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Would like to give cannas another try this year. Need help.
Comments (4)I have about 20 different varities and pot them all. They do amazing. First I take some 100% silicone caulk and seal any hole in the pot no matter the size the pot to retain all water. For extreemly large pots I fill the bottom half with empty milk jugs, pop bottles or turn another pot upside down inside to take up space. I mix fresh potting soil with some time release fertalizer, and manure, fill the pot and plant in full sun. I then give a good watering and as soon as the canna sprout up a couple inches I fill the pot with standing water. I keep standing water all year long and fertalize with a diluted 20-20-20 every 1-2 weeks. I have had the most amazing success. All have multipled beyond my expectations, flowers were amazing and I have more seed than I know what to do with. Never had a problem with a single variety or lost one. Grancru...See MoreDL cuttings - let's try again...
Comments (9)Thanks, Cindy. I guess the most important thing I learned is to order only thick-leaved species. Dennisii is described on Hoyor.net as having "rather hard" leaves, which I interpreted as somewhat succulent, but they were paper thin when I got it, so either the cuttings were taken from too new growth or the description on Hoyor is misleading... And though there really isn't any information about amoena on that site, a photo of a leaf made me think it's succulent, but the cutting I have has very thin, dehydrated leaves, so not sure if it's going to come through or not... But the rest seem to be a-ok at this point. Denise in Omaha...See MoreLet's try another
Comments (4)That's pretty. I've never seen that one before. Does it have a fragrance? I haven't tried to upload any pics in a while, so don't know on that issue....See Morewell, I dont give up easy so will try another one
Comments (15)Thank you so much mary and sherry and nancy, and Julia. Mary WOIA has been blooming for anearly a month, but they are not opening good, been too cool at night, but it was a heat wave today, very hot and humid out today, I went out and watered most of them twice todaythese daylilies like a lot of water..mary, These iris blooms good in the pots.since. moving out of town on land my daughter owns, every thing has to be in pots now. the ground is so hard aint no way I can dig a hole to plant anything, even tried to dig a hole with a hachet and that didn't work either,I have a grown grandson that I say is strong as a mule, and he tried to dig a hole for me to put some thing and he couldn't get more then 2inches deep so it gos in a pot now....See MoreDain (Zone 5a, high NM Desert)
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