wrap method.
I would say 90 ish % success rate.
The trick is to keep them somewhere cold between 38 to 45 degrees.
The plastic wrap method is also the recommendation from the American Dahlia Society.
I put mine in a plastic bag with vermiculite. The paper bag allowed them to dry out entirely – there wasn’t enough humidity. It’s a balance for sure. I’ve seen a friend use plastic little craft boxes with vermiculite and some with wood shavings. That worked for them
This is my second year and many of mine look like this but fewer than the year before!
I put mine in a plastic bin woh coarse pine shavings, the lid on the bin helps keep the humidity up, so far, they look great.