[pbs] Begonia boliviensis
Nancy Ellis
ellis at onlinenw.com
Fri May 30 01:45:09 EDT 2008
Ditto here for Carlo's treatment. I've grown it 4 years now. Never
thought to grow it year round as understand it has a natural
dormancy- perhaps I'm mistaken.
Nancy Ellis
Dayton, Oregon
On 30 May 08, at 12:54 AM, carlobal at netzero.com wrote:
I just dry out the pot and bring it in to a cool dry (root cellar,
basement, etc.) place. You can pretty much ignore it until it shows
signs that it wants to wake up. I haven't TRIED to keep it going by
bringing it in before dormancy--don't know how that would work.
It was put back outside and watered just a week or two ago after it
started into growth. So far it's slow...but it was spectacular all
last season, so I can wait...
Carlo
Carlo A. Balistrieri
The Gardens at Turtle Point
Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
Zone 6 (845.351.2049)
Visit: www.botanicalgardening.com and its BGBlog
-- Pelarg at aol.com wrote:
Hi Tsuh Yang,
Yes, Begonia bolivensis is tuberous. My tuber came from Brent and
Becky's a
few years ago, it is quite large (maybe 5 inches across) and I just
replanted it in a hanging basket outside yesterday. For winter
storage in our
climate, I wash and dry the tuber off in fall after the plant has
died back, and
pack it in a plastic ziplock bag. I recommend keeping a watch on it or
applying fungicide in case of mold, but so far my tuber hasn't had
problems. It is
easy to grow outside, but doesn't like our hottest summer days. I
think
there might be a few strains of it around, the BB strain is an older
one, I
suspect, but I believe there have been newer introductions from wild
collected mate
rial, at least out west.
Good luck,
Ernie D.
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