begonies
Sabaa Mundia
i live in new york and just bought begonia bulbs from lowes as they grow
well in shade, i wanted to know do these bulbs multiply with time.
thank you,
sabaa
B & J
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the answer is no. They can be cut apart when the tubers become larger, but
they won't multiply on their own.
John
Françoise
begonia in the falls. I have now 20 cuttings flowering on and off in the house
right now. It is beautiful
Françoise.
B & J
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What I have been doing for the past 2 years was making cuttings of tuberous
begonia in the falls. I have now 20 cuttings flowering on and off in the
house
right now. It is beautiful
Françoise.
It surprises me that you are able to propagate tuberous begonias from
cuttings taken in the fall. My tuberous begonias became dormant each fall,
and the leaves fell off and the stems died back. It's possible to start them
from stem cuttings taken early in the spring, but growing the tuber to a
size that will survive the natural dormancy period in one growing season is
difficult, but not impossible. Are you sure you're not talking about
fiberous begonias, particularly if they're flowering in the house right now?
My tuberous begonias never began flowering before June.
John
Françoise
little flowers and their leaves are small; Tuberous ones have few big flowers in
many bright colours. Some are double and some are single large flowers. The
doubles flowers seem to be growing with a simple one of the same colour, on the
same stem and more or less at the same time. Their leaves are big; I measure a
leaf of one plant. It measures 7 x 4 inches.
Fibrous Begonias are cheep to buy. Last year, I gathered seeds and plant them in
the house. They are very successful. I planted some set in January to see if
they would germinate and they did and I kept some as a houseplant and they are
flowering now. I have some white and pink in the same pot. I tried some cuttings
and they died.
On the other hand, I am having great success with the Tuberous Begonias. Two
summers ago I had one pink, one red, one orange and one yellow. Last year only
the yellow one died. Last summer I had an orange one and a deep red one from the
cuttings of the previous year. They were bigger than the mother plant. They had
huge flowers some were at least 2.5 in. in diameter. I had also a few pink ones
but the plants did not come as big and the flowers though beautiful were
slightly smaller. May be it was the location they were in. Last summer I bought
6 single ones. Their flowers were large some at least 3 in, in diameter. The
colours were varying from yellow to gold to orange almost red. It was very
striking. The plants were quite big.
Last fall I took a lot of cuttings from all the Tuberous Begonias I had. Only
one orange double survived. But the pink and the red ones were successful. I
have 6 red plants flowering on and off and this from one plant of last summer.
The simple ones also have been flowering on and off. I do not think that any
simple ones died.
The flowers started in January (some of the cuttings were done in September) and
since then there were at least 2 flowering all the time. One flowered for 3
weeks in March. At the beginning, they were smaller and fragile lasting just a
few days. Now they are getting big and the flowers are almost as big as they
were in the garden. I had to transplant many because the pots were too small. I
started them under lights but my seedlings have replaced them. At one time this
month, I had 7 plants flowering at the same time. When they flower, I display
them in the family room. It is so nice
I got the idea from this newsgroup. I learned the process from WEB pages. I
tried other plants without success. It is fun but the problem is that it takes a
lot of space. On the other hand I never had any success in keeping the tubers;
they do not survived. The same is true with Dahlias. I want to try some cuttings
of Dahlias next fall.
Try it with T. Begonias. I am certain that you will have beautiful flowers the
following year.
Françoise.