Things Needed
Begonias bloom from late spring until fall . They thrive in partly shaded areas of the garden where few other flowers produce well . attendant perennial , tuberous begonias must be stash away indoors during the winter months as they do not abide frost . Plant begonia in dope for the entire summer season or to get a jump pop out on flowering before transplanting them outside . The potted begonia can be started indoors in former spring so they are already blooming when you set the pots outdoors after the last spring frost .
Step 1
Fill a planting tray with vermiculite or another soil - less , sterile potting medium . Use seedling flatcar or a shallow cardboard loge .
Step 2
implant each begonia tuber in the vermiculite , adjust the tuber so the side with the depressive disorder is confront upward . Plant the tubers so they are just insure with the potting medium . Space tubers 2 to 3 inches apart in the tray .
Step 3
irrigate the potting sensitive just enough to dampen it , take up care not to get H2O into the depressions on the tubers as this can have rot . Set the tray in a 70 F elbow room in collateral sunshine and continue to irrigate as necessary to keep the soil moist .
Step 4
graft the tuber to a 5 inch diam pot once the base are 1 in grandiloquent . Fill the tidy sum with a damp potting soil , leaving a 1 in space between the top of the pot and the top of the soil .
Step 5
industrial plant one genus Tuber per pot , planting it at the same deepness it was in the tray . spot in a brightly lit area and water as needed to keep the filth moist .
Step 6
Pinch off the very tip of each growing stem when it is 3 inches grandiloquent . This encourage full , lush ontogeny and prevents legginess .
Tip
The begonia can be set alfresco in their lasting location for the summer once all frost risk is past . If a late time of year frost is auspicate , bring the pots in until the temperature warm up up again . Tuberous begonia are attractive in hanging basket . lift the stem often to maintain the flora ’s shape and full appearance in the basket .
Warning
Do not seek to hack asunder the Tuber to divide them as you would other tuberous rooted plants . Begonias can not be divided in this way .
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