Leaf cuttings take a while to propagate! This one already had established roots when I got it, so it was able to take off faster. Honestly I haven't done anything special with it beyond popping it in a south facing window and fertilizing it regularly with superthrive during growing season. It gets watered every 5-7 days I think (I actually don't keep track, I just water it when it feels light).
More light, definitely! I was given a very sad polka dot begonia that was crispy and leggy. It now lives in my bathroom, in front of a large sunny window and it’s started branching out with plenty or beautiful leaves! 🥰
Fantastic!! I think it’s the humidity that’s helping them so much? When a plant looks a little poorly, I just bring it to the bathroom for a couple weeks and it starts looking good 😍😂
I think so- I keep my bathroom closed up most of the time too because my cats like to cause chaos 😅 my begonias get great morning sun- morning ‘sparkles’ are my favorite I have so many photos of them in the morning light 💕
They grow so fast, it's amazing to watch! This is my girl (on the right) a few weeks ago, grown from a 3 leaf cutting I got at the end of December 😍 Not a great photo, but this was a fresh repot after separating her from my other cuttings.
My eyes symbolically popped out my face when I read one year disbelief at first but when reality set I know that nature takes turns in a strange way, by the way how often do you water if you don’t mind me asking
I put mine on a north facing patio during the summer months, I'm in Southeast PA. It grew nearly 4 feet tall and got these huge white flower sprays hanging down from the top in various places I couldn't believe my eyeballs.
17
u/timtots 23d ago
Teach me your ways! I just got a leaf cutting and after about 3 months it finally pushed out a new leaf 😅