The easy way to germinate Cannas seeds with BOILING water 

Fantastic, that's great feedback, thank you

This is my first year with Cannes and I have received so many compliments that I feel obligated to grow them again. I am in NJ and it does get cold at times here but not really a deep freeze all winter; some winters are mild. Since my Cannes are in the ground, do you think I can cut them just above the ground and lay a heavy pile of mulch over them to protect them. They are planted along the side of the house and won’t get much wind. As a backup, I do have seeds stored up. What do you think?

I would dig them up and store them over the winter. There are lots of videos on RU-vid that show how to do that. Good luck.

I sow mainly in March. Could do a bit earlier if I had the room and light.

And watering?

Thanks it's Cleome. Spider flower

I'd wait until Spring. :)

I have not tried the boiling water method and I wondered the same. What direction do seeds get planted. I have 1 growing very well and didn't really pay attention to direction either. I use a heat Mat too. Keep covered until the leaf hits the plastic dome then take it off.

@@chadvollrath1760 I think I planted my seedlings to the side. All came up. Even a seedling I broke off accidentally pushed out a new leaf. Aggressive growers. I was up to my neck in Canna. Great value.

February and March

Yes fine off the heat mat when germinated if the area is warm and stays above 12c ideally

About a cm or 2.

o000omusico000o So curious, did this work out for you. I’m afraid to ruin my seeds with hot water.

@@tellwel3767 yes so of canna seeds worked ok and growning well

o000omusico000o Thank you for the reply.

That's optimum but you can change it less but it can get a bit smelly

In between was summer. Their growth was shown in my weekly videos

The shoots will grow up.

The seeds are hard ish when fresh and very hard when dried out. Fresh seeds are best if fully ripe.

@@YorkshireKRIS Thanks. So the fresh seeds will work? In my country the fresh seeds are very soft. I am in a desert ;-) Thank you so much.

@@YorkshireKRIS I feel stupid, I thought the pods were the seeds. ;-) However when I open the pods they are empty. I do not have any seeds inside. I have tried from 5 different plants.

They do in a good year but will flower better in year2 and 3

As far as I'm aware the seeds don't carry the virus so any source should be fine.