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Advice on growing Non stop begonia from seed?

MountainrangerMountainranger Posts: 37
in Plants
Hi
Is growing non stop begonia by seed easy? What is the best time time to sow and will it flower this year or the following year?  

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  • DimWitDimWit Posts: 553
    I have sown this begonia twice this year, and they germinated (in 10 days) in the conditions I gave them (outside out of direct sunlight, temperatures above 20 degrees, 100% umidity). When it was too hot, they flopped. Now that it is autumn here, and it is milder, they look happier. The point is to make them root: provide them with the fluffiest compost you can get (I think adding coir or turf can suit them) and keep watering moderately after they germinate.

    PS: Can you spot them in the picture?


  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have tried sowing them, about end of  February i think is the time, I don’t bother with them anymore they take so long are very tiny and I just haven’t got the time. Begonia corms I buy. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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