What is a Dahlia Tuber?
It is the “potato” of the flower world! Potatoes are tubers and Dahlia plants produce tubers and that is how you can get the same flower over and over again. Unlike other flowers they do not reproduce the same flower when you take the seeds because seed production requires a pollinator. But this is also why they have been able to develop so many amazing different kinds of Dahlia Flowers.
The dictionary describes a tuber
as- It is a starchy body that contains food,
water, and nutrition for a dahlia plant to grow until it establishes a root
system that will then provide food for the plant.
This means, that the tuber has the nutrients and everything it needs to start producing a new plant. The first couple of weeks a tuber doesn’t need light or extra water to produce an eye and start to grow. And, amazingly all sizes of tubers are able to produce beautiful plants and flowers. The important part is that the tuber has an eye- that means is it starting to grow a new plant.
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