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I need help with canna's please

Posted by suzzyq11 (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 24, 06 at 17:46

OK I just dug up my canna's and Im not knowing what to do now. The tubers seemed to have multiplied and I have a dozen it looks like. This is my first time with canna's and I want to do it right so I'll have more next year. I dont know what to look for. Do I just break them up? They are all clumped together.. Ive read some of the post here on how to store them but not how to break them up. Some seem to break in half and I feel like im doing it wrong. I would love any info anyone can give me.. I live in Ohio. Dont know the zone.. THANKS!!!


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RE: I need help with canna's please

Hi Suzzy,

Don't do any dividing now, it's done in the Spring when you take them out to plant. My method is to bend the rizomes and they will tell me where they want to divide. I break them off there. This is also the time to take off any weak or rotted or otherwise unhealthy looking growth and discard.

If your clumps are too big to store easily use the above method to find where the clump is weakest and separate them there, but don't do too much separating just enough to manage them. Wounds as the plant goes dormant will not be healthy for regrowth in the Spring. Hope this helps!


 
 

 

 


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