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Author Message   Eileen  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 04:07 pm EST :    I wish my NW Gardenbuddies a successful, stress free fall harvest of our dahlia tubers. All day long I have been remembering last fall and your wet misery. This year just has to be better. Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5   Plantlady2  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 05:24 pm EST :    Thanks, Eileen- it rained 1.5 inches last night & it's still teaming down, so I think we're in for another wet one. Luckily, Walt has rain gear & doesn't seem to worry about getting wet or cold - & I know he's not going to melt or & there's not enough sugar in him to dissolve! Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"   Eileen  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 06:20 pm EST :    Rain is what reminded me of your mud last year. I was watching some quarterback from Ferndale, Washington, play for the U of Washington yesterday. (Locker) It was raining. Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5   Dahlianut  Supporting Member My Weather Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 07:37 pm EST :    Eileen- it is pouring down and is supposed to pour all week. Unlike Walt I don't dig in the rain! In-fact I hate rain this time of the year. But as soon as it lets up I will start digging. Maybe next weekend. I don't think Locker is impressed loosing games. When he was still in high school at Ferndale they were undefeated. He is a very good player. Linda Washington State Zone 8   Mirek  My Garden Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 02:20 am EST :    My question to Eileen (she has climate zone 5, it is near my 4 or 5- I have different information on different maps about our zones): when are You going to harvest You dahlia tubers? Thanks. Mirek - Minsk, Zone "4 or 5"   Eileen  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 08:52 am EST :    Mirek, I cling to every day the dahlias are blooming, so I wait for a frost that blackens the dahlias. I asked another dahlia grower near here and she always waits for that frost. If I had to dig up thousands of tubers then I would have to start now regardless of the weather. Time would be my enemy. Now I only have 75 plants (this year). There are some lazy plants that haven't bloomed yet, but at least I can get tubers for next year from them. After that blackening frost, I cut down the stalks to 6-8" above the ground. After 4-10 days I dig. That is supposed to allow eyes to show up better. (I have trouble seeing them anyway. Best wishes on your harvest! Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5   Mirek  My Garden Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 02:17 pm EST :    Thank You very much! My collection - near 300 dahlia-plants. In this season I grow AT FIRST some tubers from USA (Connells-dahlias). It was very-very-very difficult to buy them (many problems with custom service). The laciniated sorts - really magic!!! New dahlias are not yet adapted to new climate, some of them did not bloom... But I see how dahlia culture strong in USA. I dream to find new american and canadian sorts. We have had first frost, but it has "eaten" flowers and some leaves. I have thought a long time: to cut down my dahlias or no. Now wait new bad weather... Mirek - Minsk, Zone "4 or 5"   Eileen  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 08:01 am EST :    Bah, humbug. We had a just blackening frost last week. I cut the dahlias down. Now it is time to dig and store. Slight snow, just a mean hint, is falling. It is time to go vote. The dentist beckons. Time to push the club newsletter into mailing envelopes.....WHEN can I work on my dahlias? Time is now important. I do hope most of you are about finished storing. Have a great winter! Time to dream in the catalogs. Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5   Poochella  My Time Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 11:41 pm EST :    Eileen, thanks for your NW thoughts on that horrible flooding last year. I can't remember late September when Cory and Linda posted LOL, but recently I would have to say it is the very best dahlia digging weather in memory: dry and not terribly cold or downright warm! We did have 4 frosts here in October, so the dahlias are done and half cut. I've developed a bad tendon in my cutting hand and really overused it making good use of the great weather, so have had to REST, which I don't take to much. Almost back to normal now, so I can proceed slowly. Linda and Cory, you remind me that I was supposed to ask if either of you knew of the remarkable Jake Locker when I visited in September. Of course, I was overcome by dahlia fever while there, and forgot all about football! Do either of you sing his praises or do you not follow football too much? Mirek, what kinds of problems did you have with foreign tubers entering your country? I have a friend in Germany who I'd like to send tubers to, but don't know what to expect for customs and I'm not interested in breaking any laws. Poochella - Western WA, Zone "7"   Eileen  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 12:17 am EST :    I am so pleased to hear of good tuber collecting weather. Pooch, if you need stay cool, relaxing lessons, I'm your expert. Now, fuss, fuss, back to cool digging and storing. Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5   Dahlianut  Supporting Member My Weather Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 11:30 am EST :    Anne- Jake is from Ferndale. My granddaughter's know him. I don't follow college football to much. Just check the scores to see how they are doing. I'm almost finished storing dahlias. Just have to dig all the cuttings out and store them, between rain storms. Linda Washington State Zone 8   Plantlady2  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 06:03 pm EST :    Annie- My grandkids watched Jake kick Lynden's butt a number of times but it's far too cold for me to sit outside at a football game- yeuch- maybe if we lived in AZ?? He's really good! If your're thinking of sending tubers overseas in order to be legal you have to get your local Ag. agent to inspect your garden during growing season & then inspect the tubers before mailing. If you mail them off & put Dahlia Tubers on the box they'll be destroyed if you don't have a Phytosanitory Certificate attached. If you don't put it on the box & they check you'll be in trouble & they'll still be destroyed. This is why we spend so much time & $$$'s getting all the inspections & tests done every year so we can ship overseas. BTW- we just got certified for South Africa this year so off our babies go on a new adventure! Some day I'm going to go & visit all the countries we send them to & have a great visit all over the world-- wouldn't that be fun!!! Walt is about 2/3 finished digging, cutting up & storing now. He digs rain or not- has to in order to get them all in before the really nasty weather. All the seedling babies are tucked in for the winter & he's doing the named ones now. Our daughter was out on Wed. to get her tubers cut up & while Walt was looking for a crate to put them in she tried cutting- couldn't do it even with the long-handled loppers! About had a fit 'cos he makes it look so easy! He claims it's because he milked cows when he was a kid! Hope your hand gets better soon. Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"   Poochella  My Time Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 01:04 am EST :    The hand is better after a few days rest, thanks. I don't think I could sit for a cool autumn football game either, especially if wet. But my hubby has high hopes for Locker and the Huskies; maybe not this year but next. Well bummer on the Inspector coming during the growing season. I have frozen spinach growing now, but I'll keep your advice in mind next summer Cory. No way would I send anything unlabelled/undeclared through customs. $10,000 fine last I read when someone was begging for tubers in Singapore. She didn't seem to think it was a big deal to send them, and she wouldn't bother to research the rules related to such, but she wouldn't get the fine either! I'm hoping for some rainfree days next week, though it doesn't really matter being in a rainsuit or under eaves to slay the clumps. Thanks to you and LInda for input on the Locker fans up there. Poochella - Western WA, Zone "7"   Bigcityal  My Weather My Garden Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 10:20 pm EST :    Mine are all put away, about a 10 day job for me. Bigcityal - WI, Zone "5a"   Eileen  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 10:29 pm EST :    It is a good feeling, Al. Mine were finished two days ago. Bo, my English Springer Spaniel ate some Color Spectacle tubers. He seems to be ok. My husband composted the rest. So that plant is no longer on my list. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Eileen Pennsylvania Zone 5   Plantlady2  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:02 am EST :    The husband is almost finished- he's been at it since the first of October- only about 200 left to dig & divide- all the rest are dug, washed, cut up & in their bins of vermiculite for the winter- stacked in the cold room in the basement- around the shuffle board & ping-pong table!! Now he's saying maybe he'll enlarge the garden next year & plant MORE!! As if 6,000+ isn't enough!! Oh, well- whatever keeps him happy-- I'm just glad I don't have to do the heavy work- we'd probably have- oh, about 10 if it was up to me to do the heavy stuff >:) Note to Pooch-- there's another Locker on the way- he's just as good as his bro.- or is it cousin? Can't keep track. The league breathed a sigh of relief when Jake graduated - maybe someone else would win a game or 2 -- & then along came Casey! Happy Thanksgiving to all the garden buddies. Cory Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"

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