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I just pulled mine!
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Posted by quicksilver z6bMA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 07 at 19:27
| I am in S.E. Ma. Our town hasn't had a frost yet, but the temperature must have gotten low enough because my canna garden bit the dust early this week. I pulled the plants and washed the dirt off the roots. Tomorrow I'll cut the stalks and store the rhinezomes in the cellar. I am thinking of keeping the rhinezomes in mesh bags, as in fifty pound onion bags. Anyone here try it? Are the bags easy to come by at resturants? Last question, I would like to trade for new varieties. Should I make inquireries here or at another forum? |
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RE: I just pulled mine!
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Hi quicksilver,
I started pulling my cannas up today, too. I have been storing my rhizomes in the basement in black garbage bags with a little peatmoss and a few small holes in the bag. I also store a lot in those large plastic boxes with snap-on tops (from Walmart), also with a coating of peatmoss. Last winter, I stored over 500 rhizomes, and only lost about a dozen! In case you're wondering what I have that many for, I have a backyard nursery, and sell them. I think that if you keep them in mesh bags, they will dry out and die. All of my cannas are red. I don't know the cultivar, but they get about four feet tall, and the flowers are fairly small(compared to some!). If you would like some, and have anything other than red, I will be happy to trade with you.
You can reach me easier by email. It is AKTravers@aol.com.
Alan |
RE: I just pulled mine!
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| Thanks for the advice on containers and the trade offer. Most of my stuff is President which is red. I have some others but at this point I don't want to trade them, just identify them :). |
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