How to propagate Begonias from leaf cuttings + Begonia care tips
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- A helpful guide into every detail of successfully propagating Begonia plants using leaf cuttings. Propagating Begonias from leaf cuttings is surprisingly easy, and by following these Begonia propagation tips I hope you will be able to propagate lots of Begonia plants.
The process of growing Begonias from leaf cuttings is an amazing way to multiply your favourite Begonias for free.
⏩⏩⏩ IN THIS VIDEO ⏪⏪⏪
00:00 Introduction to growing and propagating Begonias.
02:00 Things you need for Begonia propagation.
03:20 Choosing the right growing medium.
05:00 Selecting and preparing your Begonia leaf.
07:10 Watering your Begonia leaf cuttings.
10:35 Tips for using a heated propagating.
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This sounds like so much fun! Am going to give it a go 🙂
Great video thank you.
Hi Craig. Thanks for the really interesting video. I've never tried begonias but I can see the attraction with the cool leaf colours and designs. Cheers
This is one of those plant jobs I've never got round to doing but always to do, I might have to try this now so thanks for the inspiration!
Haha, I’ve got a whole list of jobs like that too! 😂🪴
Very informative
Thanks for an excellent video
Superb video, thanks so much. About to try with a leaf cutting from my polka dot begonia. Am hopeful after watching this!
Thanks for info
1. Does this method work for polkadot begonias, or do you need a node?
2. Have you tried sphagnum moss as a growing medium, with coir? Any success?
3. Do you ever have issues with mold from the trapped moisture?
Thanks for this video!
Very informative. Thank you!
No problem, thanks for watching 👍
Thank you 😊🙏
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you 😀🌱🌴🪴
Great ideas
Thanks 😁
All my plants hated being brought inside for the Winter. I finally got a small greenhouse
Greenhouses make so much difference! Enjoy it 👍🙂🪴
A great video thanks so much, Love Begonias and fantastic info there.
No problem, thanks for watching. 👍
@@GrowParadise Cheers
Good method.
Thanks! 🙂
Thank u sir very good information
Thanks for watching 😁
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Hi hillo my friend good luck to ur plant journey begonia black nite nice
Thanks. Ive got a stunning metalic purple looking one but its gone all leggy and flopped over so going to prune and propogate using your advice...
Update: I followed your method of lying the leaves on top to propagate my metallic purple begonia rex. I also tried another method of just randomly cutting up the leaves into bits and mixing them in with the vermiculite.
Both are proving successful, however, with differing results?!
The plants from your method grew faster and resemble the metallic purple parent.
The plants from the randomly chopped and mixed method emerged slower and look different. They aren't metallic purple - they are just green and white.
Curious.
Another approach to propagating rhizomatous and Rex cultorum begonias is by leaf wedges. Could you post a how-to video on this technique?
Superb guide! I think going for a soilless medium is pretty key; they always seem to rot for me when I try a soil mix! Nice one!
Me to! I might try the mop thing next, anything that holds water should do the trick 👍🪴
If you put them into completely sealed containers, do you recommend adding any small air holes for circulation? Or would that defeat the entire purpose of trapping the moisture within, not having to water them again?
Hi. Thanks for another great video
When cutting leaf do I cut all the way through or just slice half way
Thanks
Hello! Good question 😀 All the way through, then there is a gap where the new leaves will emerge. 🌱
That was really great, Thank you. I have really good results propagating in water and in sphagnum moss, but the potting is not as successful. so now I'm trying coco coir and I'm even considering trying to pot on straight into coco coir only - I have a fair bit of it. If this method doesn't work, I'm going to try vermiculite.
I'm a bit lala for rhizomatous begonias, and my failures are discouraging me....
So, lets see how thing go. Thanks for your video, it kind of gave me hope again
Some Begonias can be very fussy! I'm glad the video helped 😁👍
So I tried the leaf cutting and the leaf got moldy. I'm going to try again
Does this work for tuberous begonias?
Such a great video. I have Escargot begonia can I use these outside in the summer as bedding plants? Going to try to propogate some for this reason I think and keep the mother plant inside for insurance.
Good idea, I love to propagate my plants so I have backups for when/if I kill another plant 😂😂😂🪴
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Wow! How will you divide the individual plants if/when the roots take off? How many plants can one leaf potentially put out with this technique? Very cool.
One lead can make dozens of babies, just gently cut them apart once they have a good amount of roots 🌱😀
@@GrowParadise Absolutely amazing. I recently started a small begonia collection and they've easily become one of my favorite plants. Thank you!
Hi thank you for a great video. I have a few small plants and some leaves that I've got that I really wanted to prop but used perlite & coco-coir but it seems to be too damped. How often do you mist, I'm in autumn now so not so hot anymore and don't have a heat mat yet!
Random question, I see what appears to be a pothos plant that you're possibly trying to "vine" up what appears to be twill wrapped around a tube structure...What's the best material to do this with? I have a dozen pothos that are around 4-5ft long and I would love to train them to grow around a tube structure like the one above. Thanks!
Try using coir, you can buy it as a Matt that can be wrapped around a tube. 👍
@@GrowParadise 🙏🏻Thank you!
Please why did you not water vermiculite before placing leaf on x just subbed
Watering before or after doesn't make too much difference for me. So long as it's damp then it will work 👍😁
Finally got what wanted..but sooo tedious..
do you put the container in light or darkness?
I put it in light to help stimulate growth 👍
Pros or cons to propagating in water?
Pros are constant humidity, cons are rot is highly likely to occur due to the lack of air circulation. Cane type Begonias root well in water but that is using stem cuttings rather than leaf cuttings 👍🪴
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I don't think they travel well, I've lost a few rooted cuttings now I bought online. Some Begonia types seem stronger than others. The cane varieties root easily in water for me. High humidity is preferred, as you say, and taking leaf cuttings in the Spring and Summer months gives far more successful results. Pearlite doesn't really hold water, but it's a good medium for breaking up dense compost for those first delicate roots. It's a useful video but can we see more varieties that you have?
I think begonias are such delicate plants, they are really fragile when it comes to shipping. Sure I can share the rest of my begonias with you in a video soon 🙂🪴