Darren Garrison wrote:

I planted some Cana tubers in the spring of 2004. Originally, I planted them around 8 or 10 inches
deep. Today I went out to trim them down for the winter, and found that in several of them, there
were large branched tubers with growth points on the surface or breaking through to the surface.

Is it normal for Cana tubers to migrate upwards like that? Would the original tubers still be "down
there" below the surface ones? I'm concerned about them freezing out now.


I just dug up 32 Cana plants two days ago in GBay, WI.

The two biggest plants had 10 & 11 new shoots on a flat surface with
the

original main 'tuber'..... All was very visible after I spray
cleaned the

soil off the tubers.. Dried, Full plants are now in the basement
root cellar

in 8 large brown grocery bags. I plan to remove the canna tops &
split

tuber shoots off in Mid-February when I repot all Cannas for a
basement

early planting... About May 15th the 12" growth will move
outside

to the garden beds...