Is it possible to keep a cannu flower at home, how to grow and care
Is it possible to keep a canna flower at home and how to properly grow a plant. Despite its exoticism, the plant takes root well at home. With proper care, the canna will delight with its bright flowering for a very long time. Although the plant is unpretentious in care, when it propagates, you will have to work a little to grow a healthy flower.
Is it possible to grow a canna flower at home
Cannes can often be found growing in summer cottages. Due to the size of the bush, it can be problematic to keep it in the house. The plant needs a lot of space to grow normally. If the apartment allows, then in the fall the flower from the site can be transplanted into a pot and put at home. Being constantly warm, the canna will bloom all year round with a break of two months.
For growing crops at home, only large pots with a diameter of more than 50 cm are used.It is good if there is an insulated loggia at home, then the flower will have enough space and light. But if not, you can put it on the floor. The main thing is that sunlight falls on the plant.
Which varieties are suitable for home cultivation
For growing in an apartment, there are special varieties that do not grow as large as street ones.
Homemade Cannes varieties:
- Livadia is a bush up to 1 m high. Inflorescences of a scarlet hue, large. Up to 25 cm in diameter. The foliage is large. Flowering begins in July.
- America - the height of the stem is 1.2-1.4 m. The petals are red, 10-14 cm in diameter. The flowering period occurs in the second decade of July.
- President is a bush up to 1 m high, scarlet inflorescences, 14-17 cm in diameter. The foliage is rich green color. The flowering period begins in July.
- Richard Wallace is a bush up to 1.2 m high. Petals are yellow with red-brown dashes. Flowering begins in early July.
- Suevia is a plant up to 1 m high. Inflorescences of a rich yellow hue. The flowering period is in the second half of July.
- Andenken an Pfitzer - stem height is 1-1.4 m. Inflorescences are orange-yellow in color with red lines. The length of the inflorescence is 30 cm. The foliage is rich green.
- Cleopatra is a low-growing variety up to 1 m high.The petals at the inflorescence are yellow with scarlet stripes.
- Orange Magic - the height of the stem is about 80 cm. The shade of the petals is peach. The inflorescences are small, 7 cm in diameter.
Even homemade canna varieties are not less than 1 m.On average, the height of varieties for growing at home ranges from 1-1.4 m.
Cannes germination methods
There are two ways to grow canna - seed and rhizome. Both methods are quite effective. Only when growing with seeds you have to be patient, this method is not quick.
How to grow a canna from seeds
The main disadvantage of this method of breeding cannes is that young plants do not retain the varietal characteristics of the parent flowers. Also, seeds may not appear on all varieties, but on some in small quantities and very late after flowering.
For planting, you need to use only those seeds that are fully ripe. If the plants are grown outdoors, they bloom until autumn. You need to seize the moment and collect the planting material when it is already ripe, but at the same time do it before the onset of frost.
Before sowing seeds, they need to be prepared. The seed shell is thick, because of this, the emergence of seedlings may be delayed or not at all. You can rub it with sandpaper before planting.
You can plant seeds in late February - early March.
- Drainage is poured at the bottom of the container, and then soil is laid.
- Make small depressions in the soil and plant seeds.
- Sprinkle lightly with soil.
At the end of planting, pour plenty of warm water. Planting material can be planted both in separate peat pots and in a common container. After the seeds hatch and grow a little, they need to dive. If the seeds were planted in different containers at once, this step can be skipped.
For a pick, it is better to use peat cups and plant the bush in a pot with them in a permanent place. The seedlings are carefully removed. The main thing is not to damage the root system, which has just begun to form. You need to dive seedlings together with a lump of soil in which it grew before.
How to germinate from rhizome
The easiest way is to grow cannes from rhizomes. When propagated by this method, unlike seed, varietal characteristics are preserved. Spring is best suited for growing in this way.
The process of germinating a flower from a rhizome:
- Dig out the bush and carefully divide the rhizome.
- For cuts, a sharp knife is used, which is pre-disinfected.
- Places of cuts are treated with antifungal agents: they are dusted with wood ash or treated with a solution of potassium permanganate.
- For planting, use soil, which includes peat, turf and sand in equal amounts.
- You can also use wet sawdust instead of soil.
- It is necessary to plant so that the rhizome is not very deep.
- At the end of planting, lightly sprinkle the rhizome with soil or sawdust.
Pour warm water over the soil. It is also good if you add a little potassium permanganate to the water.
Basic landing rules
When growing cannes, you need to pay as much attention to the plants as possible during planting so that they grow healthy and strong.
Required soil and drainage
Drainage must be laid out at the bottom of the landing hole. Drainage is needed so that excess moisture comes out through the holes in the bottom of the pot. It also promotes air circulation in the soil. Then the soil is poured. Any land for flowering plants will do. You can prepare the soil mixture yourself. For this, peat, sand and sod are mixed in equal parts.
Pot volume
Canna belongs to tall plants, therefore, a flower pot needs a spacious one. In diameter, it should be at least 50 cm. It is good if the height of the pot is about 1 m. The root system needs a lot of space to develop normally.
Terms and technology of sowing and planting the root process
Cannu is transplanted into separate pots after a shoot grows from the rhizome and several full-fledged leaves appear on it. The timing depends on when the root scion was planted. Basically, seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place closer to April. During this period, the daylight hours increase, and it is easier for seedlings to get used to a new place.
Planting process:
- Pour drainage (expanded clay, fine gravel, pebbles) at the bottom of the pot.
- Pour out the soil mixture.
- Make a hole in the soil and plant a seedling.
- It is undesirable to deeply deepen it.
- Cover with soil and tamp near the base of the stem.
Drizzle with warm filtered water and place the pot in a sunny place.
How to care for your home bathroom
A home canna needs care in the same way as an outdoor one. And maybe even more. At home, the plant does not receive as much sunlight, and in the pot the bush is often cramped. Therefore, it is important not to forget about caring for the bush.
Care and proper watering
Cannes need moderate watering during the cold season. By autumn, irrigation of the soil should be less and less, and after the plant has faded, the soil is stopped to water for a while.
During the flowering period, the bushes are watered abundantly. The soil should be moist all the time. Cannes is home to the tropics, where there is high humidity, so the flower is not only moisturized, but also regularly sprayed. In winter, when the air is dry, a wet towel is placed on the batteries to increase the humidity.
Twice a month the flower is watered with fertilizers. You can dilute wood ash in warm water or watered with ready-made fertilizers for indoor flowers.
Flower formation
Cannes grow in such a way that they do not need to form a bush. Only faded inflorescences should be cut off at the root so that they do not interfere with the bush. Sharpened scissors are used for cuts. They must first be treated with alcohol.
What diseases pests parasitize on a plant: control methods
When growing cannes, there are problems with diseases and pests. Although this is quite rare when grown indoors. One of the reasons is improper storage of planting material. The seeds are best kept in the refrigerator. The main thing is that they do not become moldy.
Black spots can often be seen on the leaves. This is bacteriosis. The reasons for the appearance are waterlogging of the soil. It is impossible to cure bacteriosis, only to prevent the appearance.
Aphids or caterpillars may appear from insects on bushes. You can get rid of insects by spraying with insecticides.
Transfer
Canna grows very quickly, so you need to transplant the flower every year into a larger pot. The transplant is carried out in the spring, before the beginning of the flowering period. The process of transplanting a bush is similar to planting a rhizome during plant propagation.
Dormant period
In the fall, after the cannes have faded, they begin a dormant period. Although at home, it lasts only two months. By the onset of cold weather, watering is reduced. In autumn and winter, 2 irrigations per week are sufficient. During the dormant period, do not fill the soil. At this time, the flower is very vulnerable, and if the soil is waterlogged, it will start to hurt and may completely die.
How to propagate bushes
Cannes are propagated by dividing the rhizome. This method is the most preferable, since the plants take root better and in adulthood have all the varietal characteristics of the parent plant. Unlike seed propagation. For breeding by dividing the bush, only adult overgrown bushes with a well-developed rhizome are suitable.
