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What kind of box would you use?
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cannafreak z7 NY (
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Sun, Oct 17, 04 at 8:15
| Hi, I would like to know what kind of box to use too store my cannas. Could I use a plastic box like the one you can buy at walmart or kmart? Or should I use a regular cardboard box? Any input would be appreciated.
Tara |
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RE: What kind of box would you use?
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- Posted by Gwyn 6A, Mississauga (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 20, 04 at 12:36
| Have used cardboard with news paper for the last 2 years |
RE: What kind of box would you use?
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| I would use cardboard, being careful to keep it dry. You don't want moisture to damage your cannas,
& plastic sometimes "sweats". |
RE: What kind of box would you use?
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| Thank you both. Thats what I thought just wanted to be sure. |
RE: What kind of box would you use?
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| No containers,they will hold in moisture,and the tubers will rot. Store under a thick blanket,so they will stay dry. |
RE: What kind of box would you use?
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| I just pile them into an old cardboard box or paper bag and stick them in my attic. They stay cool and bone-dry and store beautifully. The only problem I have had was with the thin, ropey rhizomes of C. 'Omega', which shrivelled quite a bit but enough survived to to replant in the spring. (Unfortunately last year I left them in the ground over the winter and they did not make it). |
RE: What kind of box would you use?
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- Posted by wpooh z6a Mo. (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 17, 04 at 19:20
| I dug and stored my Cannas in a BIG plastic tub from KMart last year. I washed the dirt off the roots and threw over 200 rhizomes in the container. I stored them in the warm house. Warm, as in 72-78 degrees (wood furnace heated)They all came thru fine and flowered this Summer. |
re: also...
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- Posted by wpooh z6a Mo. (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 17, 04 at 19:31
| oops... I forgot to mention that I did NOT put a lid on the plastic storage tub!! |
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