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Name: Christine NY zone 5a              Christine Mar 30, 2018 6:25 AM CST |
| Last fall I collected the seeds from my Canna's, I left them on the kitchen counter for a couple of weeks and then put them in a sealed baby food jar in the bottom of my fridge before I checked for proper storage, did I kill them? I'm asking before I waste my time trying to grow them. What can you wise folks tell me??? |
Name: Terri Osipov Rome, Georgia (Zone 7b) Every day in the yard is a GOOD day   IJsbrandtGA Mar 30, 2018 7:13 AM CST |
| Goodmorning Christine, Assuming they were harvested st the right time, they should all be fine; stratification is not necessary from my experience, but it shouldn't hurt them either. Scarifying and soaking are recommended for better germination. Here's a good link to help you: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/p... I enjoy growing Calla lilies too and would love to trade some seed with you this fall if you're open to that? Have a great day!! Terri "Speak to the Earth and it shall teach Thee" Job 12:8 |
Name: Christine NY zone 5a Christine Mar 30, 2018 8:01 AM CST |
Good Morning Terri,  what a great link, I will hopefully do everything right, and will gladly share seeds with you in the fall if all goes well this summer  |
Name: Terri Osipov Rome, Georgia (Zone 7b) Every day in the yard is a GOOD day IJsbrandtGA Mar 30, 2018 8:49 AM CST |
 Terri"Speak to the Earth and it shall teach Thee" Job 12:8 |
Name: Christine NY zone 5a Christine Mar 30, 2018 6:55 PM CST |
| Terri check your tree mail |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!           Xeramtheum Mar 30, 2018 8:32 PM CST |
| Hi Christine! Canna seeds will stay viable for years and years even stored in an old dixie cup you left in a drawer in the garage and forgot about 5 years ago. Canna's are easy to grow from seed but hard to get started because they are round, hard coat seeds and the seed coat has to be nicked which is no easy feat. You can try sand paper, boiling, soaking and a myriad of other ways. Don't waste your time - here is how you do it. You'll need to break the seed coat before you plant them. The safest way is to hold the seed with a pair of pliers and take a hack saw or dremel tool with a cutting blade. Grab the seed with the pliers and hold on tight enough so that the seed doesn't spin when you saw it. All you want to do is put a slit in the seed coat deep enough to see white. - about 1/16 to 1/8 an inch deep and about half the length of the seed. Once done, plant the seed in good draining potting mix twice as deep as the seed is thick. In a week or two you should see green popping up! DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY TO HOLD THE SEEDS WITH YOUR FINGERS! The seeds are round and slippery and will shoot out of your fingers like a bullet and blood will start leaking out .. I'm serious. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
Name: Christine NY zone 5a Christine Mar 31, 2018 6:27 AM CST |
| Thanks Anne, yesterday I used plier's with an old pair of jumbo nail clippers, worked like a charm. I can't wait to see them come to life |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow! Xeramtheum Mar 31, 2018 8:00 AM CST |
| You're welcome. Canna from seeds rarely come out looking anything like the parent in form. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams |
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