How to make dahlia cuttings

Cuttings are clones of the mother plant, which means they will grow truth to the cultivar and the bloom will be exactly the same as the mother plant. Below are a few ways to take cuttings to make the most out of your dahlias. I'll update this post as I finish making the infographic for each cutting options.

1. Tuber pull or Pinching

2. Lateral cutting 

3. Leave cutting 

What you will need

• Rooting medium: Root Riot Cube/ Potting Soil
• Clean scalpel or snips
• Sanitizing solution (10% bleach/90% rubbing alcohol/Virkon S)
• Rinsing solution: diluted solution of soapy water/ Captain Jack’s Dead Bug Brew or similar product
• Rooting Hormone (optional)
• Humidity Dome & Grow Light
• Optional: Sticky traps for fungus gnats, Copper Fungicide for powdery mildew, systemic spray for fungus, mites, and insects - Captain Jack’s dead bug brew, Bio Advance 3 in 1

Some tips

• When taking a lateral cutting, try to get those as low to the soil surface as you can. They’re more likely to contain natural rooting hormone and will root faster.
• It is very important to clean your cutting with a Rinsing Solution before inserting it into a rooting medium. Adding this extra step has helps prevented powdery mildew, gnats, thrips, aphids and mite problem from breaking out in my growing environment.

Part 1: Tuber Pull or Pinching

Part 2: Lateral Cutting

Part 3: Leave Cutting