Begonias that have leaves are ready to be put in their final containers, but not outside - like anything need to be hardened off but I don't put mine out until they have 'proper' leaves and the weather has warmed up quite bit - definite frost free.
as for the difference - red flowered ones will have a more reddish tinge to the leaves . I have a box of red and orange and can tell the colour difference but not whether they are hanging or not. take a chance and mix them up!!!!
Thanks Matty, it's not the colour that's the problem as I got a yellow, red and white in each variety....so had 2 bags, one for the ground or a pot and one for the hanging basket, so that's the problem, not the colour (silly me!!!). Anyway thanks for the tip, I will check the leaves re the colour and I think Bal might be right re the leaves. Note to self.....take a pen next time and write on the bags
I did it How pretty is this Begonia flower. The basket isn't as full as I'd like and I think the red one died but I still have the white and yellow so am still quite pleased with myself.
Thanks to everyone for the tips earlier in the year.....my next task is overwintering the corms
Did you know about taking the female flowers of the plants, they are the ones with the squarish shaped seed pod behind the main flower, if you pick these off, your main bloom will be bigger and they will flower for months, if you leave them on, they will produce seed, plant will think its done its duty and stop flowering.
Sorry if you already know this.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
No, I didn't know that Lyn so thank you. I might go and take a picture of my other begonias in a pot which are only just flowering but they look a but square, just to see if I have it right. So both flowers you remove the female but with fruit/veg you remove the male? Confusing
So this is the same flower as the one above that I posted, but the back of it, so the one to the right of it is female and should be removed?
The one below is in the same basket and the one to the left is female?
So I remove all those flowers with the seed pod, straight away before they open or just before they have finished flowering? I won't remove any until you say I've got it right
Thanks again Lyn, it's so good learning new things
These are only this big because they are in the conservatory, I could never grow them outside.
Keep them regularly dead headed, take of the pods as soon as you can and give feed about once a fortnight. Tomato food is good or any high potash feed you have.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Thank you Lyn, that's this evenings job then. Yours are beautiful. I've never grown. Begonias before (as you will see from the rest if the thread), I always thought they were quite difficult to grow, but if I can do it anyone can
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Begonias that have leaves are ready to be put in their final containers, but not outside - like anything need to be hardened off but I don't put mine out until they have 'proper' leaves and the weather has warmed up quite bit - definite frost free.
as for the difference - red flowered ones will have a more reddish tinge to the leaves . I have a box of red and orange and can tell the colour difference but not whether they are hanging or not. take a chance and mix them up!!!!
Thanks Matty, it's not the colour that's the problem as I got a yellow, red and white in each variety....so had 2 bags, one for the ground or a pot and one for the hanging basket, so that's the problem, not the colour (silly me!!!). Anyway thanks for the tip, I will check the leaves re the colour and I think Bal might be right re the leaves. Note to self.....take a pen next time and write on the bags
I did it
How pretty is this Begonia flower. The basket isn't as full as I'd like and I think the red one died but I still have the white and yellow so am still quite pleased with myself.
Thanks to everyone for the tips earlier in the year.....my next task is overwintering the corms
Well done OL, very pretty,
Did you know about taking the female flowers of the plants, they are the ones with the squarish shaped seed pod behind the main flower, if you pick these off, your main bloom will be bigger and they will flower for months, if you leave them on, they will produce seed, plant will think its done its duty and stop flowering.
Sorry if you already know this.
No, I didn't know that Lyn so thank you. I might go and take a picture of my other begonias in a pot which are only just flowering but they look a but square, just to see if I have it right. So both flowers you remove the female but with fruit/veg you remove the male? Confusing
So this is the same flower as the one above that I posted, but the back of it, so the one to the right of it is female and should be removed?
The one below is in the same basket and the one to the left is female?
So I remove all those flowers with the seed pod, straight away before they open or just before they have finished flowering? I won't remove any until you say I've got it right
Thanks again Lyn, it's so good learning new things
Ooh, half of my post above disappeared.....then came back!!
Thats it, the males are the big blousy show offs, like the Peacock!
These are only this big because they are in the conservatory, I could never grow them outside.
Keep them regularly dead headed, take of the pods as soon as you can and give feed about once a fortnight. Tomato food is good or any high potash feed you have.
Thank you Lyn, that's this evenings job then. Yours are beautiful. I've never grown. Begonias before (as you will see from the rest if the thread), I always thought they were quite difficult to grow, but if I can do it anyone can
Love the orange (or is it tangerine?) one