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Post by andy on Oct 14, 2007 11:44:03 GMT
So Autumn is here and i'd like to save some of my begonia tubers. some plants are looking beyond help and are thin and straggly....some have stopped flowering and i don't know what colour they are.
So what next ?....dry them off i suppose....gradually or just turn the pots on their sides and let them dry out ?. Do you leave them in their pots or knock the soil out and just store the tubers.
They'll be going into my frost free hut at work for the winter so space isn't the problem.
How do you do yours....or do you bother at all ?
Andy
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Post by andy on Oct 15, 2007 14:25:59 GMT
Can't anyone give me a bit of advice for a change  |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 15, 2007 16:24:13 GMT
Sorry I haven't seen this before, busy in the garden yesterday and been out all day till now - busy life and all that ;D I've done both methods before Andy and it doesn't seem to make any difference. This year I had some in a basket and I'll just hang it up inside the poly and let them dry naturally, the one I have in a pot has been taken out of the pot, soil intact and left on the staging in the GH to dry out. I just keep a check on the stems and as they break off I compost them. If you leave them they will just go rotten and mouldy  If the basket dries out fully before we get any real frosts I'll remove the corms from the compo and store them in broken up polystyrene in a box in the shed. If not I'll bring it indoors until it dries out. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Oct 15, 2007 16:38:47 GMT
Oooh only just seen this myself......I am really rough with begonias and all summer stuff that has to be overwintered.
My callas and begonias and dahlia's etc have all been bunged in a big box and dumped very unceremoniously in the cellar. I leave a fair bit of earth on them and forget about them until February when I bring them up and re-plant them in smaller posts and then they tend to be put out in April/May depending on the weather.
RF
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2007 21:34:49 GMT
Steady on Andy give some of us a chance! Last year I did a) The bashing of the soil and leaving the tubers suspended in pots in the garage, which worked very well. And b) Leaving them in their (dried out) pots and re-potting in February. Only the to find that the 15cm tubers had gone, but the vine weevil grubs were not So this year is a no brainer for me..... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2007 13:15:04 GMT
I leave mine in their pots and store them somewhere frost free.  |
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