Hello my name is Katie Rocha and today I’m going to show you how to bring in things like
begonias tender plants that won’t survive cold British winters.
Here I have some have grown in the garden I've lifted them out of their pots and it
might seem mean because they're still in flower but I'm going to cut them back and store them
over the winter time so that next year we can repot them and they will be even bigger
and better. So really, it's a matter of cutting them
down to a couple of inches high because once the frost hits these plans it will kill them.
They will not survive which is why bringing them in at this time of year before that first
frost hits will keep them healthy and mean that we can plant them next year it's also
a great cost saving thing to do because it's easy to think that you have to buy these plants
year in year out. When you're done they will start over the
winter time somewhere cool and dry so I'm just shaking off most of the excess soil because
what this does is it holds on to moisture and moisture over the winter will cause these
plants to rot so that's one done there. I've got another one here bring them off
bottom. You can also do this with dahlias however dahlias do like to be affected by
the first frost it kind of triggers that dormancy period in them. So begonias before frost's
dahlias after the first frost. Another plant you can do this with is cannas they like to
be brought in somewhere frost-free and dry over the winter too.
So there are my three begonias now I'm going to wrap them in paper. So it really is as
simple as taking a sheet and wrapping it up a little bit like fish and chips I like to
leave the top kind of out so it does if any much water does get in there it can evaporate
and dry out and then I'll just place them in the crate.
You can fit quite a lot in here depending on the size of the plants
and then come next year in early spring you want to be re-potting these in containers
with a new fresh, multi-purpose compost perhaps pop some leaf mould in there, give them a
good drink and they will know to sit up and pay attention and start growing again for
the following summer. Now I'm going to pop this in the greenhouse
under the counter so it's nice and shady and frost free and we shall be brilliant next
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