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Begonia tubers
I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of
useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? Bill. |
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Begonia tubers
"Bill P" wrote in message ... I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? They must have said that for a reason. Same thing as with peonies then. I'll be doing begonia tubers later, so I'll do what they say, since ours came from a neighbour with no instructions. Steve |
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On 1/4/09 10:23, in article , "shazzbat"
wrote: "Bill P" wrote in message ... I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? They must have said that for a reason. Same thing as with peonies then. I'll be doing begonia tubers later, so I'll do what they say, since ours came from a neighbour with no instructions. Steve Ray just came in so I asked him and he said the just pressing them into compost, leaving the tops uncovered thing, is what he does. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online |
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Thanks each for your help. I will plant my tubers this afternoon.
The ones that failed last year must have rotted off. Bill. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 1/4/09 10:23, in article , "shazzbat" wrote: "Bill P" wrote in message ... I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? They must have said that for a reason. Same thing as with peonies then. I'll be doing begonia tubers later, so I'll do what they say, since ours came from a neighbour with no instructions. Steve Ray just came in so I asked him and he said the just pressing them into compost, leaving the tops uncovered thing, is what he does. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online That's interesting. I've always just lightly covered mine and been successful, but it's always worth trying something different. It's probably also worth mentioning for the OP's benefit, that the tuber should be planted hollow side up, as this is where the growth buds develop. Also, because of this dished upper surface, watering should be done carefully around the outside of the tuber or from below (if potted) so that water doesn't collect in the hollow and rot the tuber. Spider |
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"Spider" wrote in message ... That's interesting. I've always just lightly covered mine and been successful, but it's always worth trying something different. It's probably also worth mentioning for the OP's benefit, that the tuber should be planted hollow side up, as this is where the growth buds develop. Also, because of this dished upper surface, watering should be done carefully around the outside of the tuber or from below (if potted) so that water doesn't collect in the hollow and rot the tuber. Spider Thanks Spider, I did and will do, plant them hollow side up as you say. I will take note of your advice on watering as well. I planted twenty last year, but I put a layer of compost ( about 2 inchs ) over the top and about eight of them just failed, When I looked at them they looked as if they had gone rotten. Bill. |
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:14:04 +0100, "Bill P"
wrote: I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? Bill. I always understood you should not cover the tops. Then I watched Alan Titchmarsh, when he was doing GW, plant some big ones to enter in a show, and he covered the corms. The top of the corms is concave, and maybe water can collect there and cause rot. Another thing to watch out for, is vine weevil grubs. I have lost corms overwinter, finding just a shell, with a few vw grubs inside. Pam in Bristol |
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"Bill P" wrote ... I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? I don't repot mine in the spring until I see growth. After repotting I sprinkle compost over the tuber but only very lightly and I'm very careful about watering until good growth is showing. It's a tuber so it does have some reserves anyway. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:14:04 +0100, "Bill P" wrote: I always understood you should not cover the tops. Then I watched Alan Titchmarsh, when he was doing GW, plant some big ones to enter in a show, and he covered the corms. The top of the corms is concave, and maybe water can collect there and cause rot. Another thing to watch out for, is vine weevil grubs. I have lost corms overwinter, finding just a shell, with a few vw grubs inside. Pam in Bristol Thanks Pam, I did not know about vine weevil grubs. Bill P. |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... I don't repot mine in the spring until I see growth. After repotting I sprinkle compost over the tuber but only very lightly and I'm very careful about watering until good growth is showing. It's a tuber so it does have some reserves anyway. -- Regards Bob Hobden Thanks for that Bob. I am taking note of all the information I am recieving from these posts. Bill P. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 1/4/09 11:39, in article , "Spider" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 1/4/09 10:23, in article , "shazzbat" wrote: "Bill P" wrote in message ... I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? They must have said that for a reason. Same thing as with peonies then. I'll be doing begonia tubers later, so I'll do what they say, since ours came from a neighbour with no instructions. Steve Ray just came in so I asked him and he said the just pressing them into compost, leaving the tops uncovered thing, is what he does. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online That's interesting. I've always just lightly covered mine and been successful, but it's always worth trying something different. snip Maybe size does make a difference. ;-) He's usually working with quite large ones. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online :~O Fascinating! .... but I didn't really need to know about his private life! Maybe I'll continue to cover mine up ... :~) Spider |
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On 1/4/09 21:01, in article , "Spider"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 1/4/09 11:39, in article , "Spider" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... On 1/4/09 10:23, in article , "shazzbat" wrote: "Bill P" wrote in message ... I have been reading posts in this forum for some time now and found a lot of useful information. So, I have a question. Begonia tubers. Do you cover the tubers with compost or do you leave the top half exposed.? last year I covered them and lost at least half. Instructions that came with the tubers were. Fill a shallow tray with good compost and press the tuber gently in? They must have said that for a reason. Same thing as with peonies then. I'll be doing begonia tubers later, so I'll do what they say, since ours came from a neighbour with no instructions. Steve Ray just came in so I asked him and he said the just pressing them into compost, leaving the tops uncovered thing, is what he does. -- That's interesting. I've always just lightly covered mine and been successful, but it's always worth trying something different. snip Maybe size does make a difference. ;-) He's usually working with quite large ones. -- :~O Fascinating! .... but I didn't really need to know about his private life! Maybe I'll continue to cover mine up ... :~) Spider Shrewd move...... ;-)) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online |
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