"Brandyball" wrote ...

Hi, I've recently bought my first greenhouse. I would appreciate any
tips on what cuttings I can do over the winter. Also, any help at all
on how to do cuttings for the best results. I really like Begonias and
would be glad of any help or advise given on those as well, or on any
information a beginner could use.


You can now take cuttings of most things but don't leave it much longer.
I've just taken some of my Zonal Pelargonium (geranium) "Doris Moore" which
is difficult to get but has an amazing colour. Any tender or slightly tender
perennial like Osteospermums should be OK too. Watch the watering this time
of year though, if in doubt, don't water. I watered my cuttings in and won't
water again until they ask for some by wilting a bit which can be 2 months
for the Pelargoniums.

Begonias are a big family, do you mean the tuberous rooted showy flowered
ones, these are easy. Just turn the pot on it's side, after the foliage has
dropped off, and leave it like that over winter so you aren't tempted to
water at all. As soon as you see growth starting in the spring, tiny little
green shoots on the tuber, repot and water very sparingly at first. I still
have some I inherited from my mother when she died in 1993 and she had grown
them for years before that. Increase them but cutting up the big old tubers
ensuring there are a few shoots on each bit.

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Regards
Bob Hobden