That Beefsteak Begonia is beautiful! I inherited mine. Been in our family for decades and we keep propagating it over and over in this same method. So we are growing them and giving one to each family member. Such an awesome plant!
Thank you! I do wonder how long the lifespan is and if that affects propagations... decades at least is good to know! The kind gal I got my cuttings from was worried hers might be getting too old as it was her grandmother's I believe, and it was looking sad.
My coworker gave me a propagated begonia and it has grown HUGE. Now I’m obsessed with begonias and this video showed me how to propagate mine so now I can have 2 begonias:)
Thank you! I learned so much about taking care of my beefsteak begonia! I have one for about 10 years and have never had it take off. the lady that gave a cutting to me had her since 1960 and told me it was given to her by someone who had had it 60 years then. Said they were popular during the Victorian era. Hopefully you able able to get out of the house more now that covid is settling. Thank you for brightening my day!
Wow! That is so neat that you know how old the original plant was - that makes it even more special! I hope yours grows as much as mine - it's so big now and overflowing a large pot lol!
The Beefsteak Begonia is my favorite plant of all time, I am constantly on the hunt for them. Last year I was lucky enough to get some from Steve's Leave's in Texas, they are doing pretty good. I first fell in love with them when I found one at the Philadelphia Flower show back in the early 80's, I have been hooked ever since. :)
They are such a rewarding plant! I'm glad you have some too :) I recently started some more stem cuttings in water and it took about a month to see roots but now they're about ready to be potted up 🙏
This was useful! My boyfriend’s family has a beefsteak plant that’s over 100 years old. I had terrible luck with the leaf method and didn’t know I could just put the stem in water!! This is going to be the siblings’ Christmas presents.
I brought back lead cuttings from my brother and his plants are all propagated from my grandmothers plant! I’m going to bring cutting to my mother, she gave hers up when they moved!
I subscribed and hope I can be added to more gardners who love beefsteak begonias! I received a start from a good friend and want to keep this original forever.
That was awesome, thank you! You talk to plants the way I do 😄 I have this exact begonia, having bought it from someone online. I, too didn't have much light for it in my home but I do have florescent lights in my kitchen and it LOVES it there. The leaves have literally doubled in size, larger than my hand! Thanks for all the useful tips!
I love the idea of being able to root this plant by the leaves.! I am definitely going to try. Wish me luck! What type of soil are you using for your Beefsteak Begonia plant for quick drainage? Will appreciate a quick reply back. Thanks.
I got this beautiful cutting from one of my patients in home health physical therapy and i have been propagating it for a while.. it has roots but i have been waiting for new growth and finally i see the start of some new growth- those little furrry white things... its been months! lol so maybe i dont have enough light? idk or its just a slow grower. thanks for the great video. this is a new plant to me so seeing what to expect and where the new growth comes from has been very helpful. i always refer back to this video
I love the Beefsteak begonia! My friend brought me a small one her mother had started. It has grown so easily! I haven't had the heart to propagate it though. And I've recently grown a Red Planet and a Little Darling Begonia in a terrarium. They are doing so well. I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for making it!
I just looked up those varieties - they're really neat! Enjoy your plant-friends!! And the Beefsteak was super easy to propagate - once yours gets bigger and needs a haircut, give it a whirl! The water rooting method is effortless 🙏
Thank you for that awesome video. I learned so much 👩🎓 I took some stem cuttings of my begonia maculata (the one with the silver polka dots). I had never seen a plant sprout roots that fast. Love, love, love plants 😍
Hi! Could you share an update on how the new cuttings you took are doing? And do you find you have more success with the stem cutting or the leaf cuttings?
My grandma used to always have one of these and it took me forever to find one for myself.. love these plants ❤️ so do you specifically just buy succulent dirt or do you just water it like you would’ve succulent?
I've heard SO many stories of people first learning about them from their grandma since posting this! I'm glad you got a Beefsteak too - they're so rewarding! I just happened to have a lot of fast draining soil handy (I make it myself) and I knew I could just water more if I needed to. I do water it a bit more than a succulent but not much! Say a shallow watering 1x a week to 10 days. I've been keeping it indoors and I know letting the soil dry out for a couple of days doesn't hurt it and keeps fungal gnats at bay 🙏
I would absolutely love an update video on this as well - I just inherited a piece of beefsteak begonia plant that was from my Grandfather’s plant, and I desperately want to try to give it its best life, lol... Trying to learn all that I can! Thanks so much for this video, I look forward to seeing how your cuttings are doing! ❤️
I have this same begonia plant, and just now found out its name , thanks to your video 🙂❤️. Thank you so much for sharing your experience growing and propagating this beautiful begonia species . I mixed about 10% of worm castings, and 15-20% coconut coir into the succulent soil, and it seems to like that. I think it does very well inside the house, next to a south east facing window (but the light is filtered by a covered patio ). The leaves are gorgeous … shiny, not wrinkled, and the underside have deep burgundy color.
Great video. I love that you talk to your plants - I do too! I just received a cutting that has several leaves. I stuck stem in water but the leaves are getting very limp. Should I add them to soil instead?
If you're sure it's the same as mine, I would take more leaf cuttings to reduce the load on the plant's water uptake capacity. If they're already limp, best to keep them in water. It can take 30 days or more to see any new growth.
@@SucsForYou thank you. I decided to experiment and put 4 of the leaves is soil with some root powder on the stems and then 2 of the stems in water to see what happens. They still seem to be holding their shape so we'll see. 🙂
Just rescued one pretty bad shape hope I can revive and would appreciate any advice was dry as a bone and most leaves and stems still green BUT limp not sure if I can post pic but do have one. I’ve had this plant in the past but this will be a new addition and gave away the old one years ago.
What a great video! I lost my beefsteak in the Helene flooding and ordered a new one only for our cat to knock it off the shelf and break off a large chunk with the rhizome. I put the whole thing in water to propagate, but do you think I should just use the leaves and ditch the rhizome? Thanks!
@@rachelvedock6376 that's basically my life motto 😆 Most of the patience I've learned in life has been taught to me by my plants and propagations 🙏 🫶 If you can, search my channel for 'Begonia' - I revived a B. Cachuma this year. New stems and leaves grew from a rhizome that had dropped all the stems. I didn't know if new growth would come back, and when I asked a Begonia group on FB, they were split on if it was possible, so that meant there was a chance. And it did!!
Have you tried streptocarpus propagation using the same method? They're beautiful plants and so easy to build up a stock for friends. I used to have begonia rex which I also propogated using the leaf cuttings but currently have no begonias, I'm afraid. Good to see your plants which complement the succulents!
I don't think I've even heard the name Streptocarpus! I just looked them up though and WOWZAS! Now I neeeed some! I hope you find some Begonias again soon and thank you for telling me about the Streptocarpus - putting in on my list 🙏💜
@@SucsForYou Yes, definitely get some. They're very easy to look after. They're popular, in garden centres, here in the UK. Our garden centres are all shut and they say most of the stock will be wasted. Such a shame!
I haven't tried such a large cutting yet but I need to on a bigger Begonia - I'm going to wait until spring. It should work, but it's a big piece to get rooting and needs a lot of energy to stay alive until it does root. I'll probably try water rooting 🙏
Do you find this certain finicky? I've had a begonia melachosticta and my special angel. Both of those needed a lot of humidity and mostly died. However my plant friend gave me a begonia Lucerna and that thing is a beast! No humidity needed, loves a bright area and grows like crazy? How does Beefsteak compare?
That's interesting and good to know! I have a Lucerna and it's pretty forgiving but it's not doing as well as the Beefsteak - maybe that's why! Although I keep the Beefsteak indoors, it's really humid in Houston. I'm just grateful it's happy here - really one of my least finicky plants, especially inside. You're making me think the B. lucerna would be happier inside ... I will try to do that before it gets really hot here. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for the video. I'm trying to propagate my plant as well. I'm doing with the leaf cuttings method. I do have a question, do you water the soil in between? or just at the beginning? Thanks so much for a reply. Stay healthy
Do you notice that the main leaf that is propagated dies when the plant begins to grow? I have 3 plants that were water rooted leaf cuttings and they are producing leaves and growing but the original leaf of drying and dying.
I've been trying to water prop a beefsteak for the past month and it isn't doing anything at all. I resorted to rooting gel a few days ago, nothing yet. I'm getting discouraged. The leaf method didn't work at all for me. This is my last leaf. It seema to be doing fine in the water, it's just not rooting 😭
I have a beefsteak begonia that I bought back in late July, it was very small only 2 leaves. It still hasn’t had any new growth. It’s October!! Am I doing something wrong?
That's odd! Mine are indoors and like bright indirect light and I water weekly at most... if it's still warm where you are, maybe try putting it outside out of direct/full sun and see if it gets a burst of energy from being outdoors :) I would be careful about fertilizing such a small plant, but you could try giving it a very small amount - diluted to 25% or less.
i’ve had one of these for a while and when i transplanted it a while back it wilted for a bit & then got better once it got used to the pot. Now it’s wilting again and i’m not sure why or what to do. what do you think?
@@SucsForYou I have 3 types of begonias, I am going to try the leaf cuttings on all 3, i will let you know how it come out. Thank you for the video and great ideas
Thanks Patti! It's just my basic succulent mix with about 40% topsoil to what ever other drainage materials I have handy - in this case Turface :) It's the stuff they use on baseball diamonds and is usually sold under the brand MVP (or as porous ceramic soil conditioner by other brands)
@@SucsForYou have you ever planted your beefsteak begonias in regular potting soil? Or could I mix potting soil with sand and peat moss? I have a large beefsteak that I’ve had for years and have propagated many new plants off of it, but it’s suddenly not doing well. (I’m sure it has nothing to do with my two new pet kittens) I don’t want to lose this one! (I already lost the second large one I had) I’ve started propagating three new leaves in water, one has many roots already, and I’m going to try the cut leaf method you showed in this video so I’m using lots of different methods, but I want to give them the best soil options when I plant them. Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful!
@@juliangrimm835 I've only used fast draining soil because that's what I have handy for all of my succulents lol! Sand and peat aren't good drainage amendments. Sand is too fine to do much good and peat will retain moisture. If perlite is the easiest option drainage wise, it will work well, otherwise a mix of pumice and/or turface is a great addition. 60% organic soil to whatever drainage amendments is ideal. What's going on w/ the plants that are doing poorly or died? Did the other one die off before you got kittens?
@@SucsForYou hi! Thank you for the info. I guess I’ll see if our local box store has some Pumice. (I’m assuming you don’t mean pumice stones…you must be talking about something ground up) I’m not sure what I did to it. I recently moved, so they got placed in a new spot. And I did have them under a grow light, because I was worried they weren’t getting enough light. (We are in Oregon and there’s only like 6 hours of daylight total in the winter…or it feels like it anyway) and I also tried giving them some fertilizer. I think those were both bad decisions. I’m hoping I can save this one, if nothing else by propagating some babies and just starting over. Oh! One other thing, I think they got put in bigger pots, so maybe they had too much space?
@@juliangrimm835 Here's what the pumice I'm talking about looks like: www.generalpumice.com/shop/316-size-35-gallon-bag-garden-pumice All of the things you mentioned could have been an issue ... lack of light if the grow light isn't strong enough (and vs versa if it's too strong). Over-fertilizing when they're not in growing season... and if the pots are too big the soil takes longer to dry out, so possible over-watering. Good luck with the propagations! They're slow but pretty easy to manage.
@@SucsForYou thank you. I put some leaf cutting in soil yesterday and am so excited to see what happens. Thank you for your video. It helped me understand what this gorgeous plant needs and hopefully I can get a nice start up plant.
That Beefsteak Begonia is beautiful!
I inherited mine. Been in our family for decades and we keep propagating it over and over in this same method. So we are growing them and giving one to each family member.
Such an awesome plant!
Thank you! I do wonder how long the lifespan is and if that affects propagations... decades at least is good to know! The kind gal I got my cuttings from was worried hers might be getting too old as it was her grandmother's I believe, and it was looking sad.
I love mine. My Nan gave me two and now there’s 19!!! I’m having to put them in more pots. ❤
That's awesome!
My coworker gave me a propagated begonia and it has grown HUGE. Now I’m obsessed with begonias and this video showed me how to propagate mine so now I can have 2 begonias:)
Yay! You've got the Begonia bug now too lol! I can't resist them when they really catch my eye... got a new one today!
OMG!! So happy to know I am not the only one who talks baby to their plants.. 🤗💚
All day!
Thank you! I learned so much about taking care of my beefsteak begonia! I have one for about 10 years and have never had it take off. the lady that gave a cutting to me had her since 1960 and told me it was given to her by someone who had had it 60 years then. Said they were popular during the Victorian era. Hopefully you able able to get out of the house more now that covid is settling. Thank you for brightening my day!
Wow! That is so neat that you know how old the original plant was - that makes it even more special! I hope yours grows as much as mine - it's so big now and overflowing a large pot lol!
The Beefsteak Begonia is my favorite plant of all time, I am constantly on the hunt for them. Last year I was lucky enough to get some from Steve's Leave's in Texas, they are doing pretty good. I first fell in love with them when I found one at the Philadelphia Flower show back in the early 80's, I have been hooked ever since. :)
They are such a rewarding plant! I'm glad you have some too :) I recently started some more stem cuttings in water and it took about a month to see roots but now they're about ready to be potted up 🙏
Just got a beef steak begonia and just found your Channel! I liked it so I hit subscribe
Awesome!! They're so fun and forgiving 🙏
I just find plants more and more fascinating. It's so exciting to watch nature do her thang.
Well said! There's never a shortage of plants we've never heard of before or why they do what they do!
Love plant hard to find
This was useful! My boyfriend’s family has a beefsteak plant that’s over 100 years old. I had terrible luck with the leaf method and didn’t know I could just put the stem in water!! This is going to be the siblings’ Christmas presents.
100?? That's amazing!
I brought back lead cuttings from my brother and his plants are all propagated from my grandmothers plant! I’m going to bring cutting to my mother, she gave hers up when they moved!
I can trace mine back over 100yrs too! Cheers! I am hoping I have good luck trying the leaf method. The leaf in water has worked well too.
I love begonias they have different colored flowers and different kinds of leaves beautiful colorful . Thank for your useful video...
3 year update? 😅🙏
I subscribed and hope I can be added to more gardners who love beefsteak begonias!
I received a start from a good friend and want to keep this original forever.
That was awesome, thank you! You talk to plants the way I do 😄
I have this exact begonia, having bought it from someone online. I, too didn't have much light for it in my home but I do have florescent lights in my kitchen and it LOVES it there. The leaves have literally doubled in size, larger than my hand! Thanks for all the useful tips!
I love the idea of being able to root this plant by the leaves.! I am definitely going to try. Wish me luck! What type of soil are you using for your Beefsteak Begonia plant for quick drainage? Will appreciate a quick reply back. Thanks.
Good luck! I make my own soil mix - th-cam.com/video/WW3gmRqriqQ/w-d-xo.html
from Argentina thanks!!!!
Best tutorial! Suuuuuper quick and info-filled!
Glad it was helpful!
It was so cute how you were talking to them 😂😭
I got this beautiful cutting from one of my patients in home health physical therapy and i have been propagating it for a while.. it has roots but i have been waiting for new growth and finally i see the start of some new growth- those little furrry white things... its been months! lol so maybe i dont have enough light? idk or its just a slow grower. thanks for the great video. this is a new plant to me so seeing what to expect and where the new growth comes from has been very helpful. i always refer back to this video
Yes, they're just slow to root but a little more light could help!
I love the Beefsteak begonia! My friend brought me a small one her mother had started. It has grown so easily! I haven't had the heart to propagate it though. And I've recently grown a Red Planet and a Little Darling Begonia in a terrarium. They are doing so well. I really enjoyed this video! Thank you for making it!
I just looked up those varieties - they're really neat! Enjoy your plant-friends!! And the Beefsteak was super easy to propagate - once yours gets bigger and needs a haircut, give it a whirl! The water rooting method is effortless 🙏
This begonia is so unique I’m going to have to look this one up and add it to my collection thanks for sharing
Hello. Just found you. What is the best soil to use for begonias? Do you face a favorite that you mic up yourself? Thank you in advance.
BRENDA UECKER I use fox farms happy frog For all of my plants is very fast draining and I love it so much
Thank you for that awesome video. I learned so much 👩🎓
I took some stem cuttings of my begonia maculata (the one with the silver polka dots). I had never seen a plant sprout roots that fast. Love, love, love plants 😍
Yay!! That's the only other Begonia I have and I water rooted a cutting from it too - SO fast!! It's now hanging in a pot w/ some Monsteras :)
Great ideas!!! Thanks and kisses from Barcelona!
Thanks for watching!
I love this video and mud pies. This is my second time watching it. It's very fascinating.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Hi! Could you share an update on how the new cuttings you took are doing? And do you find you have more success with the stem cutting or the leaf cuttings?
Will do! Probably in an upcoming tour video :) Stay tuned!
I grew mine for a cutting and have them in lecca. They're doing really great. Very low maintenance.
My grandma used to always have one of these and it took me forever to find one for myself.. love these plants ❤️ so do you specifically just buy succulent dirt or do you just water it like you would’ve succulent?
I've heard SO many stories of people first learning about them from their grandma since posting this! I'm glad you got a Beefsteak too - they're so rewarding!
I just happened to have a lot of fast draining soil handy (I make it myself) and I knew I could just water more if I needed to. I do water it a bit more than a succulent but not much! Say a shallow watering 1x a week to 10 days. I've been keeping it indoors and I know letting the soil dry out for a couple of days doesn't hurt it and keeps fungal gnats at bay 🙏
That's the way I propagate my watermelon peperomia! So easy and I think it's pretty fascinating that plants can do that!
That's awesome! I had no idea they propped like this too! I'm learning so much these days - thank you!
Wow its amazing how they grow from the leaves like that! Definitely a plant on my list!
I really is! I didn't understand how it worked until I tried it - rhizomes are weird haha!
I would absolutely love an update video on this as well - I just inherited a piece of beefsteak begonia plant that was from my Grandfather’s plant, and I desperately want to try to give it its best life, lol... Trying to learn all that I can! Thanks so much for this video, I look forward to seeing how your cuttings are doing! ❤️
I'll add a pic to the community page! You should get a notification if you're subscribed :)
Here ya go! th-cam.com/users/postUgzPl4PIulIYASN8g4B4AaABCQ
I learned something new today, thank you! Very cool plant, even cooler that it’s like a succulent.
Thanks for watching Erika! It's one of my favorite plants ever! 🥰
Muchas gracias
I've got to do that!! Thank you!
thanks for sharing i do have a begonia that i will be using your technique
Fun!! Just make sure it's the right kind! I don't want you chopping up a pretty leaf if it's not going to work 🙏
Do you happen to have a follow up video of this? It was so helpful!
I'm glad it was helpful! Do you have any particular questions?
I have this same begonia plant, and just now found out its name , thanks to your video 🙂❤️. Thank you so much for sharing your experience growing and propagating this beautiful begonia species . I mixed about 10% of worm castings, and 15-20% coconut coir into the succulent soil, and it seems to like that. I think it does very well inside the house, next to a south east facing window (but the light is filtered by a covered patio ). The leaves are gorgeous … shiny, not wrinkled, and the underside have deep burgundy color.
It's a great plant! My 'momma' plant is massive now!
Great video. I love that you talk to your plants - I do too! I just received a cutting that has several leaves. I stuck stem in water but the leaves are getting very limp. Should I add them to soil instead?
If you're sure it's the same as mine, I would take more leaf cuttings to reduce the load on the plant's water uptake capacity. If they're already limp, best to keep them in water. It can take 30 days or more to see any new growth.
@@SucsForYou thank you. I decided to experiment and put 4 of the leaves is soil with some root powder on the stems and then 2 of the stems in water to see what happens. They still seem to be holding their shape so we'll see. 🙂
Ok..thought I'd give you an update. Did my experiment and here are the results...i have to figure out how to attach the photos.
Just rescued one pretty bad shape hope I can revive and would appreciate any advice was dry as a bone and most leaves and stems still green BUT limp not sure if I can post pic but do have one. I’ve had this plant in the past but this will be a new addition and gave away the old one years ago.
I would try water propagating a few - one stem with one leaf. Just so you have some back ups!
What a great video! I lost my beefsteak in the Helene flooding and ordered a new one only for our cat to knock it off the shelf and break off a large chunk with the rhizome. I put the whole thing in water to propagate, but do you think I should just use the leaves and ditch the rhizome? Thanks!
I'm so sorry you flooded! I'd put the rhizome in soil and make a humidity dome. It should definitely put out new growth (eventually 😅)
@SucsForYou haha! Will do! All my succulent leaf experiments have helped me with propagation patience 😅
@@rachelvedock6376 that's basically my life motto 😆 Most of the patience I've learned in life has been taught to me by my plants and propagations 🙏 🫶 If you can, search my channel for 'Begonia' - I revived a B. Cachuma this year. New stems and leaves grew from a rhizome that had dropped all the stems. I didn't know if new growth would come back, and when I asked a Begonia group on FB, they were split on if it was possible, so that meant there was a chance. And it did!!
Have you tried streptocarpus propagation using the same method? They're beautiful plants and so easy to build up a stock for friends. I used to have begonia rex which I also propogated using the leaf cuttings but currently have no begonias, I'm afraid. Good to see your plants which complement the succulents!
I don't think I've even heard the name Streptocarpus! I just looked them up though and WOWZAS! Now I neeeed some! I hope you find some Begonias again soon and thank you for telling me about the Streptocarpus - putting in on my list 🙏💜
@@SucsForYou Yes, definitely get some. They're very easy to look after. They're popular, in garden centres, here in the UK. Our garden centres are all shut and they say most of the stock will be wasted. Such a shame!
@@gartmorn I saw all the tulips being trashed in Holland - so sad!!
Any update on this project? 👍 Thanks
I will soon - thanks for the reminder!
Buenas noches, muy lindo video. Deseo preguntar si la begonia acetosa tiene flores. Muchas gracias.
Yes, all Begonias can flower!
Can you cut the plant in half by the thick stem/trunk? Half of mine is growing out of its pot.
I haven't tried such a large cutting yet but I need to on a bigger Begonia - I'm going to wait until spring. It should work, but it's a big piece to get rooting and needs a lot of energy to stay alive until it does root. I'll probably try water rooting 🙏
Do you find this certain finicky? I've had a begonia melachosticta and my special angel. Both of those needed a lot of humidity and mostly died. However my plant friend gave me a begonia Lucerna and that thing is a beast! No humidity needed, loves a bright area and grows like crazy? How does Beefsteak compare?
That's interesting and good to know! I have a Lucerna and it's pretty forgiving but it's not doing as well as the Beefsteak - maybe that's why! Although I keep the Beefsteak indoors, it's really humid in Houston. I'm just grateful it's happy here - really one of my least finicky plants, especially inside. You're making me think the B. lucerna would be happier inside ... I will try to do that before it gets really hot here. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for the video. I'm trying to propagate my plant as well. I'm doing with the leaf cuttings method. I do have a question, do you water the soil in between? or just at the beginning? Thanks so much for a reply. Stay healthy
I tried keeping the soil a bit damp but it didn't need much water since the lid traps the moisture :)
Hello, greetings from Peru, could you explain how to prepare the substrate please?
I use a fast draining mix - about 50% organic to 50% drainage materials, and I don't use a very big pot. I water maybe 3x a month (or 2x)
@@SucsForYou Thank you so much.
OMG 😆
I love you 😘 new sub 🌱💚
Thank youuuu!
Do you notice that the main leaf that is propagated dies when the plant begins to grow?
I have 3 plants that were water rooted leaf cuttings and they are producing leaves and growing but the original leaf of drying and dying.
Yes they will die w/ age and time - perfectly normal :)
How did the ones in dirt and water turn out? I put some stem cuttings in sphag moss recently so I am waiting to see what happens.
They're doing great! Slow growing but great :) You should see some new growth about a month after starting them.
I've been trying to water prop a beefsteak for the past month and it isn't doing anything at all. I resorted to rooting gel a few days ago, nothing yet. I'm getting discouraged. The leaf method didn't work at all for me. This is my last leaf. It seema to be doing fine in the water, it's just not rooting 😭
Water rooting took a long time for me too - don't worry just yet! You can try giving it a little more light if it's not in a window.
I have a beefsteak begonia that I bought back in late July, it was very small only 2 leaves. It still hasn’t had any new growth. It’s October!! Am I doing something wrong?
I wanted to add that I have not used any fertilizer, 😱!! Should I now? Or is past the growing season?
That's odd! Mine are indoors and like bright indirect light and I water weekly at most... if it's still warm where you are, maybe try putting it outside out of direct/full sun and see if it gets a burst of energy from being outdoors :) I would be careful about fertilizing such a small plant, but you could try giving it a very small amount - diluted to 25% or less.
Thanks for this, if you put leaves in water how often do you need to change that water, because it gets to smelling?
I don't have a schedule - just change when needed or weekly-ish 🙏
i’ve had one of these for a while and when i transplanted it a while back it wilted for a bit & then got better once it got used to the pot. Now it’s wilting again and i’m not sure why or what to do. what do you think?
Hi, have you tried leave cutting on other types of begonias?
No - this is the only rhizomatous Begonia I have. I did water-root an Angel Wing successfully though! It's a 'cane' variety :)
@@SucsForYou I have 3 types of begonias, I am going to try the leaf cuttings on all 3, i will let you know how it come out. Thank you for the video and great ideas
@@teenapearce1699 Sounds like a fun experiment! Please do let me know how it goes!
Enjoyed that...what type of soil is the beefsteak growing in
Thanks Patti! It's just my basic succulent mix with about 40% topsoil to what ever other drainage materials I have handy - in this case Turface :) It's the stuff they use on baseball diamonds and is usually sold under the brand MVP (or as porous ceramic soil conditioner by other brands)
@@SucsForYou have you ever planted your beefsteak begonias in regular potting soil? Or could I mix potting soil with sand and peat moss? I have a large beefsteak that I’ve had for years and have propagated many new plants off of it, but it’s suddenly not doing well. (I’m sure it has nothing to do with my two new pet kittens)
I don’t want to lose this one! (I already lost the second large one I had)
I’ve started propagating three new leaves in water, one has many roots already, and I’m going to try the cut leaf method you showed in this video so I’m using lots of different methods, but I want to give them the best soil options when I plant them.
Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful!
@@juliangrimm835 I've only used fast draining soil because that's what I have handy for all of my succulents lol! Sand and peat aren't good drainage amendments. Sand is too fine to do much good and peat will retain moisture. If perlite is the easiest option drainage wise, it will work well, otherwise a mix of pumice and/or turface is a great addition. 60% organic soil to whatever drainage amendments is ideal.
What's going on w/ the plants that are doing poorly or died? Did the other one die off before you got kittens?
@@SucsForYou hi! Thank you for the info. I guess I’ll see if our local box store has some Pumice. (I’m assuming you don’t mean pumice stones…you must be talking about something ground up)
I’m not sure what I did to it. I recently moved, so they got placed in a new spot. And I did have them under a grow light, because I was worried they weren’t getting enough light. (We are in Oregon and there’s only like 6 hours of daylight total in the winter…or it feels like it anyway) and I also tried giving them some fertilizer. I think those were both bad decisions.
I’m hoping I can save this one, if nothing else by propagating some babies and just starting over.
Oh! One other thing, I think they got put in bigger pots, so maybe they had too much space?
@@juliangrimm835 Here's what the pumice I'm talking about looks like: www.generalpumice.com/shop/316-size-35-gallon-bag-garden-pumice
All of the things you mentioned could have been an issue ... lack of light if the grow light isn't strong enough (and vs versa if it's too strong). Over-fertilizing when they're not in growing season... and if the pots are too big the soil takes longer to dry out, so possible over-watering. Good luck with the propagations! They're slow but pretty easy to manage.
Can I do the same with a begonia Rex? I'll try it...
Looks like it!
How long does it take to root using the soil method?
At least a month for me 🙏
@@SucsForYou thank you. I put some leaf cutting in soil yesterday and am so excited to see what happens. Thank you for your video. It helped me understand what this gorgeous plant needs and hopefully I can get a nice start up plant.
@@Bbycks1 You're welcome! They're really fun to grow!
What soil you used?
Pretty much the same as for my sucs :)
Quisiera escuchar en castellano!!!!!