Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Begonia corns - fungus

Dilip_UKDilip_UK Posts: 114
in Problem solving
Welcome some expert advice if I may. I stored some Begonia corns early winter last year. Wrapped in paper and stored in cardboard box with air holes in the garage. Been checking on em and all seems fine, but when I checked today, some corns have a fungal growth, some not.  

Firstly, can I brush off the fungus or is it a lost cause. Secondly what did I do wrong, so i don't repeat the mistake again. Thank you for your help, appropriated, Dilip



 

Posts

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I would brush it off and dust the tubers with some Vitax sulpher powder ... not expensive and available online or from most garden centres.  Nowadays its usually used for soil improvement, but it's a traditional preventative for fungal growth on begonias and bulbs.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Agree with @Dovefromabove - it doesn't look too bad and clean and dust should ensure a decent corm.
    As to what you did wrong, given the weather we have had, perhaps the atmosphere in your shed was damper than you thought and the paper absorbed it ? 
  • Dilip_UKDilip_UK Posts: 114
    @Dovefromabove, that's brilliant, thank you. I know what to do when i store corns this year. This was my first try wintering corns, learning a lot from lovely folks here.
  • Dilip_UKDilip_UK Posts: 114
    @philippasmith2, thank you, its actually stored in a garage not a shed. Good point about paper absorbed the water. I also think i need to store the boxes in an open space, so air can circulate more freely. Thanks for your comments
Sign In or Register to comment.