How to store begonia tubers in winter - store begonia at home until spring

Experienced flower growers warn that it is not at all difficult to preserve a begonia flower until the next flowering, you just need to take into account all the necessary wishes.

Proper storage of begonias in the basement

After digging, the flower tubers should be dried and then placed in boxes or crates made of wooden material. You need to pour a ball of sand on top of them (it must be sifted) and take it to the basement. Peat and sawdust can be added to the sand (the same amount of both).

It is convenient to store this method when there is a lot of material for planting begonias. The cellar is not suitable for storing plants due to high humidity. Begonia does not tolerate it. From time to time, tubers need to be sorted and rotten specimens should be thrown away.

If there is a small amount of planting material, then it can be placed in a regular plastic bag and sent to refrigerator vegetable compartment. The so-called packaging must be filled with peat, moss or sawdust.

How to store begonia in an apartment

If you decide to store a plant in an apartment, you should set aside a place for it near the door on the balcony, or under the window.Begonia should be placed in a box with sand and sawdust.

In pots

Often begonias grow in the yard not in a flowerbed, but in pots. To store them in winter, you only need to trim them and move them to a cool place. The flower will need to be watered once a month and replanted in new soil in the spring.

If you do everything correctly when saving begonia in winter, it will definitely delight you with beautiful flowering next season.

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How to prepare begonia for wintering and preserve it until spring // ever-flowering, tuberous and hybrid