Wow!! Those are some healthy-looking sprouts! Congratulations on the great germination. I've only ever grown dahlias from bare-root dormant plants. Will they bloom first year from seed? Do you think you'll be looking to offer any of the seeds for trade when the time comes?

I've read here that they will bloom the first year, so that's what I'm hoping for. I ancitipate I'll have seeds to offer, yes.

Now thats a lot of dahlias,I would have never thought to sow seeds from them,I will give it a try next winter,I have 3 that grow from tubers and really like them,thanx for posting this..

is dahlia a perennial? Will it come year after year in Zone6?

They are not perennial in my zone 5. You have to dig up and store the tubers. I don't know about zone 6.

Congratulations! These are Pict's of mine. I brought them inside from the cold.
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Oooh! (One of) My (many) favorite! They look really nice! :o)

I have never tryed to grow Dahlis seeds, for the very reason, I did not think you could grow them from seed.
Now, will you still have to dig them in the fall?
Beautiful sprouts,I may have to give these a try next year,thaks for showing.
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What causes dahlia tubers to start growing? Is it time of year? soil temperature? I have about 100 in shallow dishes covered in soil and under grow lights and so far only a red variety has come up...every other one is still snoozing. Anyone?

I stopped doing Dahlia's because the tubers were so large they started choking out my rose bushes.

I grew Dahlia from seed for the first time this year from seeds I got from Hong Kong on Ebay. I'm very excited to see how they will turn out.

Good luck with those seeds, hopefully they will turn out to be what the seller claimed them to be.

I ordered some Butterfly weed seeds from China on ebay this winter, they were very cheap and I was curious to check them out for .99 with free shipping. Well the seeds were round and green - not even remotely milkweed seeds! I threw them away. Who knows what they were.