I've been wintering over dahlias for a few years now with success. I grew some great tuberous begonias this year and plan to save those as well. Thanks for the insight into this.
Thankyou for the video..I bought my first begonia this year on a whim because it was so striking with its pretty pink blooms against purplish green leaves.. now I can save it for next year
Thank you so much for the information! I tried begonia tubers in hanging baskets for the first time this year, and only one of the 3 survived but I’m encouraged to pick up some more and try again in the spring. 😊
I had bought 3 huge size massive bloom sized begonia which I had to have, since I’ve never before seen anything like these for sale ever before! I used them all summer long in the shade of fathers grave going back bringing something every so often to use watering them. Then I learned grave yard only allows two pots of plants tho fathers grave is massive unlike any of the other graves in this section of grave yard. So I took 1 of these 3 huge pots home with me to display in my walkway urns the rest of the summer / fall season. The type of begonia these are I’ve still no idea! No never again 2 yrs after fathers death have I seen anything like the huge colorful yellow centers almost looking like fringe enclosed around multi petals of white like a rose formation with massive bright green leaves! Can I say, that this 1 huge begonia began to somehow, plant itself, within the cracks of my old walkway!! As if it - wanted - ME to take notice!!! I pulled up that tiny little baby begonia, which actually was small as my thumb & yes, as it was even blooming while still in the crack of stone walkway - I took it into my house for the entire winter and replanted it out in my garden this spring watching grow as a massive bush like plant non stop showy bloom filled all summer long…. and now that it’s turning into fall, I have now seen this plant has indeed planted itself across my garden into various flower pots upon its own liking!! I intend to pull up those few baby begonia before frost hits & repeat the same process in which apparently, “I grow”- huge show stopper stunning Begonia with nothing more than 1/2 a teacup worth of soil some light & a few drops of water daily. Maybe others have had their Begonia begin to grow themselves randomly as well no where near the mother plant, but, for now… I am in total awe of any Begonia that chooses when & where & how it wishes to make its presents known❣️
That’s a beautiful story! It’s like your father wanted to send you a message through the begonias, like a grateful and beautiful message! I just planted begonias this year and I felt in love with them also.
You do this so effortlessly. Great instructions. Always easy to follow the instructions that you give. Time for me to get back to preparing more beds for the fall. Take care
This is my 2nd time owning these beauties. I had no idea they were tubers🤦🏾♀. Now I know how to store them hopefully when I move back to Florida in 10/2024 they will survive.
I’m very happy to hear that you found this helpful. Just remember to keep checking them throughout the winter to make sure you have no excessive moisture and that they are not shrivelling up. The begonias can handle more drying than dahlias. I’ve planted many shrivelled up begonias and had beautiful plants emerge 😊
I have found this very interesting, I just sorted out my non stop apricot begonias today. However, I have cut all foliage off, washed them and allowing them to dry now. Then they go in a box filled with some soil to cover them. My husband did this last year and they were amazing through the summer. I am hoping the ones I have done will also be ok for next year. Your way is clearly less work. I am in N. Lincolnshire UK and we have had so much rain these last couple of months so I had no choice of not watering them. That is often a problem here where it gets so wet and the pots are soaking.
When it comes to storing tubers, rhizomes, and bulbs your local conditions of warmth and moisture will affect which method works best. If you have a method that works well where you are I would stick with it. If you want to experiment with my method I would start with a small selection of your plants and see how it works where you are.
Every year I leave them out and mostly they rot by spring. One time it came back due to our mild winter. This year I’m going to try your way. Thanks! It’s a shame to loose them and start over every year!
I saw somewhere else a recommendation of putting them in paper bags, which is similar to what you were doing. The advantage, perhaps, of a paper bag is that you can write the color of the Begonia on the bag. That way you will know how you are filling out several window boxes in the Spring replanting.
This is my first time trying to preserve the tubers on my begonias. My neighbor had three of them, and I saw late summer she was throwing one away, so I asked her if I could have it. I had done a google search on how to care for them in the winter, and I found your video. I had no idea it had tubers, so this will be interesting to see if I get new growth in the spring. The other two plants were being thrown out, so I asked if I could take them, and of course she said go for it. However, I have a feeling these are going to be rotten, because we had tons of rain, so the tuber probably rotted out. The good one is still blooming, so I have to wait for dormancy.
@@PrairiePlantgirl I took the plant apart, but there was not a brown tuber, but rather, a hard mass. Could it be there was no tuber? I laid it in the box like you said, and will check it, in a few weeks. Thanks for your kind response.
I made my front and back yard Botanical Garden (as what my neighbours call them) because of grubs..This year I bought a tuber begonia in a pot..As I live in Zone 5A, I learned a lot from this video about winterizing..If this is successful, will buy more next year..Which is better, to plant them on the ground or pot.
Thank you for our tutorial. I live in Southern Ontario and it was nice to have a Canadian with similar winter weather to give advice on wintering our summer plants. I have a garage/shed but not heated and my basement is not cool enough. Is there a way of storing them in my garage/shed over winter that will keep my plants from freezing? I would appreciate any suggestions from you or any of your viewers. Cheers!
That’s a great question. Perhaps someone with experience in that situation will chime in. I’m wondering how cold it gets there. Do you think a styrofoam cooler would protect them from freezing? I’m guessing it may breathe a bit. We get to -35C here several times over the winter so it wouldn’t work for us. Or maybe build a small box with insulation that they could go in to give another layer of warmth? Ask at your local Garden center and see if they have ideas that would fit your climate. I am assuming you are a zone or two warmer than we are here (zone 3).
Thank you - this was helpful. This will be my first year trying this so wish me luck. I wish you would have shown what it looks like after the 3-4 weeks and what to expect them to look like since it's my first time and I'm new at this. Thanks again
Thanks for the feedback. The tuber won’t look a lot different, the tops will have died off, shrivelled and browned. At that point it is easy to pop the stem from the tuber with little effort. Good luck.
First time trying to store them. We have our first hard frost tonight looks like lost 2 due to rain earlier this week PNW. But the rest are looking good! Thanks for the tips. So happy to know how to do this now. Blessings! :)
Hi there Val been on about these and up till now I've not got any , but Val has the flower brochure so I take it we will have them for next year. Stay safe Bill and Val
I don't know about you, but I am missing Summer already. The colours in my plots seemed extra sharp this year. I am trying to keep a positive outlook on everything and not trying to overdo any type of expansion for next year. I like the procedure you are taking with the tubers. I hope to get back to them again. Someone I know had a potted one and is wondering about keeping it. Hopefully the tag is still around as many of those styles are hybrids and do not have any tubers. I think they can be trimmed back and just brought indoors for some dormancy. But I will have to research that a little. Take care and have a good week. Savour the leftovers from Thanksgiving, those are the best I think.
I’ve started to accept the change in season and am trying to look to things I can grow indoors over the cold season. I have heard that some begonias can be grown indoors over winter. The key to bringing a plant in is acclimating it to the indoors (like gardening off) and checking for pests that may be brought indoors. We had just the four of us for our thanksgiving meal, so things were paired down. We did have some cabbage rolls made from a 10pound cabbage I grew, pierogies from potatoes I grew, and a few more goodies. I agree that leftovers are the best part.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Mmmmm-MM! There were 4 of us too and I still cooked a 17lb'er ! Care packages were sent to all of whom that could not take part. I did not have time to roll or pinch, so it was frozen pierogies (let down, I know) and lazy-man's halopchi (made with buckwheat instead of rice)...Mum and I baked up a couple pumpkin pies too that turned out wonderfully. All being said there is just enough for a pot pie & the carcass is ready for the soup pot!
Aww! You got fur baby kisses!😃 Howdy Prairie Plantgirl and Buster! 👋Very good tutorial, as usual. 👍I've learned a lot about bulbs and tubers from you this year. It's really cool how easy it is to store them. With our climate I'm assuming I don't need to store any I might plant: zone 8a. Usually we hit the high teens 3 or so times a winter. In February we can see days with highs in 70s.
I am guessing you don’t have any need for this video but you still took the time to watch. Thank you for your support. I’m not sure how much moisture you get in winter. Some things like begonias and dahlias can suffer from winter rains rotting them.
@@PrairiePlantgirl We hardly get any rain in the winter. Our time for rain is mostly spring. I love to learn...all of your videos are something good to me. 🙂 I can pass on the knowledge when someone ask me about something I learned from you.😃 Your personality is sweet...another reason I enjoy your videos. 🙂 And there's handsome Buster.😃🐕 I promise I'm not a pup stalker.😄 You have a load of work ahead of you digging up tubers and bulbs to store...hope it all goes well and you have good weather to do it in.💕
Oh my goodness, this reminded me of the time I had 3 massive yellow begonias in a hanging basket hung on my back wall, the blooms were nearly 5 inches across. Some time later my back gate broke so we plugged the gap the best we could until the gate was repaired. I came home from work one day and somebody had reached over the broken gate and stolen the whole hanging basket. I was distraught and have never grown them since. Perhaps I should grow them again, I forgot how beautiful they are. I think they display best because of their pendulous habit in a higher position, which I don't have at the moment.
That is such a sad experience. I can see why you didn’t want to grow it for someone to steal. I hope you do try again one day as they are so beautiful.
Non stop begonias are one of my favorite flowers. They were quite expensive last I remember and this year I grew a lot by seed for the cost of a pack of seed👏🏼👏🏼They are huge and gorgeous! Problem I have is finding a cool place for these and a few other bulbs all new to me. We did build an above ground root cellar and not sure what temp it will hold and, we’ll, the fickle weather. It’s sooo hot here for October in WI 90s and then we will drop into 50s in a couple days with patchy frost. Is it better to dig them before frost? I just hate to chop off those beautiful blooms.
@@PrairiePlantgirlI watched many videos on this subject and I may have cut mine back to short. I couldn’t see a tuber, but more like a glob of roots. Is that what they look like? I’ve heard store bought from cuttings won’t develop tubers if they were allowed to flower as might be what happened to your cutting. I’ve heard to snap off the stems and cut them long. Hope they survive as they were gorgeous. I started from seed and it wasn’t easy.
@dustyflats3832 the tubers should look like a flattish, lumpy clod of dirt. It is a difficult thing to describe. There will be roots sticking out all over so it can be difficult to see the tubers if it is small. Once the soil and roots dry up it can be easier to identify a tuber.
I Read where you can bring your hanging basket inside of your home and put them in a sunny window Will they continue to stay green and healthy or will they go into dormancy and the leaves and flowers die off
Excellent information. I am relocating, would these tubers be safe if packed away while being ferried in an airtight shipping container I am using for sending all my household goods in? They would be in a cardboard box as you have shown here.
I think you will find this video th-cam.com/video/UyF6QuIUhcg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=scNar7PcjhMN4xm4 helpful for storing your dahlias. I don’t grow geraniums so I can’t help with that.
Some begonias are not tuberous. Some like dragons wing and angel wing begonias are supposed to be good houseplants, but I’ve never tried this. Some begonias are bedding plants and only last for one season as far as I know. The bedding plants are often sold in multi packs or grown from seed.
I’m not sure if a tuberous begonia will survive this way. Some begonias make good houseplants. Give it a try if it isn’t too dear to you. Let us know how it works.
As I understand Rex Begonias do not go dormant. If you’ve had good success bringing it inside as a houseplant for the winter then I would continue doing that.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Thank You..yes it does drop its leaves but they do grow back..the plant is large and beautiful..I did bring it in this fall also..thank you for your information and time..its appreciated 😌
I have never tried that with begonias. I know some types of begonias make good houseplants, I’m not sure if this type does. If the soil isn’t too wet I’m sure you could put them in cold storage without the leaves.
Have you ever propagated these by cuttings before? Will they really develope a tuber? They are extremely beautiful. I can understand why you want to save them.
This was my first year trying cuttings. They were stem cuttings and I don’t know if they would develop a tuber or not. The one from the pot in front of my house was a tuber I had saved from the previous year. They are lovely to have.
I live in Montreal, and have been trying to save my REX begonias by bringing my pots to the basement and not watering them. They are still blooming. Can I leave them in their pots in the basement or should I take the tubers out of their pots? TAS the gardener
Rex begonias are different from the tuberous begonias that I save. I have never overwintered them personally. My understanding is that they do not go dormant. You can keep them somewhere warm and bright. They need more humidity than an average heated house house and may need to be set on a tray of pebbles and water.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Hi. The tag on my begonias said that they were tuberous begonias but the spiky leaf meant REX begonia to me. My flowers look exactly like yours so I may be wrong about the 'REX' designation. I have 3 potted plants, should I try taking one of them out of the earth to see if they are actually tuberous begonias?
I believe they would work well as they are native to South America and Southern Africa. They will need to have only early morning or late afternoon sun in a hot climate and would likely like daily misting unless your area is quite humid. I live in a much cooler climate so I am just making an educated guess. If I was you I’d ask other gardeners or a local garden Center to be sure.
I do not know. If they have a tuber like the ones I showed then they should store this way. If they are just roots then you could try overwintering them like a houseplant or Christmas cactus - I’ve never done this (overwintering like a houseplant or Christmas cactus) with begonias but have heard it works.
Lol, gloves are for chumps. XD this is all well in good but what about taking them indoors pot and all? mine lasted for a few months and then grew leggy with just a few leaves. I had it right under a plant bulb too. The stem looks like it's lost water. Is it going into dormancy without me doing anything or is it in distress? Edit: just checked both of the ones I had left, one of them the tuber was in great condition but the foliage looked leggy and weak. the other one the foliage was strong but rot had destroyed the tuber and there were very vivaceous root fragments in the rotten tuber and signs something had just GOUGED at the stem until it severed from the tuber.
I’ve never tried to keep begonias grown from tubers as houseplants. I believe Rex begonias are the best for overwintering as houseplants. It’s my understanding the tuberous begonias need a rest period. If you keep them in the soil they still need a cool dark area and they will be more likely to have insect or disease issues from the soil.
Don’t let the tuber freeze, but the foliage can be frozen. The tuber will have protection from the soil around it during a light frost. Do not let them freeze in storage.
Why don't you want to enjoy flowers when the plants in bloom, rather than disturbing them now instead of doing it once when the flowers completely dry.
If I wait the weather will get too cold and destroy the tubers. I’m saving them so I can enjoy them in the next season. If I leave them they will freeze and rot away. I live in Canadian growing zone 3b, my frost free season is short. Plants are killed by cold here, not old age.
I watched your video last fall and for the first time I was able to rescue most of my begonias for this year. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your success.
Thank you for showing how to save begonia plant over winter. I've never done this, but I'm willing to give it a try as they are so pretty. Thanks!
You can do it!
Very helpful I will try to save the tubers over winter.
I've been wintering over dahlias for a few years now with success. I grew some great tuberous begonias this year and plan to save those as well. Thanks for the insight into this.
That is awesome!
Thank you so much for this info: this is my first year of tending to plants over winter for next spring, so here goes,
Very informative and very simple and i'm looking forward to trying that this year hopefully good luck
You can do it!
Another plant I will be storing over winter to add to my cana and callas collection. Thanks. You presented a very clear instructional video.
Thank you. It’s good to hear this made sense and encouraged you to try.
Thankyou for the video..I bought my first begonia this year on a whim because it was so striking with its pretty pink blooms against purplish green leaves.. now I can save it for next year
That’s wonderful. I love that we can save some of our favourite tender bulbs for next season.
Thanks for the info! I absolutely LOVED the ending of your video best though 😉🐶😊
Thank you so much for the information! I tried begonia tubers in hanging baskets for the first time this year, and only one of the 3 survived but I’m encouraged to pick up some more and try again in the spring. 😊
I hope your next try works out better.
I had bought 3 huge size massive bloom sized begonia which I had to have, since I’ve never before seen anything like these for sale ever before! I used them all summer long in the shade of fathers grave going back bringing something every so often to use watering them. Then I learned grave yard only allows two pots of plants tho fathers grave is massive unlike any of the other graves in this section of grave yard. So I took 1 of these 3 huge pots home with me to display in my walkway urns the rest of the summer / fall season. The type of begonia these are I’ve still no idea! No never again 2 yrs after fathers death have I seen anything like the huge colorful yellow centers almost looking like fringe enclosed around multi petals of white like a rose formation with massive bright green leaves! Can I say, that this 1 huge begonia began to somehow, plant itself, within the cracks of my old walkway!! As if it - wanted - ME to take notice!!! I pulled up that tiny little baby begonia, which actually was small as my thumb & yes, as it was even blooming while still in the crack of stone walkway - I took it into my house for the entire winter and replanted it out in my garden this spring watching grow as a massive bush like plant non stop showy bloom filled all summer long…. and now that it’s turning into fall, I have now seen this plant has indeed planted itself across my garden into various flower pots upon its own liking!! I intend to pull up those few baby begonia before frost hits & repeat the same process in which apparently, “I grow”- huge show stopper stunning Begonia with nothing more than 1/2 a teacup worth of soil some light & a few drops of water daily. Maybe others have had their Begonia begin to grow themselves randomly as well no where near the mother plant, but, for now… I am in total awe of any Begonia that chooses when & where & how it wishes to make its presents known❣️
That’s a beautiful story! It’s like your father wanted to send you a message through the begonias, like a grateful and beautiful message! I just planted begonias this year and I felt in love with them also.
Big tnx,living in N.E.Wales,UK,this info is great to have
You do this so effortlessly. Great instructions. Always easy to follow the instructions that you give. Time for me to get back to preparing more beds for the fall. Take care
Thank you
Thank you for the interesting video and very necessary tips
I’m definitely adding begonias to my Garden next year!
That’s great to hear.
Thanks much!! Really helpful and easy. Going outside right now to take them out of the soil.
I’m very happy to hear you found this helpful.
Thank you for making this video! Im trying it!!
Getting tired of buying these every year. Going to try storing them overwinter. Thanks for sharing.
It’s nice to be able to reuse these plants for several years.
My first time… hopefully all goes well! Thanks for sharing!
Good luck. It can seem intimidating, but it isn’t that hard. Check frequently (especially the first year) to make sure they aren’t spoiling.
This is my 2nd time owning these beauties. I had no idea they were tubers🤦🏾♀. Now I know how to store them hopefully when I move back to Florida in 10/2024 they will survive.
Thanks this is very informative.
Thanks for the vid, this is our first year wintering our begonias (and Dahlias). This was very helpful!
I’m very happy to hear that you found this helpful. Just remember to keep checking them throughout the winter to make sure you have no excessive moisture and that they are not shrivelling up. The begonias can handle more drying than dahlias. I’ve planted many shrivelled up begonias and had beautiful plants emerge 😊
I have found this very interesting, I just sorted out my non stop apricot begonias today. However, I have cut all foliage off, washed them and allowing them to dry now. Then they go in a box filled with some soil to cover them. My husband did this last year and they were amazing through the summer. I am hoping the ones I have done will also be ok for next year. Your way is clearly less work. I am in N. Lincolnshire UK and we have had so much rain these last couple of months so I had no choice of not watering them. That is often a problem here where it gets so wet and the pots are soaking.
When it comes to storing tubers, rhizomes, and bulbs your local conditions of warmth and moisture will affect which method works best. If you have a method that works well where you are I would stick with it. If you want to experiment with my method I would start with a small selection of your plants and see how it works where you are.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Thank you, I will give it a go next year as you say with a small selection and see what happens.
Every year I leave them out and mostly they rot by spring. One time it came back due to our mild winter. This year I’m going to try your way. Thanks! It’s a shame to loose them and start over every year!
It’s nice to be able to use them year after year
I’m going to follow your instructions and try it this winter?
I hope you have great results
I saw somewhere else a recommendation of putting them in paper bags, which is similar to what you were doing. The advantage, perhaps, of a paper bag is that you can write the color of the Begonia on the bag. That way you will know how you are filling out several window boxes in the Spring replanting.
That would be a great way to label them.
Outstanding
Great information thank you, I’m new to keeping begonias so fingers crossed this works.
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This is my first time trying to preserve the tubers on my begonias. My neighbor had three of them, and I saw late summer she was throwing one away, so I asked her if I could have it. I had done a google search on how to care for them in the winter, and I found your video. I had no idea it had tubers, so this will be interesting to see if I get new growth in the spring.
The other two plants were being thrown out, so I asked if I could take them, and of course she said go for it. However, I have a feeling these are going to be rotten, because we had tons of rain, so the tuber probably rotted out.
The good one is still blooming, so I have to wait for dormancy.
I’m glad you were able to come across this video. I hope you great success in saving the begonias.
@@PrairiePlantgirl I took the plant apart, but there was not a brown tuber, but rather, a hard mass. Could it be there was no tuber? I laid it in the box like you said, and will check it, in a few weeks.
Thanks for your kind response.
I made my front and back yard Botanical Garden (as what my neighbours call them) because of grubs..This year I bought a tuber begonia in a pot..As I live in Zone 5A, I learned a lot from this video about winterizing..If this is successful, will buy more next year..Which is better, to plant them on the ground or pot.
I always plant them in pots. It just makes lifting easy for me.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Thank you. My first begonia is in a pot and will continue..
I also plant in pots as it’s easier to keep moisture correct and when the sun shifts they can be moved. Z5a
Thank you, that was helpful!
Thank you for our tutorial. I live in Southern Ontario and it was nice to have a Canadian with similar winter weather to give advice on wintering our summer plants. I have a garage/shed but not heated and my basement is not cool enough. Is there a way of storing them in my garage/shed over winter that will keep my plants from freezing? I would appreciate any suggestions from you or any of your viewers. Cheers!
That’s a great question. Perhaps someone with experience in that situation will chime in. I’m wondering how cold it gets there. Do you think a styrofoam cooler would protect them from freezing? I’m guessing it may breathe a bit. We get to -35C here several times over the winter so it wouldn’t work for us. Or maybe build a small box with insulation that they could go in to give another layer of warmth? Ask at your local Garden center and see if they have ideas that would fit your climate. I am assuming you are a zone or two warmer than we are here (zone 3).
1 idea, put an electric seed starting heat mat in the cooler, with a timer to turn at night.
2 put a jar of hot water in the cooler each cold evening.
Very helpful!
Thanks
Thank you - this was helpful. This will be my first year trying this so wish me luck. I wish you would have shown what it looks like after the 3-4 weeks and what to expect them to look like since it's my first time and I'm new at this. Thanks again
Thanks for the feedback. The tuber won’t look a lot different, the tops will have died off, shrivelled and browned. At that point it is easy to pop the stem from the tuber with little effort. Good luck.
First time trying to store them. We have our first hard frost tonight looks like lost 2 due to rain earlier this week PNW. But the rest are looking good! Thanks for the tips. So happy to know how to do this now. Blessings! :)
I’m glad this has given you confidence.
I definitely need to add more flowers to my garden next year. I focused on vegetable gardening a lot this year. 🤗
Thanks for the info.
You are very welcome
Very useful
Hi there Val been on about these and up till now I've not got any , but Val has the flower brochure so I take it we will have them for next year. Stay safe Bill and Val
They are gorgeous flowers and can be kept for years.
I don't know about you, but I am missing Summer already. The colours in my plots seemed extra sharp this year. I am trying to keep a positive outlook on everything and not trying to overdo any type of expansion for next year.
I like the procedure you are taking with the tubers. I hope to get back to them again. Someone I know had a potted one and is wondering about keeping it. Hopefully the tag is still around as many of those styles are hybrids and do not have any tubers. I think they can be trimmed back and just brought indoors for some dormancy. But I will have to research that a little.
Take care and have a good week. Savour the leftovers from Thanksgiving, those are the best I think.
I’ve started to accept the change in season and am trying to look to things I can grow indoors over the cold season.
I have heard that some begonias can be grown indoors over winter. The key to bringing a plant in is acclimating it to the indoors (like gardening off) and checking for pests that may be brought indoors.
We had just the four of us for our thanksgiving meal, so things were paired down. We did have some cabbage rolls made from a 10pound cabbage I grew, pierogies from potatoes I grew, and a few more goodies. I agree that leftovers are the best part.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Mmmmm-MM! There were 4 of us too and I still cooked a 17lb'er ! Care packages were sent to all of whom that could not take part. I did not have time to roll or pinch, so it was frozen pierogies (let down, I know) and lazy-man's halopchi (made with buckwheat instead of rice)...Mum and I baked up a couple pumpkin pies too that turned out wonderfully. All being said there is just enough for a pot pie & the carcass is ready for the soup pot!
Aww! You got fur baby kisses!😃
Howdy Prairie Plantgirl and Buster! 👋Very good tutorial, as usual. 👍I've learned a lot about bulbs and tubers from you this year. It's really cool how easy it is to store them. With our climate I'm assuming I don't need to store any I might plant: zone 8a. Usually we hit the high teens 3 or so times a winter. In February we can see days with highs in 70s.
I am guessing you don’t have any need for this video but you still took the time to watch. Thank you for your support. I’m not sure how much moisture you get in winter. Some things like begonias and dahlias can suffer from winter rains rotting them.
@@PrairiePlantgirl We hardly get any rain in the winter. Our time for rain is mostly spring.
I love to learn...all of your videos are something good to me. 🙂 I can pass on the knowledge when someone ask me about something I learned from you.😃
Your personality is sweet...another reason I enjoy your videos. 🙂 And there's handsome Buster.😃🐕 I promise I'm not a pup stalker.😄
You have a load of work ahead of you digging up tubers and bulbs to store...hope it all goes well and you have good weather to do it in.💕
Thank jou for sharing
Oh my goodness, this reminded me of the time I had 3 massive yellow begonias in a hanging basket hung on my back wall, the blooms were nearly 5 inches across. Some time later my back gate broke so we plugged the gap the best we could until the gate was repaired. I came home from work one day and somebody had reached over the broken gate and stolen the whole hanging basket. I was distraught and have never grown them since.
Perhaps I should grow them again, I forgot how beautiful they are. I think they display best because of their pendulous habit in a higher position, which I don't have at the moment.
That is such a sad experience. I can see why you didn’t want to grow it for someone to steal. I hope you do try again one day as they are so beautiful.
Non stop begonias are one of my favorite flowers. They were quite expensive last I remember and this year I grew a lot by seed for the cost of a pack of seed👏🏼👏🏼They are huge and gorgeous! Problem I have is finding a cool place for these and a few other bulbs all new to me. We did build an above ground root cellar and not sure what temp it will hold and, we’ll, the fickle weather.
It’s sooo hot here for October in WI 90s and then we will drop into 50s in a couple days with patchy frost.
Is it better to dig them before frost? I just hate to chop off those beautiful blooms.
Begonias are planted fairly shallow. A light frost is fine, but a hard frost risks damaging the tuber.
@@PrairiePlantgirlI watched many videos on this subject and I may have cut mine back to short. I couldn’t see a tuber, but more like a glob of roots. Is that what they look like?
I’ve heard store bought from cuttings won’t develop tubers if they were allowed to flower as might be what happened to your cutting. I’ve heard to snap off the stems and cut them long. Hope they survive as they were gorgeous. I started from seed and it wasn’t easy.
@dustyflats3832 the tubers should look like a flattish, lumpy clod of dirt. It is a difficult thing to describe. There will be roots sticking out all over so it can be difficult to see the tubers if it is small. Once the soil and roots dry up it can be easier to identify a tuber.
Begonia is one of my favorite Flowering plants.
They are so beautiful.
I have a patio and pot garden only. I have a utility closet on the patio. Will this be sufficient to store my tubes for begonias and callas?
As long as it stays under 10C (50F) without freezing I would assume that would work.
I love your channel I had a feeling you were Canadian.
Thank you.
I Read where you can bring your hanging basket inside of your home and put them in a sunny window
Will they continue to stay green and healthy or will they go into dormancy and the leaves and flowers die off
I have overwintered a few small begonias under grow lights. As long as they stay under bright light with proper watering they continue to grow.
I just purchased an apple blossom not sure if it's nonstop. I'll have to check the label.
It’s such a beautiful begonia.
Excellent information. I am relocating, would these tubers be safe if packed away while being ferried in an airtight shipping container I am using for sending all my household goods in? They would be in a cardboard box as you have shown here.
I have no idea. I suppose if it is t too dry or humid, and stays above freezing but cool in temperature.
@@PrairiePlantgirl thank you, I will still try as it should be dry above freezing
Can you use the same thing for dahlia and geranium's please?.......
I think you will find this video th-cam.com/video/UyF6QuIUhcg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=scNar7PcjhMN4xm4 helpful for storing your dahlias. I don’t grow geraniums so I can’t help with that.
Thankyou.
Are all begonias tuberous or have bulbs? Can I keep mine in the house over winter. They have small blossoms.
Some begonias are not tuberous. Some like dragons wing and angel wing begonias are supposed to be good houseplants, but I’ve never tried this. Some begonias are bedding plants and only last for one season as far as I know. The bedding plants are often sold in multi packs or grown from seed.
Can I bring inside my potted begonia and just have it inside through the winter? Will it live?
I’m not sure if a tuberous begonia will survive this way. Some begonias make good houseplants. Give it a try if it isn’t too dear to you. Let us know how it works.
Hello I did stored mine 2 years ago and last year I forgot them in the box. I wonder if this year they will bloom ( if I don't forget again lol )
If the tubers are still in good shape it’s worth a try. I’ve never kept mine more than a winter before planting again.
@@PrairiePlantgirl thank you from Quebec :)
You could grow those cuttings in a window and create more plants.
I have a Rex Begonia I've had for 3 years I bring it in every fall..can I winterize it the same as other varieties?
As I understand Rex Begonias do not go dormant. If you’ve had good success bringing it inside as a houseplant for the winter then I would continue doing that.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Thank You..yes it does drop its leaves but they do grow back..the plant is large and beautiful..I did bring it in this fall also..thank you for your information and time..its appreciated 😌
IS IT possible to Just Bring thé pots indoors Düring Winter?
I have never tried that with begonias. I know some types of begonias make good houseplants, I’m not sure if this type does. If the soil isn’t too wet I’m sure you could put them in cold storage without the leaves.
What about water? and if they are in pots?
If they are in complete dormancy just let them be dry.
Have you ever propagated these by cuttings before? Will they really develope a tuber? They are extremely beautiful. I can understand why you want to save them.
This was my first year trying cuttings. They were stem cuttings and I don’t know if they would develop a tuber or not. The one from the pot in front of my house was a tuber I had saved from the previous year. They are lovely to have.
I live in Montreal, and have been trying to save my REX begonias by bringing my pots to the basement and not watering them. They are still blooming. Can I leave them in their pots in the basement or should I take the tubers out of their pots? TAS the gardener
Rex begonias are different from the tuberous begonias that I save. I have never overwintered them personally. My understanding is that they do not go dormant. You can keep them somewhere warm and bright. They need more humidity than an average heated house house and may need to be set on a tray of pebbles and water.
@@PrairiePlantgirl Hi. The tag on my begonias said that they were tuberous begonias but the spiky leaf meant REX begonia to me. My flowers look exactly like yours so I may be wrong about the 'REX' designation. I have 3 potted plants, should I try taking one of them out of the earth to see if they are actually tuberous begonias?
In that case I would check.
Are those begonias heat tolerant? I'm in Texas. I want to grow some.
I believe they would work well as they are native to South America and Southern Africa. They will need to have only early morning or late afternoon sun in a hot climate and would likely like daily misting unless your area is quite humid. I live in a much cooler climate so I am just making an educated guess. If I was you I’d ask other gardeners or a local garden Center to be sure.
@@PrairiePlantgirl thank you for the information. Have a nice day.
I never leave the soil on ,due to vine weevil, always clean them
Great tip if vine weevil is a problem in your area.
Do you know if sprint white begonias can be stored like this? I have no idea if they are bulbs or not…
I do not know. If they have a tuber like the ones I showed then they should store this way. If they are just roots then you could try overwintering them like a houseplant or Christmas cactus - I’ve never done this (overwintering like a houseplant or Christmas cactus) with begonias but have heard it works.
@@PrairiePlantgirl ok I’ll have to look up what they have and decide if I should bring inside or not. Thank you!
Can you save Begonnia Sutherlandii
Through a quick search online it appears Sutherlandi is tuberous. The instructions in this video should work for that begonia.
Lol, gloves are for chumps. XD this is all well in good but what about taking them indoors pot and all? mine lasted for a few months and then grew leggy with just a few leaves. I had it right under a plant bulb too. The stem looks like it's lost water. Is it going into dormancy without me doing anything or is it in distress?
Edit: just checked both of the ones I had left, one of them the tuber was in great condition but the foliage looked leggy and weak. the other one the foliage was strong but rot had destroyed the tuber and there were very vivaceous root fragments in the rotten tuber and signs something had just GOUGED at the stem until it severed from the tuber.
I’ve never tried to keep begonias grown from tubers as houseplants. I believe Rex begonias are the best for overwintering as houseplants. It’s my understanding the tuberous begonias need a rest period. If you keep them in the soil they still need a cool dark area and they will be more likely to have insect or disease issues from the soil.
So you SHOULD LET IT FREEZE??
Don’t let the tuber freeze, but the foliage can be frozen. The tuber will have protection from the soil around it during a light frost. Do not let them freeze in storage.
Why don't you want to enjoy flowers when the plants in bloom, rather than disturbing them now instead of doing it once when the flowers completely dry.
If I wait the weather will get too cold and destroy the tubers. I’m saving them so I can enjoy them in the next season. If I leave them they will freeze and rot away. I live in Canadian growing zone 3b, my frost free season is short. Plants are killed by cold here, not old age.
@@PrairiePlantgirl oh I see, thanks for your reply