Dahlias broken when sent by post

Dump the dry ones in some water for a tad, they'll (hopefully ) rehydrate.

Drop them, and all the others in a shallow tray and roughly cover with compost, water them and sit back. They'll either root and throw cuttings or they won't.

Note : ours are in an unheated greenhouse with heated beds (blackpool), pick somewhere appropriate for your weather to put yours

I'd let the seller know anyway, they should have been packed better. No soil is cool, that's how we send ours, dry and rattling isn't cool.

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Hi. Me again.

The two intact tubers started growing about 10 days ago  - they have about 3" of growth now. I told the seller about the problem with the other one, which appears to be dead and they've sent me another. It arrived today, looking just as dried as the others but with some shoots showing. I planted it quickly in moist compost, so it should be OK.

When planting that one, I decided to use the pot and compost that I'd used to pot up the broken off tubers. I'd kept this moist until I was told that they wouldn't grow (see Edit below) but when I dug them up I found lots of roots coming from each one (at the end that would have been connected to the central stem). Does this mean that they will start producing shots and will be new plants? I've repotted them just to see.

What do you think?

Edit: I think I discovered a post or article somewhere on the internet saying that the fat tubers were just food stores and wouldn't produce new plants if separated from the main stem and potted up. I've just seen a separate post on this forum that seems to contradict this. People seem to be talking about splitting the plant up and potting the tubers individually.

Thanks Yabba and thanks also for the offer.

So, if the tubers I've planted are producing roots, does that mean they'll produce shoots and hence new plants? Or are they only going to produce roots?

Thanks Yabba. I might just try that with one of them. Hope you solve your soil disease problem.

"If you do manage to get shoots by cutting the tubers, could you take photos so we can amend our cutting angle?"

Hmmm. Sorry, don't get that. Cutting angle?

Ah, I see.

Well, I'll give it a go.

Cheers.