Begonia plug plants

christmasdiane

Hi, I am planning my next summer bedding schemes, and I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get non stop begonia plug plants next spring? there re some seed companies in the uk that do them but they don't post them to Ireland

redser7

I looked into this before but came up a blank. I'm going to raise my own from seed. Getting regular and mocha from T & M. Unless you could get them from the north but could be convoluted.

christmasdiane

yes, I was considering growing from seed also, but might look into delivery from the north

Supercell

Lots of seeds on ebay and deliver to Ireland
I grew my begonias last year from seed, was very easy, ended up with far far too many, seeds are like dust.

christmasdiane

Good idea, did you use a heated propagator and what month did you start them?

redser7

I grew semperflorens (options mixed from t&m) the last few years. i used a heated propagator and started them in February. I have a greenhouse now so will start them in January this year and start putting them in the greenhouse probably march, bringing them in at night till nights warm up a bit. I don't want to pay for the heat in the GH. The non-stop begonias look much nicer, plus you can store the tubers for the following year!

Supercell

christmasdiane wrote: »

Good idea, did you use a heated propagator and what month did you start them?

I started in March on a sunny southwest facing window and they took about three weeks to germinate. Once started they grew like crazy, i think i did about 5 thinnings in all

Next year i'm going to start in January to get a head start.

They germinated far slower initially than the Nasturtiums, Marigolds and Petunias for me so they will get planted first next year. That said once they did germinate i had far far too many.

jaffa20

Must try begonia in my propagator next year. Any other suggestions of plants i could start from seed for an east facing balcony? Coleus etc? Want to try be adventurous this year:)