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| Hello! I am creating gardens for the first time in the yard of my first house. I have been very fortunate to receive many plants from friends and family to get me kick started. Last night my husband brought me 2 plastic grocery bags filled with cannas from someone at work. Some are already sprouting! I have never grown cannas and don't even know how to plant them! Are they like my iris, rhizomes at ground level, or do I bury them like roots? The area where I am planting them is not ready and I would like to try the lasagna method to ammend the soil. (It has been tilled, we did the entire yard, but not ammended and it's clay.) Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I hope to get them in the ground this weekend!
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| Well, it's kinda slow here so I guess I'll try and answer your question. I've found cannas are not too picky if the soil is halfway decent but they do appreciate lots of water and some fertilizer. I plant them 4 inches deep, but in zone8 I leave them in the ground year round. I belive others in colder areas plant them around 2" which would make digging them up each fall much easier. |
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