How to Use tuber in a Sentence

tuber

noun
  • Check for firm tubers and swelling eyes in the dahlias.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Chances are the tubers are still firm and ready for spring growth.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Is May too late to plant dahlia tubers?
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The secondary roots that grow out of the main roots are called tubers.
    — Carol Eustice, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Nutsedges have nut-like tubers clinging to them.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Each tuber must be whole, with an intact body, neck, and eye.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Plant potatoes from tubers and onions from sets (small bulbs).
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The tubers should be dug before the ground freezes more than an inch or so.
    — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Both fruit and tuber are poisonous.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Wait to dig the tubers until a killing freeze zaps all the foliage.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Cover your tuber with soil, and do not water it.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
  • When the foliage has turned papery and tan, pull it off of the tuber.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Too much moisture can cause rot and too little dries out dahlia tubers.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Too much moisture or too little spells doom for dahlia tubers.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
  • Start tubers in flats or pots of potting soil kept evenly moist in a warm area.
    — NOLA.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Check stored tubers and bulbs every couple of weeks.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Learn how to dig up dahlia tubers and store them until planting time in spring.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • These begonias grow from fleshy tubers rather than roots.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Potatoes, quite simply, are the tuber that changed the world.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 9 Nov. 2021
  • While not a true bulb, they are grown from a tuber, which is simply an enlarged root.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2022
  • In zones 7 and lower, dig dahlia tubers before the first frost.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Cover tubers with soil and water well.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This is the first of a few tuber and root starches to consider.
    — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
  • There is a secondary tuber that can be used to propagate new plants.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The eye is located higher up above the neck of the tuber.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Leave a few inches of stalk attached to the tuber, but sift off all the dirt and trim back the roots.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Pulling plants early keeps them from spreading by seeds, roots, and tubers (nuts) left in the ground.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
  • Later in spring or early summer, check the tuber for new growth.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The five foods in every blue zone are whole grains, greens, tubers – like sweet potato, nuts and beans.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Dahlia tubers should be lifted after the first frost and before the ground freezes.
    — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019

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