Tropicals & Tender Perennials: B. bolivensis 'Bonfire' help needed ASAP, 0 by begoniacrazii

begoniacrazii wrote:
In late June, I put about a dozen cuttings in my propagation tank (aka old fish tank with a 50/50 mix of moistened perlite and vermiculite) which has a seed heating mat under it set at 70º more or less. I dropped one of my 'Bonfire' on it's head and decided to just stick the broken pieces in the tank. I had about 50% take, those that didn't turn to mush, I let the roots develop for a few weeks before I transplanted. So far so good.

the trick this time of year is to keep it going long enough to develop the tuber before it goes dormant. You may be able to keep it going indoors in a warm terrarium type environment long enough to form a tuber. Without the tuber it wont survive over the winter season if left in a cold area. I've heard of folks keeping them going all year without a dormancy period but have not tried this myself.

(photo below is the tank I mentioned)