Cannas 2015

Well its February and for me its time to start sowing my Canna seed, this in my opinion produces larger plants due to a longer growing season and increases the chances of first year flowering and often by late summer

This year I have seeds for 16 different Canna varieties in my collection, I will perhaps sow about 12 or 13 varieties as some are very similar

Let the madness begin

 

My madness began on 1/1/2015 when these were sown on 1/1/2015 (or possibly much earlier, the madness, not the sowing):



250mm from top of pot soil level to tip of top leaf.

(that white cable is part of my individual propagater temperature monitoring system)

 

Having a mare with mine, sown under lights 2 weeks ago and still nothing.
Not to fussed about some not germinating just want the musiflora joolz sent me to grow
Will do another batch in a week or so.
Go plenty of rhizomes to start though

 

Nice one Scrungee, they look very healthy, I've got some catching up to do

Mine will be sown with bottom heat to germinate them and then they will taken off that and placed in a very light and warm window to grow on for the next couple of months before being moved to the greenhouse when it will hopefully be a bit warmer outside , they will then be hardened off around late May before going out in their final positions

 

I always use the file & pliers method to chit seeds prior to 24 hours soaking and sowing.

I always sow my chitted and soaked seed in a nice and toasty propagator.

 

Yep done that temp set at 24'c

 

I'm doing a few this year too. Enough of some species have germinated to experiment with growing in water or in pure horse shino as well.

 

Just tried your way @longk cotton wool & ziplock bag
Let's see if that works

 

Your plants always look so strong and healthy Scrunge, a credit to you

 

Having somewhere like this to hang them certainly helps...........



I've read somewhere of people chipping them, dropping them in water and leaving them soaking on a radiator (for example) until they germinate.

 

Seeds sown after a 48 hour soak, the countdown is on to germination

 

I bought these for my ingrowing toe nail - they were crapola! But they are totally made for the job of nicking Canna seed...............




Canna warsewiczii (germinated in cotton wool)..............

 

My first attempt at growing Cannas from seed .They were collected from the OxfordNick/JWK plants.I'll follow all you good peoples advice