How to Cultivate Begonias
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Water the compost until it is wet to the touch.watering can image by aliengel from Fotolia.com
Fill seed trays with potting compost using your trowel. Sprout tubers in seed trays in February or March. Bury the tubers into a potting compost in the trays with the "bumpy" side up (these are new buds). Place them just below the surface of the compost and at least 2 inches apart then the the soil is slightly until it is wet to the touch. - 2
Use a garden spade to plant tubers.flower pots and trowels image by tim elliott from Fotolia.com
Plant the tubers into 5-inch pots (after the plants have sprouted and the leaves are beginning to show). Fill the pots to 1 inch from the top with compost using your trowel then dig a small hole into the compost and place the plant into the hole and cover the root ball with compost. - 3
Do not leave plants out all night until there is no frost.Rose im Frost image by Angelika Bentin from Fotolia.com
Transplant your plants in April, into a 7-inch pot or larger (depending on how large the plant has grown). Acclimatize the potted plants by taking them outside and putting them in a covered area in the day time and taking them back inside at night. Leave the plants out all night after a few weeks if there is no frost. - 4
Let the Begonias bloom until October.begonia plant with pink lovely flowers image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
Place the potted plants in a moist, partially shaded area with soil rich in humus. Plants should bloom until October, according to online resource In The Garden. At the end of the growing season, reduce the water you give to the plants, then stop all watering and feeding when the leaves start to turn yellow. Let the plants dry out. - 5
Store the tubers in dry sand until next year.Sand image by Ralf H??bner from Fotolia.com
Empty the plants from their pots when they have completely dried out, then store them in a dry place that is free from frost. Store the tubers in a container of dry sand until the next ' growing season.
