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dividing cannas

blackiris
17 years ago

HELLO, FORGOT TO PULL MY CANNAS ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO, YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE THIS YEAR WHEN TWO SHOWED UP! OF COURSE ABOUT 50 WERE PLANTED THAT YEAR. I WAS THRILLED TOO SEE JUST 2 LIVE THOUGH. I COMPLETELY DUG UP AND REDID THE BED, TILLING AND ALL AND THERE THEY GREW. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS LILEY OF THE VALLEY FROM THE HOSTA BED SINCE I ADDED HOSTA IN THIS BED. NEVER SAW THE CANNAS DURING THE PLANTING OR DIGGING THIS SPRING.

NOW WE HAD OUR FROST AND I REMEMBERED TO PULL THEM, WOW!!! ONE CLUMP IS ABOUT 6 INCES THICK OF NOTHING BUT BULBS! THE OTHER IS QUITE SMALL AND MANAGEABLE. I AM GUESSING IT WAS A PIECE CHOPPED AND RELOCATED FROM THE TILLER. CAN ANYONE TELL HOW TOO DIVIDE THIS? NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. I AM AN AVID IRIS BUFF, SOME OF YOU SEEM TO RELATE THE CANNAS TO IRIS. DO THEY DIVIDE THE SAME WAY?? THEY SEEM TO MULTIPLY THE SAME LOL.

WHEN I GOT THEM I THOUGHT SOMEONE TOLD ME YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR EYES, HOPE NOT DONT KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE LOL.

SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS- FORGOT I HAD IT ON, I LOOK AT MY FINGERS TO TYPE!!! LOL

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