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when to dig up cannas? first year overwintering
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Posted by tinkerbel 7b/8a B.C (My Page) on Mon, Oct 8, 07 at 17:47
| Im not sure when to dig up my cannas. Right now they are still blooming , do I wait until they die back or cut them back?
Thanks
Tiff |
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RE: when to dig up cannas? first year overwintering
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| I'm in zone 6 and usually wait until frost, then dig them and store them in peat moss in the garage. I have dug them early (to send them for a trade) and they seem to do fine either way. I've also just brought them in and planted them indoors under lights in the basement and kept them going the entire year round, then put them back outside in the same pot for the summer. Still going for two years now. I think they are pretty hard to kill unless you freeze them and let them turn to mush! |
RE: when to dig up cannas? first year overwintering
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Tiff,
I am in about the same zone as you are, and I never dig mine out. Just remove the leaves turned to mush after the frost. They come back year after year, and multiply like crazy.
Natalie |
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