Canna 2014

Many have virus though - my advice is to grow from seed, or buy corms / tubers from a reliable nursery, and preferably only buy plants (as you will have some chance of checking them for virus, unlike Corms / Tubers)

 

Filed and into soak 30 warscewiczii, 30 sals canna, 10 burning embers and 10 sky hawk from last year.

 

Ive got 10 Musafolia,10 Tuerckheimii and 4 Blue Thai in soak today but i used my dremel to scarify The Tuerckheimii arnt half small seeds,struggled doing them!
your flying this yr Mowgley

 

That's 15 warscewiczii 15 sals canna 10 burning embers and 10 sky hawk in!
God knows what I'm gonna do with the other seed no room in propagator

 

Same here mowgley no room at the inn at the mo,i can only fit 15 7cm square pots in mine so ive had to put 2 seeds to a pot,could be another week before there a slots available to start more..no rush

 

Right this is puzzling me now My canna jinx has appeared again
After sowing the above cannas and got about 80 85% germination rate on the warscewiczii, sky hawk and burning embers.
But none of the 30 canna seeds collected from sals plants last year.
Sown in 2 batches 3rd and 13th feb
Just put some more into soak
Is it possible that these are sterile

 

A seed is never sterile, but it can be not viable.
Usually if taken before ripe.
A plant can be sterile, in which case the seed does not form.

 

The ones just filed and put into soak were collected on Sunday so we will wait and see.

 

My australis,orange mum & red russian are showing signs of life
Australis(shoot at back)plus a dahlia on the right..

orange hybrid..

My 1st batch seedlings are coming on okmore on the way ..

 

Took my Canna Rhizomes out of cold store today and gave them a good clean . The second photo are the first year C. Bengal Tiger which are 1 year old . I potted 5 of them up in 7" pots and they are now in the house for a bit of warmth and light.
The first photo is C. Tropical ( which is a generic Canna name I think ) . The rhizomes are as big as footballs now , and I had to split them so they are the right size for the £1 buckets. One seemed to split naturally down the centre , the others I had to take a 4" bolster and lump hammer to split them! I will pot up all I need in a couple of weeks , and give the rest away to friends and family - they can pot them up themselves this year - its costing me a fortune in £1 buckets !

 

Got my canna Australia's out of its pot this afternoon and it's bad news.
Most of the rhizome had rotted/crumbled when it took it out of its pot.
Good news is that I got 4 small bits of rhizome that was still firm and potted them up and brought into the house. I'm having a nightmare with cannas this year.
Got 4 large groups in the front garden which are still in the ground hopefully these will re shoot.
I left all the foliage on over winter but can't dig them up yet because there's daffs growing there.

 

Thats some clumps you have there Harry
I might see if i can split my australis mowgley if i can manage to lift it from the pot that is!i didnt think about checking or splitting the rhizome
The 30 warscewiczii i put in the prop are taking their time,only 5 showing up to now,im not going to hit my 130 canna target at this rate

 

130

 

Didn't you know joolz is going for World domination in the canna market

 

They've worn me out today but ive now got 55 from last yr p0tted up
My australis was still in a huge pot so i dug it out& split it in half, i found some asiatic lilly bulbs in with it and also i think Dahlia bulbs?? These were embeded in the australis roots so can anyone confirm that they are dahlias and not part of the canna please ...


Thank you x