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gRDEN. NOTES Tuberous Begonias
A. R. BUCKLEY
PLANT RESEARCH
INSTITUTE, OTTAWA
you.are bothered at all by
what to. plant in a shaded or
Semi-shaded are,o and have not
yet tried tuberous begonias,
your worries should be
completely at an end.
Few other plants can give
Stich tremendous satisfaction or
offer such a diversity of color,
form and texture as this plant.
Because they are easily grown
from tubers which may be
stored in the basement during
the winter, you won't have to
worry about winter protection
as you do with so many plants.
Tuberous begonias are,
challenging plants for both the
experienced gardener, who can
with extra care get larger and
more ,beautifully colored
blooms, and for the, connoisseur
• who need never stop searching
for newer kinds because dozens
of these are introduced annually.
There are a large number of
forms resembling . camellias,
roses,' single dahlias, carnations
and even daffodils; there are
those with picotee edgings,-
ruffled and wavy petals, hanging
basket types, single crested and
multi -flowered kinds.
Right now you have a good
choice of tubers in your local
garden supply store. Selected
named cultivars may be obtained
from specialists.„.�
To start the tubers I would
• suggest using leaf mold or
one-halfpeat with a one-half
sand mixture. •v
Start them in a basement
fluorescent set-up or a
greenhouse, or wait until the
first week, of April if you must
grow them for a while in the
house.
Once the- tubers have
produced leaves, pot them in a
good African violet soil which
you can -get at your store,'and
place them in a window where
• theywill get filtered sunlight.
After the 'danger of frost has,
passed (usually this istis the 'end
of May or the first week in June,
or earlier if you live in milder
climates than eastern Canada),
plant them° in your specially
prepared beds or window box.
Be sure to place the plants so
that the points of the first leaves
face toward you or many of the
blooms will be facing" in,. the
wrong direction. Make sure the
crown (the point where the stem
arises from the tubers) is no
deeper thin one inch below the
top of soil. -
The most important fadtor in
" . growing_ begonias in outdoor
beds or large planter boxes is
perfect drainage. The bed should
be even with 'or slightly higher
'than the surrounding area.
A fairly loose soil is the most
desirable but which has
sufficient body and nutrients to Uo n'ot- pinch the plants of
allow normal development of the seedling .hanging basket type
the plants. , the first ear as this dues not
You can prepare average allow time for flower production
garden • soil for tuberous and does not allow the tuber•t0
begonias. If your soil is IU a\ s de\elop properly .
clay type or one which drains .\s the cold weather
poorly, acid •leaf mold. sand. peat approaches in late :\ugust„
moss or some other organic graduall\ reduce watering. Just
materials.- (•parse strati is better before frost, bring the plant
than animal manure.
If your soil is sandy. add leaf
mold, peat -)nos or cou p(i,st.
Moisten the soil thoroughly
before planting. ' Mix a
tablespoonful of a complete
house plant - fertilizer or 'fish
meal into the soil under the.
'roots. ('over 'this with soil and
set the plant in its place. Re
careful not''• to Jea\ e the. soil
mounded around the' stalk Of the
plant.
Water the entire planting bed
thoroughly but he careful not to
let the soil become soggy.
:the next watering should not
be until the surface of the soil
starts 'to dry out. .\s the plants
de\elop. the Watering y\ ill
become more frequent.
An oft -repeated rule is water
only when the surface of the soil
shows dryness.
For a longer blooming season
.with _ larger.__ mole __.,b'eau.tiful.,
flowers, fertilize your begonias
regularly with a complete liquid
fertilizer at two-week intervals.
• To • obtain large 'flowers on
the standard or upright type,
remove all shoots except one:
• This , is accomplished '.'by
breaking off at any time the`
growth that develops from the
tuber.
On the hanging basket
varieties started from tubers, all
the sprouts should be kept and
the tips pinched from the first
main sprouts., when they attain
four or five inc:J,tes of growth.
This induces the development
of the lateral growth and the
growth of new sprouts•. Lateral -
sprouts should not be pinched
until just before or soon after
potting.
indoors.
Lift the tub\trs out of the
ground but leave as much soil on
them as \ (10 can. l.ea\e the
,ten3, intact until a fe\v weeks
later w hen 'they have wilted
sufficiently,. then' cut off the
branches to within three or four
inches of the tubera
\ few weeks later remove the
stem and an adhering roots and
take- off any earth from the
tubers. Store them in peat moss
or vermiculite in a temperature'
of fifty to sixty' degrees.
Tuberous begonias are subject
to most -common Insects said
Dna have"to he sprayed with an
all-purpose spray .
l'he worst problem is mildew,
which attacks them during
summer and fall..\ good regular
spraying with Karathane has
given the best control of this
disease.
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