Got this bishop of leicester from a garden centre but neck seems damaged. Tuber is nice and firm though. More pictures in comments — thanks for the advice!
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Honestly, this doesn’t look viable in any way to me. Each of those necks appear to be hollow threads.
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So those necks all look gone for, but there might be an eye over to the left in the second photo. If it’s a variety you are really excited about, I would just hang on to it and see if that eye sprouts. It might do absolutely nothing, but it might have just enough energy left in the stem to sprout, and at the very least you could get a cutting!
MDMSLL
Stranger things have happened. I say pop it in and see if that eye progresses into something worthwhile.
Some of my most vibrant and robust growers came from the compost pile, so zombie dahlias are definitely a thing.
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Honestly, this doesn’t look viable in any way to me. Each of those necks appear to be hollow threads.
So those necks all look gone for, but there might be an eye over to the left in the second photo. If it’s a variety you are really excited about, I would just hang on to it and see if that eye sprouts. It might do absolutely nothing, but it might have just enough energy left in the stem to sprout, and at the very least you could get a cutting!
Stranger things have happened. I say pop it in and see if that eye progresses into something worthwhile.
Some of my most vibrant and robust growers came from the compost pile, so zombie dahlias are definitely a thing.