Begonia flower seed germination

It is difficult to grow Begonias from seed, but the seeds themselves are quite easy to retrieve from plants at the end of the flowering period. These annual plants can flower throughout summer, but produce seeds in small seed pods toward the end of the growing season. Annuals do not return from their roots in the following growing season, so you must retrieve the seeds in fall and store them until spring. The many different begonia species can be used for borders, container gardens or grown indoors as houseplants.


FLOWER SPECIFICATION

Light Requirement for Begonias: Bright Light to Filtered Light

Water Requirement for Begonia : Drench, Let Dry

Humidity for Begonias: Average Home

Fertilizer for Begonias: High Phosphorus

Potting Mix for Begonias: All-Purpose

Propagation of Begonias: Division, Leaf Cuttings, Seed, Stem Cuttings

Decorative Use for Begonias: Hanging Basket, Table

Temperature: 2 to 75°F (22 to 24°C). Keep temperature as

Height: 0.5 to 1.5 feet

Flower color: Red, white,pink

Germination Time: At 7-10 days the radical emerges and the flats should be removed from the 100% humidity environment. After 2 weeks, germination should be complete.


Fertilizer: Feed with huge water,to keep the moisture (if required). Use vermicompost and also use the mixture of water and rotten mastered oil cake - 20:1 weekly to feed.

Growing From Seed - we need to Wax begonia seed for sown indoors four to six months before the last spring frost date. Sow the very fine, almost powder-like seeds in a sterile growing mix and water the plants from below to avoid problems with damping-off, a fungal disease. Press the seeds in the soil but do not cover them with soil; they require light to germinate. Cover the seed flat with glass or plastic to maintain high humidity.We have to take 14 to 20 days for germination. Soil temperatures must have between 70° and 75°F are ideal.

Step 1

Use a flat seedling tray and its deep will be 5 centimeter. Make sure you have plenty of holes in it for good water drainage.


Step 2

As the seeds are perfect in size then you can put the seeds over it by 1/3 after that cover the seeds with seedling mix only about 1 cm (one centimeter)

Step 3

Take equal quantity of sand, soil and vermicompost. Then mix all the three ingredients into one container.


Step 4

Sprinkle diluted fungicide water (2gm in 1 liter water) after sowing the seeds.We have to careful about putting the seed because seeds will not to go deep inside the mixture.


Step 5

Thereafter spreed the Begonia seeds on the mixture. If your seeds are so tiny then you can spreed water very lightly and carefully on the seed.Make sure that the water must be mixed with diluted fungicide powder. It is very important to follow that the seeds will not to go very deep inside the mixture by speeding water on the seed, if it happen then the fertilization of the seeds are become difficult.


Step 6


Cover tightly plastic polythene wrap over the pot to promote soil moisture retention and place it in a dimly lit area of the house. Lift the plastic daily to check that the soil is moist. If not, lightly moisten it with a water-filled spray bottle before replacing the plastic. Expect germination within three to five days.


Step 7

Remove the plastic as soon as the seedlings emerge, and gradually move the pot to a brighter area over a two-week period so that at the end of the time they're acclimated to being in full sunlight.


Step 8

Minimum warm, above 60ºF (15.5ºC),is needed inside the container and it should be placed in sunny area.After that the whole thing should be covered with a poly bag and after 21 days, the plastic can be removed.


Step 9

Watering it as it is required. Place the container in semi shaded place. Begonia needs a proper sunny area to germinate.




Water the plant. Most of the plants are needed a bit of extra watering after first being planted, in order to avoid what is known as ‘transplant shock’. Give your begonias a heavy watering, so that the soil is moist but not drenched. The flowers will need to be watered every few days from there on, either manually or with a sprinkler system. Begonias don’t tolerate heavy watering well, so don’t worry about keeping their pot constantly wet. In fact, if it rains heavily in your area, you may have to move your begonias onto a porch or indoors to prevent them from drowning.

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