- Ice begonia - more frost-resistant
- Apple Blush - fragrant
- Multiflora - small-flowered
- Multiflora Maxima - medium flowering
- Grandiflora Compacta - large-flowered
- Pendula champagne - hanging
In this way, tuberous begonias can be easily overwintered
Tuberous begonias come from the tropics of South America. As their name suggests, they form tubers as persistence organs. Because these freeze and die from 0 degrees, tuberous begonias have to overwinter frost-free. Or you keep buying new ones.
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Who tuberous begonias or begonias overwinter water more sparingly from the end of September so that the leaves slowly wither and the plants dry off. This pulls the energy reserves from the leaves into the tubers. If tuberous begonias bloom too long, they lose their vigor and grow weaker in the following year. Everything else here step by step.
Hibernate tuberous begonias in the cellar to save space.
- Remove the tubers from the ground before the first frost
- cut back hand-high
- check for rot or pests
- Remove infected plants or parts of plants
- Let it rest in the dry plant substrate, sand or newspaper
- Store dry and frost-free at around 8 ° C
Hibernate tuberous begonias in pots or flower boxes
Who his tuberous begonias in a pot or Flower box(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) want to hibernate should consider the following.
Cut off the above-ground parts of the plant to about 2 cm. The most important thing during the winter rest phase: keep tuberous begonias dry! Do not pour, just moisten. Otherwise the tubers will rot. Store the pot or flower box in an airy, dark room at around 8 ° C. Ventilate regularly in frost-free weather.
With or without a pot - for tuberous begonias overwintering means a vegetative rest phase with significantly less need for water and nutrients. Anyone who removes the earth must still make sure that it does not dry up! Because they have no protective scale leaves. Therefore, moisten the tubers little from time to time. Do not pour!
Goodbye winter - prepare the site and plant tuberous begonias
Tuberous begonias grow bushy, upright or overhanging, depending on the variety, and are wonderful, colorful flowers, especially for shady places where otherwise hardly any plants thrive. They are therefore worth saving over the winter.
Like all Begonia varieties they prefer shady to partially shaded places and water-permeable humus soil. They are sensitive to drought, blazing sun and waterlogging.
If you prefer the overwintered tuberous begonias from February, you will extend the flowering time. To do this, insert the tubers into the substrate with the dent facing up and water. Then put it in a warm, bright place in the house.
The first leaves can sprout again fertilize. Put the newly grown tuberous begonias outdoors after the ice saints at the earliest. The first colorful flowers delight our senses from April.
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It is worth hibernating tuberous begonias. Mainly because it is simple and takes up little space. In addition, year after year you get larger and more lush begonia plants for balconies and gardens.
