Dump a load of leaves over the area for winter and if you have a water hose
on the drain, send the water to another part of the garden so the canna
rhizomes don't freeze. Out here I cove'm with leaves,straw,steer manure and
come spring and good warm temps they reach for the sky.

http://home.inreach.com/starlord/canna


"madgardener" wrote in message
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I think mine is red Futurity............look on
alt.bianaries.pictures.gardens for the pic of it. the website says plant
them three inches........my dad taught me to plant them two shovels deep.
That'd be around 20 or more inches.......wow. what a difference, eh? I
think the Tropicana just froze. Given a really cold winter with long
bouts
of freezing, I'd possibly lose my Bengal Tigers and possibly my dad's old
green Indian shot (I hope not, I brought it 13 years ago from my childhood
home)
madgardener



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we use all our grey water here, it all goes to plants mostly fruit
trees and pumpkin vines etc.,. we have found that even wioth normal
wash detergents we can cut down the recommended rate of use to about
1/3. we now make our own pure soap based detergent that works very
well indead. but from our experience you don't need filters, i would
suggest that you not run it in the same place all the time move it
about to share it around.

len

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my e/mail addies have spam filters you should know what to delete before you send.

would you rather have a piece of the tuber? (we're talking which one? the
Bengal tiger which is Praetorie, or the old Indian Shot, or the red
Futurity) let me know. I can lift a piece of Bengal tiger and cut the stem
off and ship it to you. Or same thing with the old Indian shot. The Futurity
needs to mature.......first year. my e-mail is real. you can holler at me
and I'll give you me addy if you'd like.
maddie
"starlord" wrote in message
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Hay, got a deal for you, if you tell me you'll save the seeds for me this
summer, and send me your address is personal e-mail, I'll send you a start
of the Omega canna I sell.

"madgardener" wrote in message
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Old fashioned Indian shot canna (green leaves, gets up to 15 foot high
with
red flowers, seeds are hard enough to be fired outa a muzzle loader
rifle.,
which they did back in the Civil war days) and Bengal Tiger or
Praetoria
that has adjusted to my zone. Alas the Tropicanna Canna said screw you
this
winter and never returned but provided some nice humusy remains to feed
my
two large babies. Holler at me and I'll send you current
pictures.......I'm
tempted to plant another hardy canna there just for contrast. A dark
leaf
variety that has a red flower.............digging in that muck is
interesting. And I dig canna's double shovel deep.
maddie (if I get seeds, I'll holler)




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The BT & PT canna don't do well here at all, they get sunburned. I had a
good plant of BT and after the first hard week of our desert sun, it was
toast. I might have the dark one, some where sent to me last year and they
bloomed. This year the high winds we had ripped them up a lot and they are
just starting to show life again. That green with orange flowers I don't
have.

My addy is real too, it's just a 3rd party spam filter/good mail forward
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"madgardener" wrote in message
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would you rather have a piece of the tuber? (we're talking which one? the
Bengal tiger which is Praetorie, or the old Indian Shot, or the red
Futurity) let me know. I can lift a piece of Bengal tiger and cut the
stem
off and ship it to you. Or same thing with the old Indian shot. The
Futurity
needs to mature.......first year. my e-mail is real. you can holler at me
and I'll give you me addy if you'd like.
maddie
"starlord" wrote in message
...
Hay, got a deal for you, if you tell me you'll save the seeds for me
this
summer, and send me your address is personal e-mail, I'll send you a
start
of the Omega canna I sell.

"madgardener" wrote in message
...


Old fashioned Indian shot canna (green leaves, gets up to 15 foot high
with
red flowers, seeds are hard enough to be fired outa a muzzle loader
rifle.,
which they did back in the Civil war days) and Bengal Tiger or
Praetoria
that has adjusted to my zone. Alas the Tropicanna Canna said screw you
this
winter and never returned but provided some nice humusy remains to
feed
my
two large babies. Holler at me and I'll send you current
pictures.......I'm
tempted to plant another hardy canna there just for contrast. A dark
leaf
variety that has a red flower.............digging in that muck is
interesting. And I dig canna's double shovel deep.
maddie (if I get seeds, I'll holler)




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pantuvarali wrote in message
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We use lots and lots of water to wash cloths- Pay for using the water and
disposing it. Due to the high price of water in BUTLER COUNTY (OHIO), I am
thinking why not use this water to drain out into flower beds.
Has any one done this? Any precautions to be taken? Do I need to 'filter'
the water?
First off make sure the plants you are watering like alkaline conditions.
Lint is part of the discharge so every once in a while you have to pick it
up. One thing to remember is washing machines flush out your sewer lines so
reconnect it every couple of weeks to flush the lines especially the kitchen
line.

"redclay" wrote in message
...

pantuvarali wrote in message
...
We use lots and lots of water to wash cloths- Pay for using the water
and
disposing it. Due to the high price of water in BUTLER COUNTY (OHIO), I
am
thinking why not use this water to drain out into flower beds.
Has any one done this? Any precautions to be taken? Do I need to
'filter'
the water?
First off make sure the plants you are watering like alkaline conditions.
Lint is part of the discharge so every once in a while you have to pick it
up. One thing to remember is washing machines flush out your sewer lines
so
reconnect it every couple of weeks to flush the lines especially the
kitchen
line.


My washer is in the basement. Can you discharge the water up to ground
level or does everyone who is using washing machine water have their
equipment on the first floor?

Back when I was living at home (Hawaii) we'd have drought warnings and
the city required everyone to water their lawns every other day.
Needless to say our lawn didn't do too well in the strong Hawaiian
Summer sun with waterings every two days. I'd fill up the wash sink
with the washing machine water and hauled the buckets of water out to
the lawn. Also, I'd siphon out the water from the fish tank into
buckets and use that too. The lawn did great!

Layne

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 23:12:58 -0400, "madgardener"
wrote:

I have gray water going into my woods. I have planted canna's just below the
outlet where the pipe is. They are HUGE. 'nuff said?
madgardener
"pantuvarali" wrote in message
.. .
We use lots and lots of water to wash cloths- Pay for using the water and
disposing it. Due to the high price of water in BUTLER COUNTY (OHIO), I am
thinking why not use this water to drain out into flower beds.
Has any one done this? Any precautions to be taken? Do I need to 'filter'
the water?

In article ,
"pantuvarali" wrote:

We use lots and lots of water to wash cloths- Pay for using the water and
disposing it. Due to the high price of water in BUTLER COUNTY (OHIO), I am
thinking why not use this water to drain out into flower beds.
Has any one done this? Any precautions to be taken? Do I need to 'filter'
the water?




I use a bio-d laundry detergent without phosphates and water my whole
garden with the rinse water from the washing machine.

Jan, in Alaska