I need your advice! It will be my first year planting dahlias, I wanted to get a head start since I am in zone 5b and our last frost date is around mid may. But I didn't expect my tubers to do so well. I was wondering if I should take cuttings so that the growth would start from scratch on the tuber, giving me more time to plant directly in the garden instead of transfering to a big pot in the meantime.
I wouldn't mind trying to root the cuttings but
I wonder if they are already too long at around 4-5 inches? But I am not looking to plant 20 or 30 dahlias by taking a lot of cuttings (I have like 6 now), I just think it would be a shame to toss them.
Are these too long to take cuttings?
by SachetDeGruau
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