Stubborn Begonia Corm

So, my favourite begonia from last year is still sitting in the airing cupboard and refusing to sprout. This is the one plant I really wanted to make it, practically every other one I overwintered is sprouting - but this one, that I took extra care over, is just staring back at me with a blank expression.

Am I worrying needlessly - I did buy it fairly late in the season so maybe it's just a late starter? I read somewhere that if the airing cupboard trick doesn't work after two weeks that you can soak them. Anyone tried this?

I mean look - it was lovely...

 

Hi I have a few that I have been trying to grow for a few weeks now.They are on a window sill in a warm room and they are just starting to come up They are that slow, I cannot imagine them getting to a size to flower this year, unless they suddenly start rocketting

 

Aaargh - I put two tubers into rather damp compost today. I haven't grown them for about 20 years and have forgotten what they like. Should I take them out, or will they be OK if I pop them into the heated prop to get them going?

 

Keep them at room temp , they should show after approx 20 to 30 days. Then again sometimes they dont ! I lose about 25% that won't sprout , although this rate varies a lot from year to year.

 

That's what worried me regarding the soaking tip. Should I still leave the corm covered until it sprouts out expose it to some light?

 

I usually put the tubers in a seed tray with just the bottom in the compost, at about 15C, I think an airing cupboard is far too warm and might even stop them sprouting.

Once they have a shoot or two about one inch high I then pot up, covering the tuber.

They grow really fast once the days get longer and the temperature rises.

 

Ah right, I'd read previously not to put them in compost until they started sprouting. As all the others had started I planted them but I've been keeping this one in a box waiting for signs of life

 

Thanks, I'll try this before giving up on it!