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Begonia bulbs

RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
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Never grown this way before, how are other people's bulbs doing?
I put them in at easter, only ones showing but they can take 10/12 weeks to show? 


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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    They usually need some heat to get them going. If they are outside, I am not surprised they are not moving yet.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    In a basket I doubt they would have got too soggy. As they are late summer flowers, they take a while to start.
  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    We're getting some decent heat down here in the south in the day, but a little cold overnight still.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mine are only just showing. 3oC tonight in the south. Pretty nippy still. By end of June you should seem some good growth.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They may have rotted, they re best started off indoors,  they need warmth, the corms should be showing above the compost, so they don’t get water in them, dig in a bit and see if they are still there and firm, then lift then so only half the corn is showing.  
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    Not seen under 8C here for a while.  Seen another stem tonight 
  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    All up bar one, dug down and can't see anything for the last one.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited June 2018
    They should be up and flowering now, I would suggest next year you lay them all half buried in a seed tray, indoors, when the shoots are about 3 to 4” tall, pot on individually, still  leaving the corm proud of the compost, they’ll be up and flowing in no time. 
    This was June a few years ago.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    No flowers yet, but then I planted them straight out. Bit boring as lack of colour on that side of the garden currently.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mine in the garden aren't flowering yet.
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