Overwintering Begonia Corms
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- On today's Allotment Grow How we look at how to overwinter your begonia corms. Follow these easy steps and you'll be able to use the same corms every year, saving you money and helping you to become self sufficient in growing these lovely begonia flowers.
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A great simply explained but informative video and friendly presented!
Thank you
Thanks for the instructions. I watch these each fall to be reminded how to store my begonia tubers. Most come back in full glory every year.
Awesone ty
I'm glad it helped :-)
Very very cool ... 👌👌 Success ... ⚘⚘ !!!
Great
Thank you
Thanks for sharing, well done for helping your dad 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching :-)
Thankyoi
Thanks for keeping it fast and simple!
No problem, I'm glad it helped
Budding new gardener here! 👋 Thanks so much for the video. I have had the most beautiful begonia this year and I'm so pleased I can (hopefully) grow it again next year. Really appreciate the short and informative video! Fingers crossed! 🤞
Welcome to the gardening world, I hope you enjoy getting your fingers green. I'm glad the video was helpful to you.
Propagation of plants amazes me! With a bit of time and effort, the amount of free plants a person could have is motivating!
Mate, we could re-plant the earth twice over, if only we had a big enough greenhouse :-)
Soo nice 👍👍❤❤❤❤
Thanks for this. Much simpler process than some other videos on TH-cam. I've never managed to successfully overwinter my Begonia Corms, so here goes again!
Thank you for the kind comments, hopefully this method will work for you this time :-)
Hello Adam, good to learn how to do this , thankyou for taking the time to share with us.
🌱Happy Gardening my friend, Terry.
Hi terry, thanks for watching and commenting, I'm pretty sure you would have known how to do this :-) Cheers Adam
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Hi Adam, Must admit Begonias are one of my favourite plants. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Rodney, they're not bad are they, i also like the autumnal display from dahlias. Thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers Adam
thanks for the information and advice about Overwintering Begonia Corms
Good information ! and thank you!
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Thank you for the information, I’m new to keeping the bulbs/corns, so fingers crossed it works for me.
Thanks for watching and commenting. You should have no problems with this method. I've also done a video about overwintering dahlia tubers if you are interested in that. Just search my channel for Overwintering Dahlias and you'll find it :-)
@@AllotmentGrowHow
Thank you, I’ll take a look, I’ve subscribed to your channel for more gardening tips.
First time dealing with begonia corms. Made it look easy🤞
They just need a bit of protection from the frost, keep them cool and dry and then plant them out again next spring. If you don't have fleece you can always just wrap them up in newspaper.
Great info right here. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Hey CB... thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers Adam
That's something I must do tomorrow. Mine are small Begonias. I watched your video at an opportune time. Solved my problem. I didn't know what to do til now. Many thanks Patrick
Hi Patrick, dig them up, keep them in a bit of fleece in a shed or greenhouse and then use them again next spring. They should be fine for next year. Cheers Adam
Thanks for this. Really helpful!
ashpo glad it was of some use 👍👍
This is really good thank you, but I always discover vine weevils within the corms. It would be really helpful if you do a video to show how to get rid of them from within the corms before storing them please. Otherwise there's nothing left by spring 😮
Use a tooth pick to get the buggers out , I wash mine before I store them ,a bit of sulphure
great info. Live and learn :) have a wonderful day
What if I don't have a greenhouse
Well, I knew about storing dahlias but never about begonias. I've got some in a window box...assumed they were just annuals, but will save them now. Thanks Adam.
Hi Clare, some of those big corms are 4/5 years old ... so you can keep saving them year in year out. Once they get big though, they tend to produce more foliage than flowers. Cheers Adam
And a big thank you from me too! Sun is shining, so I’m going to start the process of storing and overwintering my Begonias, before it rains again. Kind regards Dee
Glad it's been useful for you Dee. Thanks for watching and commenting
Hey Adam, thanks for the lesson... T
Great video thanks. When should you do this? Mine are still in flower as of today. I'm worried we'll be getting a frost very soon so in that case can I cut the stems rather than waiting for them to naturally detach? Best Regards.
Hi - I did this video on November 6th - a few years ago now - so there's still time for yours to die off. Just try and do it before the first frost. I wouldn't cut them off - I would definitely break them off, you want the break to be flush with the corm itself. Wrap them up with fleece or paper and keep them dry.
@@AllotmentGrowHowfirst year grew from seed and now want to winter over. We had alight frost and they were still blooming but were getting weak from frost. I searched for info and now that I dug them I found your video🙄. I dumped them out and cut the stems. They were really dry and have them in an unheated greenhouse for now. It will get too cold here and will monitor an experimental above ground root cellar. I believe they need to be kept between 40-50*F? Hope the stem cutting will be ok. Thanks!
I’m new at this also and cut mine after light frost. Then I found this video 🙄
Good information Adam. Thanks. Best wishes Bob.
Thanks for watching and commenting Bob
Thanks for sharing
God Bless
Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for your reply. I live in Dublin so I dug them out today and I plan to keep them in an old pillow case ☺️
Sounds perfect, hopefully they will be ok for you next spring :-)
Wow they are gigantic
Hi Jahlove, yeah they were a pretty decent size :-)
Wow, huge tubers. How do you get them so large? I guess much is due to beautiful Climate like England. What is your soil mix? can you share that.
Thanks.
E. B. C. Glad it was of some help/interest 👍
Thank you for this video. I was given begonias earlier this year from a friend who had the most amazing display of begonias every year and who has sadly passed away. I am hopefully going to carry on his tradition and keep these going year to year. I didn’t know ‘how to’ but thanks to your video, fingers crossed, I will now be able to.
I'm glad you found the video helpful and I'm sorry to hear that your friend passed away. Hopefully the begonias will be a lovely memory of him. Thank you for watching
short & sweet ... dig them out ... knock off excess ... can loosely wrap in newspaper & store in a cardboard box over winter
There you go, a how to. All looks good to me there :-)
Just need a How to on keeping rabbits out now :-)
I have said this before and saying again, we love begonias at our house where my wife has their charge. Take care Mike B
In full bloom they are cracking :-) Cheers Adam
Hi Adam, if you do split the corms you need to cover the cuts with sulphur or they will go rotten. You can buy it at any garden centre. See you soon. Dave.
Hi Dave, yeah... one of the subs asked about splitting them earlier. I did mention that they needed to be dusted with sulphur and then left to dry and heal for a while. No doubt I'll see you over the Christmas period sometime. Cheers Adam
I wish I saved my corms..oh well.
That greenhouse door sound was something else! WAKE UP PLANTS!
I'd never really noticed the greenhouse door before, as you say WAKE UP PLANTS :-)
Hi Adam, Do you check them for vine weevils before storing them away. Every year I always find vine weevils, after getting rid of them I sprinkle yellow sulphur on each one and wrap them individually in newspaper and then store in a cardboard box in the garage. If they are very big I wait until I’m replanting again and slice them in two, dust with sulphur and leave them for a good few hours to dry the cut parts, then plant again in the Spring. Thanks for your video.
Hi, I must be really lucky as I've never come across any vine weevils when removing them from the soil.
I do the same
That's great and very easy,i don't have a greenhouse,will they be ok in a basket underneath an outdoor shelf?
janet issa Hi Janet, they should be ok in a basket covered up with fleece or newspaper, do you have a shed? They'd do better in a shed than on an outdoor shelf in my opinion, but if that's all you have then give it a go. If we don't get a bad winter then they should be ok. 👍
I cut the stems off after dumping them out. I grew them from seed and first time trying to over winter. I was expecting round corms, but they look like a glob of roots. I’ve seen twice to snap the stems, oh well.
I was having a hard time seeing a corm on 1 yr plants and it must be in there somewhere. They look like a blob of roots.
You say the larger corms flower less. If you cut them and dust with sulphur to dry would they get more flowers then?
You live in area where it drops below freezing. Bring them inside. Wooddust, perlite or vermiculite stored them in that.
My begonia is in a smaller pot and i moved it inside my house ... do i need to make da same process as u did or leave them like this during the winter
Hi Nikola, you should be ok if you have brought them inside your house, keep them in the coolest part of your house though, don't let them get too warm and dry out. When you take them outside next spring, remember to change the soil as this will give them a new feed and put them in a bigger pot as the corms will grow bigger.
Hi, thank you for your video. I live in Canada and I am not familiar with what you call “Fleece” would you please give me a better description of what fleece is? Thanks.
I've just googled an explanation of what fleece is for you - Garden or horticultural fleece is a lightweight polyester material with a soft texture, hence its name ‘fleece’. It's one of several different materials that are collectively referred to as crop covers. Fleece is a versatile material as it can protect plants from frost, wind, hail and pests. - I hope this helps.
Thank you for helpful video 🙂
Can I do this same with other begonias varieties? First time grow nonstop mocca this year, from seeds, don't even know/sorry if it is silly question 😜/ if these grown from seed develope corms?🤔🤔
Cheers Adam I’ve never had luck with Begonia corms. Vine Weevil grubs had eaten through the corms. Have you ever had problem with them? Take care. Nick
Never had that problem mate... my rhododendrons seem to suffer from vine weevil from my experience and as such I put a capful of Provado vine weevil killer in my watering can and drench the roots. That seems to do the trick for them. Cheers Adam
I WOULD LOVE TO SUBSCRIBE, IF GOOGLE DID NOT FORCE ME TO SIGN EVERY TIME I WANT TO SEE A VIDEO. ANYWAY, I DERIVED GREAT ENJOYMENT OF WATCHING YOU MAKING THINGS SO EASY FOR US, AND KINDLY APPRECIATE VIDEOS ABOUT WINTERING CONTAINERS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, SINCE I HAVE A BAD BACK AND CANNOT GARDEN IN THE SOIL, BUT LIVE IN ZONE 7A, WHICH MAKES WINTER COLD........BRRRRR......
Hi Carmen, thanks for watching and commenting... google doesn't make it easy for us does it. I appreciate your comments anyhow. I hope that bad back of yours gets better. Cheers Adam
Can we make more tubers from one begonia tuber?
If they get big enough, you can split them... but it's best to buy new tubers after a while
Another post said when starting in spring in sand if there is more than one stem it is possible to split then. They said no sulphur needed on cut.
Question: can I remove stems and leave the corms in the dry soil in the pot and let them overwinter in my basement?
No, take them out of the soil, place in shallow trays of slightly damp sand.
Fleece? I think of fleece as heavy fabric. Is it something you can buy at a garden center? Could you put them in an old pillowcase?
Fleece is as light as anything, definitely not a heavy fabric... and yes you can buy it at a garden centre, well a garden centre here in the UK. I'm not sure where you are in the world, but you can ask. Or buy some online. An old pillowcase would probably work as well.
@@AllotmentGrowHowI think the fleece is like a polyester batting for quilting and can be found at a fabric store in US.
Hello, I have my begonias in 2 pots. I didn't dig them out last year so maybe I should this year. How often do you have to take them out of the pot and store them for winter?
Hi Betty, Begonias are usually dug out of pots and stored every winter, if you leave them in the pots every year there's a chance that we could have a bad winter with really cold conditions that could kill the corms - although if you live in the UK we haven't had a bad winter for a few years now. Also there might be a chance of them rotting in a pot if we have a overly wet winter. Finally if they stay in the same pot with the same soil, after a couple of years they'll have used up all the nutrients in that pot and so the soil will be nutrient deficient. It's good practice to take them out every year. store them and then plant them out again in the spring using fresh soil and nutrient rich compost so they can have a good feed. I hope this helps. :-)
Hiya. Can you use use anything besides fleece? Also where should thy be kept? In a cool place or warm?
Hi ashpo, you could wrap them up in anything that will keep the frost off them, newspaper, an old shirt or cloth. Keep them in a greenhouse or shed, they don't need to be too warm
@@AllotmentGrowHow Thank you for the reply.
Begonia corms sometime to dig
I assume corms and tubers are the same thing.??
Basically yes... corms are round, and provide the base plate for the flower to grow out of. Tubers are more like a thick underground stem that the flower grows out of. They kinda do the same job, but look different
That was brilliant. I intend sorting mine out today (20/10/2021.) I've never grown begonias before this year and they were gorgeous. I'm worried about mould though? Won't putting wet corms away encourage rot? I thought they needed to be dry before storing? Apologies if I'm wrong.
Hi, I've never had corms that suffered from mould or rot, also when you remove them from the soil they shouldn't be wet - the soil might be slightly damp, but just brush that off. They dry pretty quick and just need a bit of protection from the frost over the winter period which is why fleece is such a great product to wrap them in. You can also use newspaper if you like
@@AllotmentGrowHow thank you so much. I've just dug up 3 which basically disintegrated in my hands. 😔 Guess they were sick. Although they were in bloom. Oh well... I'll save the ones I can. 👍
@@onlyhuman1954 You'll always get a few that don't come back the following year, that's normal, they were either too small or just not strong enough to make it through the winter. The medium/larger ones tend to survive better... but just overwinter as many as you can and you'll have some survivors for next year. If you just leave them in the ground or pots, you can guarantee that all of them will rot away and die or be killed by the frost. Good luck
@@AllotmentGrowHow thank you. They are such beautiful plants. I do hope some make it to Spring. Better watch out for mice. They raid my shed every year. They will be foiled THIS year though because I have bought a steel container which my son has drilled ventilation holes in and all my bird seed etc will be out of reach... I've yet to meet a mouse that can chew through steel. 🐭😊 Thanks for replying.
Excellent, hope they overwinter well for you. If they've gotten too big and you want/need to split them...wondering...do you know if you split em now or wait until spring. Thanks, Ann
Hi Ann, they should overwinter fine. Whenever the corms get bigger with each passing they tend to produce more plant than flower. I've never split them myself but research suggests to make sure the two halves have a shoot on them, split them and dust the wound with sulphur and let them dry out. As for which season, I'm pretty sure you do it in the spring, allow the wound to dry out and keep it warm. Then start them off in a pot on the windowsill. Sometimes the corms do die from the split. I guess it's all about the prep and a bit of luck... Cheers Adam
You need to start them off in spring first, in a shallow tray of damp sand, wait until they have sprouted then cut with a sharp knife making sure that there is a sprout on each half. Leave to heal for a few days, no need for powder, then pot on!
this was so easy to follow thankyou, other sites have suggested leaving the corms outside for a week but rain is forecast so is that step not necessary? Also my begonias still look full of life so I am loath to do them just yet but also worried about frost?!!!
Glad you found it helpful, I don't personally dry them out but if you have a greenhouse or shed then leave them in there for a week if you like. If your begonias are still looking good then leave them a while longer. This video was filmed in November so the plants were dying back which is why I dug them up then. Check your area for the first frost dates, where I live we don't have any forecast for a while.
@@AllotmentGrowHow hello 7 months later, I have just remembered my carefully overwintered begonia, yes I am a terrible gardener but I blame the pandemic! any way they look very dry and are sprouting some stems, have I killed them off or can I save them? Help!!
@@susansouthwood3542 Hiya, if they are producing shoots, then they are growing and are ready to be planted up. You have now successfully overwintered your corms :-)
Hi Adam, nice video. Where can I store my begonia tubers if I don't have a shed or greenhouse?
Hi Hayley, put them in an old pillow case and you'll have to store them indoors. Put them in the coolest part of your house if you can... or... maybe ask a neigbour or family member if you can store them in their greenhouse/shed.
@@AllotmentGrowHow thanks, have done this and turned the radiator off in that room.
@@HazzaRoseB Perfect, they should be ok for next year now. Cheers Adam
Anyway I can just keep it in soil and place it in basement without watering it for the whole winter ?
You can try it, it may work for you :-)
Well im surprised you didn't check for vine weevil,
There were none
still trying to find time to do mine, adam..................brian
I only just remembered that my dads needed doing. Almost forgot. Cheers Adam
I forgot to do mine, it's probably a goner by now lol
I reckon so lol, a trip down to your local garden centre will sort that, they're selling the corms now
@@AllotmentGrowHow Just found some corms still in the packet from 2 years ago, they were pretty dried out. Felt very light, not sure if they will be viable at all but I'm soaking them overnight. You never know 😏
@@AllotmentGrowHow Unfortunately I'm shielding so I'm grounded until further notice 🙄
@@SuperScorpiorising You got nothing to lose and might be pleasantly surprised
@@SuperScorpiorising Well March 8th is the end of Lockdown so you might be able to come out then
I dug mine up about 2 months ago and shook off the compost and then stored them in a brown paper bag. Have I ruined them or could I add some compost to the bag?
They should be ok like that, just store them in a cool, dry place and they should be good to go next year :-)
Thanks for the advice 😊
@@rachel706157 No worries, I hope they work out for you :-)
I received a begonia as a gift and i know nothing about it...I've seen that it's dying and i panicked. Now...i see that it's normal for the stems to fall, lol...
I really need to dig it out? My lord...i need help :))
Hi Marina, if it's in a pot and you are keeping that pot indoors over winter then you may not have to dig it out as the frost and cold won't get to it. You need to try and protect them from the frost... Digging them out and replanting them next year is a good idea as you will be feeding them with new, fresh compost, basically replenishing the nutrients so they can have a good feed. If you keep plants in pots, year in year out and don't add new compost the soil will become nutrient deficient over time as the plant will have run out of food. I hope this helps 😀👍
It was outside but all the stems/trunks fell...i only have the rootball left. Do i move it inside now? It is too late?
It's begonia glowing embers
@@Irutss Hi Marina, If it's Glowing Embers it should be ok to leave it in the bed and it should overwinter and regrow next year. It's the begonias that are grown from corms rather than the ones that create rootballs that need to be brought in and overwintered. You should be ok, hopefully we get a mild winter too.
Should i move it to the shed? Or just leave it outside? Thanks for everything!
How cold of a winter can the begonia corms handle in the greenhouse? Where else could they be stored if you don’t have a greenhouse?
Hi Kathee, you could store them in a shed, garage, a dark, cool cupboard in your kitchen or house. They should do ok in an average winter ... but if temps drop to -10, it will kill them... but we rarely get temps like that in mainland England anymore.
thank you so much. I’m a new gardener . I love all my plants and would to keep the same ones from year to year. I live in central Oregon, USA. And like England the cold generally does get that cold but once in awhile it does.
@@katheedendurent5458 Welcome to the awesome world of gardening... I'm sure you'll be a natural :-)
Hi! What fabric is that? Does it matter? I'm in southern Canada, still gets very cold, could it be stored in our attached garage or should I bring it into the house? We get overnight temperatures of -20 often
@@srobitai Hi Shari, it's called garden fleece over here, it does do a good job of keeping the bulbs warm. However if you get temperatures of -20 then I don't think they would survive that. We occasionally might get a -5... but more often than not we get down to about freezing or -1. I would bring them in if I were you, your temperatures are way colder than ours. I hope that helps :-)
Are we not supposed to dry them out first before overwintering them
I use this method every year and it works for me :-)
Yes, brush off as much soil as you can, and check for vine weevil grubs. If you have them throw out your corm.
@@MargaretUKI grew from seed. I waited for light frost and dumped them out and cut stems. They were in dry soil and giving them a couple days in low light greenhouse then box them in vermiculite. I plan to store in new experimental above ground root cellar. I will monitor temp to watch for freezing. I’m in US Z5, it can get well below zero some winters, but we have been warming. I didn’t know to snap the stems and reason I’m letting them get air right now.
I didn’t see any round corms, more like clumps of roots and just shook to get most loose soil off.
Any pointers appreciated 😊. Thx!
Which soil is needed for begonia (garden soil or cow compost)
We use multi purpose compost bought from a garden centre, so not cow compost that would be too strong and garden soil would be too weak, it would need extra nutrients. I hope this helps
@@AllotmentGrowHow thankyou for information
Hanging begonia and begonia need same soil or different
They don’t do well for me in heavy soil and seem to like it fairly dry. Too much water and they rot.
Some videos say you have to dry them. Is this true?
I never have Monique... I guess it's whatever works for you
Yes, dry them out, or they could go mouldy.
@@MargaretUKI think they should be checked periodically and mist if really dry?
Can this begonia prppagate by cutting?
Hi, I think you can.... however I've never tried it myself.
I don't think so. I grow my tuberous begonias from seed. I start in January and by April they are ready to plant. You will have plants for 5 - 10 years before they expire. They just get tired!
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Hi, thank you for your video. I live in Canada and I am not familiar with what you call “Fleece” would you please give me a better description of what fleece is? Thanks.
I seen a comment here. I consider it like light quilt batting that can be bought at a fabric store. He also said pillowcase, old t-shirt or newspaper. Anything that will protect from frost. It’s different weather in UK then for CN or US. I’m going to try to store in new experimental above ground root cellar made from refrigerated building panels and mounded with bark. I think as long as they are above freezing and kept cool and not dried to a frazzle they should be fine.