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hey y'all. my first time in the Canna forum. a fella plowed up his cannas (used bucket to pile em) about five days ago. Said come get 'em. My pickup is full. I need to know what to do to dry store these BEFORE the first frost.
we're about a week, maybe two, before frost. It's been a chillier than normal fall. Their foliage is shreaded, stalks broken. My cannas here have started to die back, probably take another week or two. But there's no saving this foliage, and I'm worried because everyone here says wait until after frost dieback.
can they be saved? (or did I just pick up a load of junk for the composter?) there's no room to replant them, must dry store them.
do I lay these outside to finish dying back with next week's frost?
If I cut it off, do I leave a little of the stalk on to die back naturally?
can they stay outside to dry?
will the frost harm the exposed roots and rhizomes?
They were treated so badly, piled like compost, am wondering should I treat the cut ends with sulfur or Comet, like I would irises.
recommendations anyone?
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