These are the cannas I dug out of my 1/2 whiskey barrels last week. I used the hose to remove the soil.
Then I put them in the garage for a week to thoroughly dry. If the weather had cooperated, I would have just let them sunbathe for a day.
They were nice and dry today, so I put them in a labeled grocery bag.
This is the first year I have gone to so much trouble to store cannas. I had to dig them out because the whiskey barrels are too heavy to store in my crawl space. It will be interesting if they survive.
What I usually do is so much easier!
I just cut the foliage back and stick the entire container in the crawl space.
It feels good to be done putting all the canna, callas, and dahlias to bed.
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Did you ever find the wheeled carts for your whiskey barrels? Those are so heavy to move otherwise!
ReplyDeleteYou know, Sue, I forgot about those. DH and I looked them up on the net. We were going to order a couple, but never did.
ReplyDeleteZoey, I do this to my cannas every fall and keep them in an unheated part of my downstairs which does not freeze. About February, I pot them back up and by June, they are about a foot tall and I transplant them outside either inground or in pots. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I can leave my cannas in the ground just mulch them real good. My crawl space isn't as big as yours thats really a nice place to store things.
ReplyDeletePat
I'm hoping to try some cannas next year. I loved the ones at the Cornell Plantations. My mum used to grow beauties in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI need to dig up my dahlia. Thanks for reminding me!