Help for a canna novice

 Hello all.

For what ever reason, my mom gifted me with a canna tuber (Madame Butterfly
to be specific).

OK - there is still snow on the ground here in NH and it isn't going to be
warming up soon. SO, should I pot it up and let it get started in the house
until late May? Or leave it as is until later this month? How big a pot?


HELP!

Cheryl

 On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:28:04 -0400, Cheryl Isaak


Depending on how long or large the rhizome is, you can pot it up.  In
the nursery we used to use bulb containers which are about 12 inches
in diameter and 4 or 6 inches deep.  Use moist potting mix and only
slightly cover the top of the rhizome.

OR, you can wait.  If you wait, keep the rhizome in a dark place using
slightly moist peat moss or equivalent and store in a place which is
cool, but not colder than 45.  Canna's grow very fast so you won't
really get any more growth if you start them early.

 
Yeah, you can start it early. You'll get earlier flowering that way. The pot
size should be obvious based on the size of the tuber.

 On 4/9/07 8:48 AM, in article LCqSh.6479$ya1.5944@news02.roc.ny,


A better question is how deep a pot...

C

 
6-8". In a perfect world where life allows gardeners to do everything right
on time, like transplant things, that'll be big enough.