11/09/2026
🌸 What’s the common denominator between these 3 beautiful blooms? 🌸
They were ALL grown from cuttings last season! ✂️🌱
I’ve never felt particularly lucky with cuttings. I’ve tried several times before, but not a single sprouted cutting survived. Maybe it was my technique, maybe my timing, or maybe the dahlia gods just weren’t on my side. 🤷🏻♀️ After a few failed attempts, I basically gave up.
But growing from cuttings came with another little problem… tubers! 😅
One of these produced absolutely no tubers, while the other two produced only a tiny amount. So instead of dividing them this season, I’ve replanted the entire clumps and I’m hoping they’ll reward me with a decent stash of tubers this time. 🤞🏼🌱
And then tonight… I did something brave. 😬
I turned on the heat mat and grow light, grabbed some of my precious tubers, and buried them in a mix of moist coco coir and vermiculite, hoping to get them growing early enough to take cuttings and create a little backup supply of tubers.
Am I excited? YES.
Am I nervous they’re going to rot? ALSO YES. 😂🫣
But I’m giving cuttings another chance this season. Maybe this will finally be the year I crack the code! ✂️🌱
Fingers crossed for lots of healthy sprouts and, hopefully, LOTS of tubers at the end of it. 🤞🏼🌸
Anyone else terrible at cuttings but somehow still refuses to give up? 😂