Canna 2012

Hydroponics stores also sell a fertilizer called 'Canna'

 

wow thank you both , it seams a bit too much , but really interesting indeed , proper steroids for canna , what i got is perlite and root growing , I was thinking of getting bark and sand and have a good mix , plus , got lots of liquid fertilizer as the waterpipe ban come handy .

 

I've got 19 Canna Indica grown from seed that are now approx 250mm high and in 5" pots, far in excess of my own requirements so was thinking of giving some to a charity sale and selling a few myself for fund raising. As the pots were free, the compost reduced + multisave cost 1p/litre, does £1 each sound reasonable? I want to shift them quickly.

 

Very reasonable Scrungee; I'd try for around £2 first, you can always drop the price if there's no early interest....

 

Guys , finally planted my cannas outdoor , but got the same problem as Scrudge , got to many of them , don`t really want to sell them , but will canna cope with dry conditions?
only got space on the dry sunny border or shadow , 3 day of sunshine and already all dry.....but love it.

 

I have mine all lined up outside in a sheltered spot for over a week to harden up a touch. They are ready to plant out this weekend , Tropicana from rhizomes, Marabout and Altensteinii from seed I am also going to plant Nasturtiums in between them to show a bit of colour around their base .
I know Cannas like it moist , but I see them growing in Turkey in very arid conditions - they seem to do fine . Also the ones I raised from rhizomes ( in the 99p buckets !) were grown in a north facing patio window , lots of light but virtually no sun . They showed in 6 to 10 days and are beaming with health

 

I find they stop growing if they get dry, I'm tending to think growing them in Turkey, Harry, might be a bit different to here.
We get at most four months of outdoor growing conditions, so we need them to keep going all summer,in Turkey they probably get the spring rush, followed by a slow hot summer period then a bit more growth Autumn.
I'm just guessing

 

Thats a good point Pete , Turkey get an eight month growing season to our 4 . I keep mine well watered anyway

 

Went into the garden today , and found a well fed Spaniel Maya lieing on top of one of the newly planted , and flattened , Cannas Luckily in my world lady Spaniels are worth more than a Canna So I shouted at the wife

 

Got mine outside since last Tuesday. It was the one that Pete sent me
It's growing like mad. If I could sit down long enough I think you could actually see it growing.
The seeds bilbo sent me are a little smaller but they will catch up!

 

My plants (seed sown this year) are now producing additional shoots either side of the main/original stem - will it be limited to just these 2 extra shoots in the first year, or will there be others?