Soak dried shrivelled rhizome before planting?
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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Can I soak my dried out canna bulbs
Comments (5)I've grown cannas for decades, and actually sell over 800 rhizomes to a local nursery each year. I probably have 2500 to 3000 rhizomes at the end of each summer that I dig and store in the basement. I've tried several methods, but my best success is to dig them in the Fall (I do not clean them) and stick them in cheap black plastic garbage bags with peat moss that are inside some wax covered produce boxes I get for free from the local grocery store. I sprinkle a little peat moss over the bulbs several times as I fill the bags. This seems to work best. The peat moss absorbs any excess moisture, and keeps the rhizomes from drying out. Dried out rhizomes usually die. Kevin...See Moredried up looking rhizomes?
Comments (5)Our club recently received some rhizomes dug in Sept. that were newer varieties. All the fans were brown and shriveled, some were small, but the rhizomes were firm/ok. We immediately potted them 2 weeks ago, and I left town for a week. WeÂve had a good frost when I got back, but in spite of that, I see that some are poking out some new green tips. I donÂt expect them to do much through the winter but maybe try to start some roots. However, I expect all of them to survive and IÂm sure theyÂll have a lot of green growth in the spring just not bloom until the following year. Our club members will have to wait a year for bloom, but otherwise theyÂll get some new varieties at little cost. I often tell people "itÂs hard to kill an iris", and a friend of mine adds to that saying "unless you pay $50.00 for it". So if you decide to get some discounted irises, be patient with the bloom, and perhaps consider getting some other irises next year as well. Consider your climate/zone, as northern states would not advise planting in winter, whereas here in Calif, our ground doesn't freeze solid....See MoreShriveling up. How long before watering?
Comments (16)Hi Andy, right now I have two plants that the leaves are hanging down and are black and crisp.. obviously froze..One the leaves are the worst, at the moment the tips, which I want to keep not frozen, are fine still red and plump..dark on top not black yet. ..Other one Aztec gold. the tips the last tips of growth are black.. That does not mean it has black tip fungus.. just mean the top tips have blackened. Real tip rot/fungus it ozzes..Two different things. What I am watching is the tip and the branch, need the branch it to stay green and healthy. I do not want to see the branch go soft and start dying yet... then I have severe damage. ok.. when the top of the branch, tip is your tips (new leaves some day) When the branch starts to get brown looking, is trying to rot..or die. that you have to watch. If left alone can go down the plant.. smiley faces can show brown, (rot) hope not. Or can just darken and start to shivle and turn brown and die.. have had both happen..severe cold damage. In both cases, would leave it alone and see where it goes. Karen B...See Morestarted rhizome cutting...leaves shriveled
Comments (4)hi hcmcdole,thanks again for your quick answer.this is great idea,should have thought of it.i have a pan and lid just like that that i had saved.really appreciate your help!...See Morelinnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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