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niellephant

Building up my indoor garden, absolutely love learning how to propagate new plants 🥰

Begonia aconitifolia x coccinea

  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2019
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niellephant

May 14, 2019 - 9 branches with 47 leaves, haven't quite learned how to make it look nicer, but it's still putting out new growth!

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ubik.oni

Remove any leaves that you don’t like the look of, and by removing any growth tips, you’ll allow the plant to branch out like mad! Or you can do it like my Gramdma and never prune it so you end up with a 10ft tall monstrosity of a vine! Haha. Trimming begonias, I feel, is almost the same as doing Bonsai. It’s all about visualizing the end result and slowly eliminating possibilities until you eventually reach a point where you are satisfied and there are no further possible outcomes... only the

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ubik.oni

One you that you had visualized in the beginning.

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niellephant

@ubik.oni wow! Thank you for all the tips, looking forward to working on it ☺️

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ubik.oni

You’re very welcome! If you ever have any questions about begonias... feel free to tag me in a post. I keep quite a few very rare species of begonias and other terrarium-culture plants and I do not mind offering a helping hand when someone needs one! Best of luck!

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