This winter I took my strongest dahlias and potted them below grow lights to have some green lifeforms to keep me company over winter. I have not had luck overwintering them with other methods like storing them in vermiculite where they either dried out completely or got too wet and rotted.
I frequently have problems with what seems like some kind of mold which infects the leaves. I’ve been pruning, using neem oil, and circulating air with a fan that constantly keeps them quivering to try to keep it under control. It seems to happen to some degree with any indoor plants.
I hope doing this means they’ll be ready to spring to action this spring, though. Plus I miss plants during winter, like I have indoor plants, but need more when all my outdoor ones are dead.
by bascule
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i’ve heard that if they don’t get rest/dormancy, they don’t bloom as well when it’s time. But I don’t know! i’m still trying to figure out my methods! there are some REALLY fun indoor plants to keep you company though, in case that’s part of the issue (right now all my phal orchids are coming into bloom which is SO exciting).