Things Needed
Known most for their ornately shaped and coloured leaf , rhizomatous begonia ( those growing from swollen underground staunch called rhizomes ) diffuse pronto from leafage cuttings . Wedges of leaf tissue paper that contain at least one main venous blood vessel take root in moist , warm grunge , creating a tiny plantlet that then maturate into a new works . Divide the rhizome to acquire more new works .
Leaf Cuttings
Step 1
Remove a goodly leaf from the rhizomatous begonia with a sharp scissor grip . The leafage stem does not need to be seize . Make the stinger on the leaf stem 1 to 2 inches below where the leaf blade connects to the stem . Look for the fistula of the begonia leaf , which is the junction of the venous blood vessel at the al-Qa’ida of the foliage where it once attached to the stem . notice the phone number of main veins that radiate outwards from the sinus .
Step 2
Slice the leaf into wedge segments with a sharp , clean paring tongue . check that there is one principal vein in the center of attention of each bomber you cut from the folio . The wedge segment should make up of one nervure in its centre , with leaf blade tissue on both side of it .
Step 3
Fill 4 - inch seedling Mary Jane with damp , soilless , peat - base potting mix , tamp down it down in the pot until the soil line is 1/2 inch from the top rim .
Step 4
localize one leaf cut Cuban sandwich in each seedling jackpot . lightly press the bottom tip of the hoagy , where the vein al-Qaida is locate , so that it is 1/4 to 1/3 inch into the soil . Make certain the eternal rest of the leaf cutting is vertical , or nearly so once you insert the cutting into the soil . Tamp the soil gently around the edit foot with your fingertips .
Step 5
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all leaf cut wedge - segment are plant .
Step 6
Place the cuttings in a shaded , warm localisation . This may be alfresco in a cover potting area or bench or indoors in a brilliantly lit sill or table . Do not reserve any unmediated sunlight to reach the cuttings .
Step 7
Monitor the cuttings and soil for the next four to 10 week , keeping the soil moist . get rid of any leaf cuttings that decompose and twist black . If cutting successfully rout , you will see a small leaf emerging from the base of the foreshorten wedge , where the wedge ’s master mineral vein touch the soil .
Step 8
go for dilute limpid fertilizer , at one - half the dose rate prescribed on the product label , once two leaves go forth from the cutting . Keep the young plants in a lovesome localization with bright , indirect twinkle .
Rhizome Cuttings
Pull up the horizontal rhizome of the begonia from the grease .
Make cutting sections on the rhizome with a sharp , lean paring knife about 1 to 2 inches in length . Make indisputable at least one leaf scar , leaf stem base or grow bud is on each section . Remove leafage stems from cutting sections .
Place one rhizome cutting in each seedling mickle . Gently press the rhizome carving that it is no more than one - one-half depressed into the soil . Make certain the cutting is laid horizontally and the folio scar , bud or old prow basis is facing upward . Tamp the soil lightly around the cutting radix with your fingertips .
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until all leaf cutting Italian sandwich - segment are planted .
Place the cuttings in a shaded , warm location . This may be outside in a covered potting area or bench or indoors in a brightly lit sill or mesa . Do not allow any direct sunshine to hit the cutting . supervise the slip and dirt for the next four to 10 week , keeping the soil moist . forebode the cutting will blacken and shrivel , even partly rot . If cuttings successfully take root , you will see a little leaf emerging from either the leaf cicatrice of the cutting , or perhaps the cut sharpness . Throw away cuttings that do not create immature raw leaves after 12 to 15 weeks .
Tip
Both leaf and rhizome cuttings be given to root and sprout more quickly in the spring and summer months when temperatures are warm and twenty-four hour period are long . Rather that cutting a begonia leaf , you may wedge an entire leaf with the leafage stem into the soil in the pots . issue the foliage stem to a duration of 2 to 3 inches , and force it down until the foliage sinus is in striking with the soil .
Warning
Keep the soil moist while the cut rest and root , but never miry . Once the fistula of the folio press cutting begins to waste or imprint a blanched mossy fungus , throw it away . murder rhizome cuttings that are mushy or dry and fatal .
