Comments on: how-to slideshow: wake up, cannas, wake up http://awaytogarden.com/how-to-slideshow-wake-up-cannas-wake-up Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://awaytogarden.com/how-to-slideshow-wake-up-cannas-wake-up/comment-page-1#comment-53960 Alex Sat, 07 May 2011 00:29:07 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=4319#comment-53960 Thanks for the advice Margaret. I'll try to be patient haha. I'm just anxious to see if these guys come back up again despite the cold winter we had here on Long Island. From what I saw with the roots, I think they'll be ok. Do the new buds generally tend to grow around the old dead stalks? I left the original stalks cut down to a few inches because I wasn't sure if those grew again or if new stalks would just grow around those. Thanks for the advice Margaret. I’ll try to be patient haha. I’m just anxious to see if these guys come back up again despite the cold winter we had here on Long Island. From what I saw with the roots, I think they’ll be ok. Do the new buds generally tend to grow around the old dead stalks? I left the original stalks cut down to a few inches because I wasn’t sure if those grew again or if new stalks would just grow around those.

]]> By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/how-to-slideshow-wake-up-cannas-wake-up/comment-page-1#comment-53729 Margaret Fri, 06 May 2011 02:21:59 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=4319#comment-53729 Welcome, Alex. You won't see shoots until the soil really warms up -- even late this month, I'd expect. I wouldn't give up yet. If you are in the city area, you might have overwintered them since we had good snow cover generally, and they can be hardy in Zone 7ish anyhow. Maybe pot up the ones you dug in potting soil and leave the rest in the ground? Welcome, Alex. You won’t see shoots until the soil really warms up — even late this month, I’d expect. I wouldn’t give up yet. If you are in the city area, you might have overwintered them since we had good snow cover generally, and they can be hardy in Zone 7ish anyhow. Maybe pot up the ones you dug in potting soil and leave the rest in the ground?

]]> By: Alex http://awaytogarden.com/how-to-slideshow-wake-up-cannas-wake-up/comment-page-1#comment-53720 Alex Fri, 06 May 2011 01:48:03 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=4319#comment-53720 Hi, I was wondering if you could answer a question for me. I bought four cannas from Home Depot last summer in New York. They bloomed at the end of summer, and were beautiful. Unfortunately, I didn't know I was supposed to dig up my cannas before winter, and left them in the ground. The leaves obviously browned and wilted, and I left them like that until the end of winter. At the start of spring, I pruned the leaves and stalks so that they were just a few inches above the ground. After I read that I was supposed to have dug up the rhizomes before the winter, I dug up the root cluster of one today. The roots and rhizomes appeared healthy, white on the inside and free of rot. If I am lucky enough to have my cannas come back, when would I see shoots above the ground? It's only been in the 60's here for a few weeks and it still gets into the 40's at night. Is there anything I could do at this point to help them, or should I just leave them alone? Thanks for the help anyone! Hi,

I was wondering if you could answer a question for me. I bought four cannas from Home Depot last summer in New York. They bloomed at the end of summer, and were beautiful. Unfortunately, I didn’t know I was supposed to dig up my cannas before winter, and left them in the ground. The leaves obviously browned and wilted, and I left them like that until the end of winter. At the start of spring, I pruned the leaves and stalks so that they were just a few inches above the ground. After I read that I was supposed to have dug up the rhizomes before the winter, I dug up the root cluster of one today. The roots and rhizomes appeared healthy, white on the inside and free of rot. If I am lucky enough to have my cannas come back, when would I see shoots above the ground? It’s only been in the 60′s here for a few weeks and it still gets into the 40′s at night. Is there anything I could do at this point to help them, or should I just leave them alone? Thanks for the help anyone!

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