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emch

Gardening in mostly deep shade in Zone 6. My passion is adding more native plants to my landscape & clearing out the foreign invasives.

Begonia (Rhizomatous)

  • Season Icon Mid WinterMid Winter 2021
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emch

Cuttings -- or kittenings, since the kittens broke these off -- of "Black Mamba" and "Pandora," now rooting in water.

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heatherdirtyhands

My kittens do that for me all. The time. Lol wish they would let me ask first haha

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docthrill

Does rooting in water work well on begonias Eileen ?

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emch

It mostly has for me @docthrill -- if push comes to shove I have a jar of rooting compound.

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docthrill

I’ll have to give that a try

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emch

It's 8 million times simpler than slicing through the veins at precise intervals and pinning the leaf against the surface of the soil. IDK why ppl have to make it so complicated @docthrill

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docthrill

I did a lot of online research on line and only saw procreation in water only done with a branch. Are those just the leaves or is there a nice stem in there ?

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emch

"Pandora" doesn't even have a whole petiole to work with, but "Black Mamba" includes a chunk of the main stem.

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emch

In other words @docthrill -- I'm confident about "Black Mamba" but "Pandora" is strictly a 'wait and see' situation...

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docthrill

Oky doky

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emch

FWIW every sad-looking leaf has perked up nicely in water so where there's life, there's hope @docthrill

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docthrill

I agree

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