Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Bonfire begonia pic, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
That's what happened to mine. I successfully overwintered 4 of them and in mid March or so they started sprouting growing long branches and blooming under or close to shop lights. I moved them outdoors and the branches broke off (too tender for wind?) Since then they sprouted anew but nothing like they did indoors. The nice thing is they are becoming so commonplace it is easy to buy new ones and treat them as annuals. My newest one I put in an 18 inch pot and has covered it fairly well after 4 weeks. Gagirl's is the nicest one I've seen - standing erect is hardly ever seen (is it staked?)

The tuber continues to grow in size and one guy showed his enoromous tuber on the Yahoo site - it looked to be over 12 inches in diameter. That would win a prize in my book without even sprouting.