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Begonia

  Q    
What is the best way of propagating a Begonia rex plant?
       
  A    
The simplest way to propagate Begonia rex is to take leaf cuttings.
       
 
  Q    
Can you advise me how to store my begonia tubers, and also, what is the best method of propagating begonias?
       
  A    

Lift your begonia plants before the first frosts arrive. (see week 44)

 

Keep the tubers dry until February or early March then plant them in trays of a peaty compost to sprout.( see week 10 )

 

Water carefully, and raise the temperature to 16°C. (60°F).

 

There are a couple of methods to propagate begonias; i.e. rooting leaf bud or leaf cuttings and place in a propagator.

       

 

 

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