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[Eristic]

Dahlias, you can't eat dahlias.

Oh yes you can!

[Eristic]

[valmarg]

Give us a few recipes then. ;D

valmarg

[littlebabybird]

Eristic,
how are the doing?
i had 2 survive, a yellow and a pink
they seem to be abot to die though
maybe they are almst there!

lbb

[Eristic]

I finished off with a row of 10 plants which have done well. Mine have all been harvested now and are currently drying out in the polytunnel. It will be a week or so before final yield is known and the produce tasted.

As a matter of routine I carried out a germination test from some of the first seed to be collected and seedlings were emerging the night after sowing so be careful not to drop too much or you will have them all over the plot.

[littlebabybird]

do they need to lose the colour? or harvest now?
lbb

[Eristic]

They keep the pretty colours until the seed is rubbed out. I don't really know any more about them than than you as this is my first try. I cut mine ahead of the forcast prolonged wet spell but if yours are already soaked it may be better to leave them standing until they dry out. Are seeds coming away from the head when rubbed between the fingers? This is probably the deciding factor.

[Eristic]

Harvest drying out.