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help! rieger begonia help!
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Posted by contrygirllynn35 z4maine (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 05 at 6:07
| Hi I bought a Rieger Begonia about a week ago, just because it caught my eye on its beauty.When i got home I checked out information on it but everything was so contradicting! one place said full sun, one said shade, one said pt sun pt shade, one said it likes to be dry, one said it likes to be moist! all i know is i tried part sun, part shade for a week now and kept moist as needed, but the flowers are browning and I do not want it to die! I want to learn and keep it healthy! will it live a long time? does it bloom continuosly? please any and every advice you can give me will be like gold to me! thank you! |
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RE: help! rieger begonia help!
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Not sure but I would water when dry (not bone dry) for starters and work from there. You can begin to probably figure out what is needs from there.
Michele |
RE: help! rieger begonia help!
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contrygirl,
I have a Rieger begonia. It is doing well in mostly shade. Maybe it gets some very late afternoon direct sun but that is it. I water when the surface of soil is dry. The flowers will turn brown, I think it is normal. They will turn brown and drop and new ones will come out. Now mind you, my plant is down here in Florida and you are in Maine. As for temperatures, mine lived through a low of about 40 but I don't know if it could take a freeze. And the Florida direct sun was a big no-no! It was slowly cooking and that is when I moved it to almost full shade. It grew so fast after I moved it that I had to cut it way back and it is growing like crazy again. I don't think I've ever fertilized it and I have it almost a year. Good luck with yours! I would say in Maine anything up to part sun/part shade in summer is fine. |
RE: help! rieger begonia help!
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| I have acquired 6 beautiful Rieger Begonias and wish to know if they can survive outside in Jacksonville Fl. Of course they would be placed in full shade. I don't want to sacrifice them to my ignorance. Thanks in advance for any advice. |
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