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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: starry on September 21, 2010, 15:58

Title: begonias ?
Post by: starry on September 21, 2010, 15:58

can I over winter them in their pots rather than taking cuttings as I dont really have the room ??  I dont think they are the tuberous type?????????  :wub:

Title: Re: begonias ?
Post by: noshed on September 21, 2010, 16:28

I'm going to give it a go in my greenhouse. I'll give them a good trim and water them sparingly and see how we go.

Title: Re: begonias ?
Post by: starry on September 21, 2010, 17:20

okay I am with you on that nothing vetured nothing gained !!  :D

Title: Re: begonias ?
Post by: savbo on September 22, 2010, 16:19

I used to work in a parks department and every year rescued several big bags of dumped begonias. I put them into 3" square pots and left them out in trays, then picked off the stalks as they died to discourage rotting. let the compost dry completely.

In spring i picked them out of the compost and checked for signs of vine weevil. Healthy corms were potted in fresh compost and watered and I got a very good success rate. I kept some corms going for 5 years, starting 10p-sized and ending up 4"or so across

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