BEGONIA PROPAGATION - Ep 039

We're back this week with Steve Rosenbaum of Steve’s Leaves to talk begonia propagation, which is easier than you think! Steve assures all of us that once you start to do it, it can get addicting. So watch out! And tune in to all the different ways to propagate a begonia.
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[@alvinleonora7582]

Now I know how to propagate. Nice video. I think the propagation process would be complete if you include the watering system and the place where the new plants should be positioned.

[@barbll000]

My goodness. I can see another obsession coming on. I have a few pepperonias and I'm totally addicted to calatheas, succulents and ferns. I do understand how a house can get filled with plants.

[@UncleRandy73]

I’m going through it. Ha

[@barbll000]

@@UncleRandy73 that was a year ago. I probably have 200 plants now LOL

[@UncleRandy73]

Barbara Lindberg I went crazy in my backyard during this shutdown and now I am gonna have to add on a room, just to have room for winter. Lol

[@bengit4728]

Check out hoyas too lol

[@dontdomeboo81]

i cant wait to be obsessed about propagating because at this point I'm obsessed with buying and I'm spending tons of money 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adavis4634]

This video was fascinating!! Who ever knew there were 101 ways to propagate begonias!! WOW! So informative and fun to watch! Thanks a million!!

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

are you bubbly or what? lol

[@fleridameza9088]

Wow. What a beautiful collection of begonias! It was so enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

[@kathygilbreath6073]

I really enjoyed this video. I recently received 4 begonia plants from Steve’s Leaves and I just love them.

[@grisespino8765]

Great informative video... beautiful plants Steves Leaves !!

[@jenniferhill3966]

Thank you for this video! Just bought my first begonia today. Super excited!

[@MonaMake]

This is the most beautiful leaves I’ve ever seen

[@echo-underwater6804]

I know this is an older upload but I am so glad I found it now. I have not been able to propagate begonias before, and now that I have seen him do it, I can try again with the correct method. Thank you so so much for doing these videos!

[@Shadowashai]

How did it go for you?

[@marialuisacortes3756]

Thank you. !Fenomenal! Yo lo había oído decir; pero no estaba segura, ahora lo estoy, me encantan las Begonias. Excelente instrucción. Gracias mil.

[@kimtingchaleun2910]

Thank you so much for show to share. 💗

[@collywogs2258]

Wow, never knew!!! Thanks for this video.

[@rudolfludick9610]

Such useful information! I just got three plants from a retail store on special, they look like they are ready to give up and quit. This video has certainly given me some good tips on what i can do to ensure the continuing of the plant's life cycle. Thanks!

[@christinebeames2311]

This is THE BEST GROWING VIDEO CHANNEL , INSPIRING AND VERY ENTERTAINING , We learn n sooomuch thank you xx

[@curiositygarden]

I experimented and stretched cling film over a cup filled with water, and stuck begonia leaf wedges through a couple slits so they were just touching the water.. couple weeks later I had roots!!! 🌱❤️

[@sammielyle5424]

Kristen S Have you gotten anything beyond roots?

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

How many baby plants did you get

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

I stuck a Rex begonia Leaf in water and it grew baby plants at the end and I parted them up and they're growing

[@aida087]

Hello Summer thank you for sharing! I just got a Rex Begonia and never knew how amazing they are! I wanted to propagate it so I can't wait to try this!! And if it's anything like my African Violet addiction, I'm in trouble lol!!❤️🥰🙏🏼

[@mathildakd1]

Love this

[@shavonnehurst4752]

"Hopefully the mics dont pick up the sound of the plants screaming as I cut it" LMAo

[@stadtjer689]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO ROFLLLLL OMFGGGG

[@laybitstvlog4082]

What an eye opener! I didn't expect that leaves are used to propagate begonias. Thanks for sharing and stay connected!

[@deliabera5833]

Gracias por enseñar Tus begonias están hermosas te felicito ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌺🌺🌺🇺🇾🇺🇾

[@jonjon296]

Great video thanks! And I love the questions you ask him no matter how silly they may seem to us but we're all thinking it lol. Subscribed!

[@gorancormarkovic3191]

This video about Begonia is realy great. One more tip, dont place new plants on direct sun light it will burn plant. Give plants every 2 days some water that is for summer time of year.

[@altchang]

Fascinating!!

[@leonaleong694]

Wow i love begonias ❤️

[@Kurbiee]

Love all your videos! One of these on bromeliads (neoregelia, cryptanthus, etc...) would be awesome.

[@majabursac592]

Thanks to the information you unselfishly shared, I tried to propagate begonia (begonia erythrophylla). I hope it will be successful.

[@barbarafaith]

I know I am late watching this one BUT I just purchased a Rex Begonia with red coloring on the leaves. I was super excited to find one of your videos about Begonias! Steve was so informative about Begonias. I had no idea a plant can be propagated so many ways. Who would have thought a plant could be grown from a leaf! Wow! If I lived near Steve, I would work for free!!

[@ruthstevens3720]

I would too! Love his plants! 🌱🪴

[@michelleschafer9692]

Something worth trying out this summer! begonias fancy ones anyways can be a bit pricey.....but I'm willing to try this

[@ArcanePath360]

11:44 - It's the Mandlebrot set!

[@louibeans]

Fantastic video! Unfortuntaley not much info on how to water the cuttings, I struggle with that. The soil is always too wet and the leaves always rot.

[@jelena9560]

Blown away by how easy it is to propagate begonia's! Steve is a great teacher and I can't wait to get my first begonia's to propagate :) Thanks Summer for the vid!!!

[@summerrayneoakes]

you're absolutely welcome. Also, question for you: what are your biggest challenges that prevent you from being the most awesome plant parent ever?

[@jelena9560]

Definitely having the right know-how and confidence to care properly for my plants. There is a lot of differing advice on plant care that I find that sometimes I try too hard, or don't try hard enough, or I get scared off buying a particular plant variety because it sounds too hard to care for. :-/

[@ma.guadalupezunigaflores963]

Que hermosos colores de hojas no las conocía buen vídeo gracias por compartir

[@DaysFlyBy007]

I would heckin LOVE to work at Steve's Leaves!!! Ahhh...dreams. Maybe someday. I'll refer to this comment in my interview, lol.

[@judithaamoramarinay6970]

HAPPY New year thank YOU for sharing good job ser

[@mmukhlis359]

very beatiful. begonia.

[@WildRemedies]

I keep watching videos on begonia cuttings and I’ve tried all of them on my escargot begonias and I’m so excited because most of them work pretty good, the reason I even started watching the videos was because I used to just cut one of my leaves and stick it in water and expected to do something and sometimes it didn’t sometimes it didn’t but it was really slow and cutting at the way this guy is is showing and some of the other KZbin videos is so much faster and so much more productive it really is amazing so thanks for a great video

[@megasocky]

Dw the first successful begonia prop i got to root took almost several months

[@pottymouthedplanter]

Ok now I’m eyeing up every begonia I have ready to cut them all apart lol awesome video! Thanks for sharing!!

[@BenteDosUnoBente]

Thank you! This is really helpful :D

[@ashleylatheef]

Thank u Steve n Summer. I love begonias n sure I will try it. Bye.

[@karimsabir6217]

Many thanks for you and Steve.

[@tienceetsjatim1062]

This video so amazing information ! Love it... I ussually propagate them with their stems...

[@gscience1]

i got the trick for begonia, thank you.....

[@carlosvarela3571]

Addicted Steve! Def falling for Begonias recently. Just wish Steve would ship to Puerto Rico

[@sheronreid2220]

I want to visit this place my head is swelling causing is the first I see some of these plant wows. They are very pretty

[@nancyfahey7518]

I have the heeby jeebys. I used to be so hooked on plant propagation. Plants all over the place. It's a crazy world.

[@sazji]

Great informative video!

[@angeliquedevoss1584]

This video is the most useful informations and easy understanding. This video is more real. Thanks for the video.

[@dubs3400]

I’d like to ask, how much moisture is required and how often do you mist or water the cuttings?

[@Knowwithmee33]

Beautiful plants nice

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Summer, thanks for this video. I have a couple of these I was having difficulty identifying. Also I really love the propagation of any plant. It's the challenge. I would have never thought that you would actually propagate a begonia from the leaf. I do not usually order plants through the mail but I have heard such good things about Steve's Leaves that I will check it out.

[@joannakartusz1664]

Amazing video! Thank you

[@raiderfrankdatank]

thanks for the info.

[@PYRENEA64]

Thanks a lot for this very very intersting video!!

[@janiecantu1025]

I loved does begonias there awesome 👌

[@9622paige]

I love my begonia so much so I may try to propagate her!

[@Daisy.florina]

This is so helpful thank you so very much

[@jalilaahmed8925]

thank you so much for this video

[@sheilden4011]

AMAZING!!! THANKS

[@myparadise814]

Subscribed 😍😍😍😍very useful

[@notamoth9605]

I just put a cane begonia leaf in water, excited to see a new plantlet, but now I found out it will only stay as a leaf

[@tamankecil2451]

Thanks your sharing..👍👍

[@scorpisces182]

the cone cutting and the "wedges" method is so cool!

[@amyp8162]

Followed this and had great success!

[@dianemummvideos]

wow, I knew you could grow from leaves but did not realize you could do all that cutting.. very cool.. I just propagated but I did it a different way... which is much faster satisfaction.. great video..

[@fennecweb]

can you tell us more?

[@iddybiddyladybugleeza262]

My 1st job I propagated begonias & violets, it was my dream job! It’s too bad the lazy woman who was supposed to help me said I didn’t do anything & she was doing all the work 😕 I loved watering the herbs first thing in the morning 💚🌿

[@TeddyABear]

Same at my university I worked at the greenhouse on campus and every morning at 6am We would go in and water the all the houses and hoophouses it was a great way to start the morning. Even if my coworkers said I never watered right, even tho they never did..... :x(

[@iddybiddyladybugleeza262]

Teddy A. Bear I loved the smell of the herbs in the morning not so mush the fish emulsion

[@alya.mp4]

Honestly I’m also watching because the host is so pretty 🥺

[@jeromesumaway1839]

This is very nice ❣️

[@robertlundstrom8061]

Really great video. I wish you had one of these for various other plants we love to collect.

[@aprilbatley9265]

Ty so much i can always trust ur content

[@redredwine1277]

Thanks! 🌺🌼🌸

[@sudhanautiyal9697]

Innovation !easy ways of propagation Thanks a lot

[@TheRealMrandMrsSmith-tr1wn]

I cut little cutting of a plant and stick them in water. I watch them grow roots then plant them. It usually take less than a month to get enough roots before planting.

[@Innerstrength111]

When you said little cuttings of a plant do you mean little cuttings of a leaf?

[@TheRealMrandMrsSmith-tr1wn]

I mean stem with leaves.

Thank you!

[@SpendTime]

Really interesting

[@evanhodgson3104]

Wow !!! I got a lot out of this episode.

[@wesplanbdg]

Nice episode....

[@BeTheCREATOR]

Very nice video

[@christmassnow3465]

I love to see how small-leaf begonias are propagated. Do you just plant the whole leaf as it is?

[@floritaebron8673]

I love bigonia so much💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@midoann]

Speechless! I didn't know these techniques ( reproducing from cut cone leaves). What other types of plants can be reproduce like this? Thanks!

[@jgurka2105]

Whole African violet leaves; also cut-up streptocarpus leaves make many babies.

[@concordia770]

Hi Summer Rayne, I really enjoy your videos. Can you recommend any books that deal specifically with propagation of house plants?

[@lemkoplant4366]

Amazing

[@marthagomezdegarza6329]

Wow,😍😍😍🌱

[@mirnab4702]

Whaaat mind blown

[@jgurka2105]

It would be neat if someone sold sets of leaves to practice on (like the sets of cuttings sold everywhere), especially for those who don't have any plants yet.

[@mothernature5414]

just awesome

[@AmoPerrosMás]

Thanks for all your videos! What is your favorite book for taking care of houseplants...for a kinda beginner?

[@summerrayneoakes]

great question. I'm going to do a resources section soon!

[@misplantasjose8062]

I do like your video I like avery plants

[@josieblanco4587]

Awesome

[@mariafolch8067]

Please put a caption (indicating the video) on the screen when you refer to a previous video you want us to watch.

[@lorrainelicurse160]

Good morning Summer, I would like to know when to water leaf cuttings. Should I let them dry out so they don't rot? Thanks, I loved this video. Subscribed.

[@goharosen]

I took your advice in propagating rex begonia, but the new plant lost all the variegation (I used the cone method). Any ideas what went wrong?

[@faithfairbairn3069]

Hi Summer, I love your videos. I'm obsessed with houseplants so learning lots about how to take care of them is great. And you're very inspiring! I have a small sarracenia which was happy for a long time - eating flies and having healthy green stems, now the ends are brown and it looks a bit shrivelled up. I live in the UK. It's by a fairly sunny window and I've been giving it tap water. Is there anything you could suggest or is this it going into some kind of dormant period? And should I keep watering it? Thank you!

[@summerrayneoakes]

great question! I will definitely do a video on this :)

[@xqztliltart]

Great video...does anyone know what is the name of hanging plant behind Steve?

[@cefcat5733]

I love Begonias.

[@wp8786]

What camera do you use? I love the picture quality

[@venamerino2377]

Wish I watched this a few weeks ago, when I cut off a baby leave that had yet to open and thought was rotting

[@britel8145]

Hi, I love your videos. When and how often do you water the cuttings after planting them?

[@summerrayneoakes]

Hi, great question. There are so many variables here. I have my cuttings in semi-moist sterile potting-vermiculite mix and often try to keep a glass or plastic covering over them to keep up the humidity... This will allow roots to grow. If too moist, the plant will often rot. It's kind of like a Goldi Locks medium until the roots grow out...

[@myparadise814]

thumps up

[@silverhairdemon]

Wish I could order from Steve leaves, but its not possible since I live in Europe.. :(

[@sarahmo6785]

Yes. Very frustrating !

[@sydniebrooke4712]

Do you still have to water the soil for the cone method?