"Sheila" wrote ...
> Hi, I bought one of these beauties in August, and it has flowered
freely,
> I havnt had one before, how do I overwinter it? will it survive? It has
> been kept in a East facing conservatory, Formby/South****t Area. and its
> getting a bit nippy in there now, I dont overwater it, it is still
> flowering, but not as spectacularly as at first.
I don't know what sort of begonia that is but I've still got some of my
Mums, and she died in 1993, by simply turning the pots on their sides now
and letting the tops die off. No watering until you see the start of new
shoots appear in the spring when they can be repotted in a good
multipurpose
compost and grown on being careful not to over water at first until the
roots have grown. Mine are in a heated greenhouse (min 50°F) and sit on
their sides under the staging all winter, no watering at all.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK
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