tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post8132644910552598111..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Random plant events: Leuchtenbergia principis, Zamia furfuraceamr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-55357271602801781162018-10-27T11:39:06.100-07:002018-10-27T11:39:06.100-07:00Also, now I wish I was close enough to come to the...Also, now I wish I was close enough to come to the Canna Festival. That sounds fun! (And I do kind of miss cleaning the rhizomes, so I'd happily help with that outside of a festival too, but alas, distance. And also the "not travelling to dystopian hellholes run by a deranged pumpkin" thing, I suppose.)Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-63934361296919654462018-10-27T11:31:25.268-07:002018-10-27T11:31:25.268-07:00I always felt tempted to eat a rhizome back during...I always felt tempted to eat a rhizome back during my apprenticeship, when much of the winter was spent cleaning canna rhizomes, but for some reason I never did. So I think you should do it, for science.<br /><br />Now I don't have cannas any more, but I have customers asking for them, so if you weren't so far away, I would come and take some of them off your hands.Ivynettlehttp://ivynettle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-86797912513305276602018-10-27T11:31:03.620-07:002018-10-27T11:31:03.620-07:00Virginia Burton:
We haven't tried that specif...Virginia Burton:<br /><br />We haven't tried that specifically, no. We know they won't survive <i>without</i> mulch, because we've tried that. Logically, there's some amount of mulch that could be added that would work, but I don't have a guess as to how much it would be.<br /><br />I think 20F is supposed to be as cold as the rhizomes can get without dying, though I no longermr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-67764380277656939912018-10-27T09:55:43.838-07:002018-10-27T09:55:43.838-07:00Are you absolutely certain that the tubers won'...Are you absolutely certain that the tubers won't survive if left in the ground under a thick layer of mulch? It's such a lot of work to dig and replant that many plants. It's exhausting just thinking about it! (But then, I'm old.)Virginia Burtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-4658188796914328632018-10-23T08:17:57.437-07:002018-10-23T08:17:57.437-07:00Impressive! Didn't know the rhizomes were edi...Impressive! Didn't know the rhizomes were edible. With that many, might be interesting to try them out... provided one could find a good recipe.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-8716430730632519942018-10-23T06:26:49.707-07:002018-10-23T06:26:49.707-07:00UPDATE: The weighing is complete, and to my surpri...UPDATE: The weighing is complete, and to my surprise, we've fallen short of the literal half-ton, but only just. Official total is 950 lb. in the house. (The stuff outside still puts it significantly above a half-ton, but not as far above as I would have guessed.)mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-23746684294505488352018-10-22T07:50:22.308-07:002018-10-22T07:50:22.308-07:00Paul:
Yeah, in the basement. It's probably to...Paul:<br /><br />Yeah, in the basement. It's probably too warm for them, but there aren't any other options. And we can afford to lose a few, obviously.<br /><br />Since I wrote this post, the husband dug up another batch of them. We haven't weighed those yet, because we're giving them a few days to dry first, but just from looking at the size of the boxes they're in, and the mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-22075158192391394522018-10-22T06:24:31.002-07:002018-10-22T06:24:31.002-07:00That is a huge amount of cannas! Are you storing ...That is a huge amount of cannas! Are you storing them in the basement?<br /><br />Don't recall ever seeing a Leuchtenbergia flower before ... so give yourself a well earned pat-on-the-back.Paulnoreply@blogger.com