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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 8:41 pm
Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows if these flowers will grow indoors thru the winter season or not?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 6:17 am
Yes, I know that geraniums can be overwintered. I cut mine way back and store them in the heated (but cool) basement watering every now and then. When they start to sprout up in the spring, I bring them upstairs to the light and water and fertilize regularly. Don't know a thing about begonias.
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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 9:56 am
Thanks Vee, so I have to cut them back tho....I hoped I could just bring them in as is and they would continue to bloom.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 10:51 am
No, you could bring them in and have them continue to bloom if you have a very sunny window. The problem I find is that as the flowers drop, they stain the floor or carpet. You just need to diligently pick back all wilted leaves and flowers. Good luck with it.
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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 11:55 am
TY Vee...
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, September 19, 2005 - 12:10 pm
It may depend on where you live, and your climate. I've brough geraniums in and put them in a windowsill, and they have stayed green, but not bloomed. The plants got a little "leggy" and "thin," though, when I did that. And once I cut them back as Vee said... and then when I put them out again in the spring/summer, they came back really beautifully. I don't know about begonias, sorry.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 12:05 pm
Begonias can be wintered in the same way as the geraniums, cut back and store in a cool dry place for the winter, with a few waterings to keep them alive. Not sure about letting them bloom all winter I've never tried it. My neighbor has a Begonia she has kept alive for about 5 years now, each year it comes back bigger and flowerer than the year before.
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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 7:53 pm
Jagger, thanx for the info....now by cutting back do you mean right down to the bottom of the stems so they are just above the soil? We are starting to get some frost here and there so I had better get something done soon if I am gonna...lol
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 7:46 pm
Sue, here is a good source of information for overwintering geraniums. I usually cut mine back a little further than they suggest here, but perhaps I'll not cut mine back so far this year and see how they do.
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Sue
Member
06-02-2005
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 8:36 pm
TY Vee!
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