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Old 22-03-2009, 12:25 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Emrys Davies Emrys Davies is offline
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Default begonia tuber broken


"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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Bob Hobden wrote:
"Sheila" wrote...
Hi, was taking out my begonia million dollar passion tuber to

repot, and
I was just seeing if any part of the tuber was going to come off

the main
one, and lo and behold the darn thing broke in two.....I have put

them in
pots, what are my chances of success, if any, thanks

Excellent.
That's how I have increased the one I got from my mothers greenhouse

after
she died (in 1993), by cutting up the tuber into chunks.


Do you need to dust the cut surface with sulphur or some other

fungicide?
Also, don't you need to have a bud on each chunk?


Yes, you are spot on.