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Help for a canna novice
Hello all.
For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl |
Help for a canna novice
On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:28:04 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote: Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl Depending on how long or large the rhizome is, you can pot it up. In the nursery we used to use bulb containers which are about 12 inches in diameter and 4 or 6 inches deep. Use moist potting mix and only slightly cover the top of the rhizome. OR, you can wait. If you wait, keep the rhizome in a dark place using slightly moist peat moss or equivalent and store in a place which is cool, but not colder than 45. Canna's grow very fast so you won't really get any more growth if you start them early. |
Help for a canna novice
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl Yeah, you can start it early. You'll get earlier flowering that way. The pot size should be obvious based on the size of the tuber. |
Help for a canna novice
Here's a site that will give you just about all the info you need for your
canna; planting, storing, FAQ, etc.. Since you live in NH the tuber will have to be lifted and stored in the fall as you would dahlias. They aren't super hardy. I live in Seattle and I never had any cannas that made it through a winter here. http://www.cannas.net/planting_guide.asp Val "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl |
Help for a canna novice
"Val" wrote in message
... Here's a site that will give you just about all the info you need for your canna; planting, storing, FAQ, etc.. Since you live in NH the tuber will have to be lifted and stored in the fall as you would dahlias. They aren't super hardy. I live in Seattle and I never had any cannas that made it through a winter here. http://www.cannas.net/planting_guide.asp Val "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? My Canna's are left in the ground and they come back. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington |
Help for a canna novice
Snow on the ground??? Do NOT plant, not yet, Canna love good hot weather,
keep it dry and cool in dark someplace, once the snow is gone and your getting warm weather, then you can plant it and use a good amount of steer manua on the ground and it should grow for you. How do I know? Desert Canna http://home.inreach.com/starlord/canna/ As I live in the High Mojave Desert. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html AD World http://www.adworld.netfirms.com/ "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl |
Help for a canna novice
"Travis M." wrote in message news:CvwSh.2395$V15.1826@trnddc02... "Val" wrote in message ... I live in Seattle and I never had any cannas that made it through a winter here. http://www.cannas.net/planting_guide.asp Val My Canna's are left in the ground and they come back. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington *sobbing* |
Help for a canna novice
I know of people in the northen states that have kepted their canna rhizomes
in cardboard boxs wriped in newspaper and replants them in spring and have them blooming by July. Me, mine stays in the ground here in the mojave desert. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html AD World http://www.adworld.netfirms.com/ "Val" wrote in message ... "Travis M." wrote in message news:CvwSh.2395$V15.1826@trnddc02... "Val" wrote in message ... I live in Seattle and I never had any cannas that made it through a winter here. http://www.cannas.net/planting_guide.asp Val My Canna's are left in the ground and they come back. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington *sobbing* |
Help for a canna novice
On 4/9/07 8:48 AM, in article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl Yeah, you can start it early. You'll get earlier flowering that way. The pot size should be obvious based on the size of the tuber. A better question is how deep a pot... C |
Help for a canna novice
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message
... On 4/9/07 8:48 AM, in article , "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl Yeah, you can start it early. You'll get earlier flowering that way. The pot size should be obvious based on the size of the tuber. A better question is how deep a pot... C 6-8". In a perfect world where life allows gardeners to do everything right on time, like transplant things, that'll be big enough. |
Help for a canna novice
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:56:59 -0700, "Starlord"
wrote: I know of people in the northen states that have kepted their canna rhizomes in cardboard boxs wriped in newspaper and replants them in spring and have them blooming by July. Me, mine stays in the ground here in the mojave desert. I have several varieties: 'Striped Beauty,' 'Phaison,' and 'Pretoria.' They are in the ground and I could start a canna farm. I'm in zone 8b, but our soil never freezes and it is not particularly wet a lot in winter. |
Help for a canna novice
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:49:38 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote: A better question is how deep a pot... C When I grew them for trade, they were grown in what is also known as Dahlia pots. So, approximately 12" wide and 6" deep. The rhizomes should only be about one inch below the soil. |
Help for a canna novice
this last year our normal rain fall of 10 to 15 inch has not showed up, our
one rain storm droped all of 5 drops of rain on the ground. It's been dry. but as I use the trailer parks water I still get to do all the watering I need to do. I'm on the south edge of Rosamond, west gate of Edwards AFB and I'm 15 miles below the Mojave Spaceport and can wach the lauching from there. Right now my main garden in only 150ft long by 100ft wide in the desert field and my main crop is iris and canna. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html AD World http://www.adworld.netfirms.com/ "Jangchub" wrote in message ... On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:56:59 -0700, "Starlord" wrote: I know of people in the northen states that have kepted their canna rhizomes in cardboard boxs wriped in newspaper and replants them in spring and have them blooming by July. Me, mine stays in the ground here in the mojave desert. I have several varieties: 'Striped Beauty,' 'Phaison,' and 'Pretoria.' They are in the ground and I could start a canna farm. I'm in zone 8b, but our soil never freezes and it is not particularly wet a lot in winter. |
Help for a canna novice
On 4/10/07 8:53 AM, in article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... On 4/9/07 8:48 AM, in article , "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Hello all. For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly to be specific). OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot? HELP! Cheryl Yeah, you can start it early. You'll get earlier flowering that way. The pot size should be obvious based on the size of the tuber. A better question is how deep a pot... C 6-8". In a perfect world where life allows gardeners to do everything right on time, like transplant things, that'll be big enough. What is I want to leave it potted for the summer? I was beginning to think about using it as the center of a large container. Or would you "pot it on" (as my mother would say)... Cheryl |
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