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Posted by loni_in_eek 6 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 17, 07 at 14:45
I've read many things about "pinching". But where? If I want my angelwing (I have different kinds) to branch out, where do I pinch the plant.
Second question: I've rooted an angelwing leaf and stem. Will anything come of it? I read somewhere on here that it may root but won't grow a plant. Am I wrong? Angelwing leaf is as big as my hand, I'm not sure of the name of this plant.
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RE: Pinching
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| Loni, Pinch above a node where you want it to branch. The node is where a leaf stem grows from the main stem. I'm not sure what you mean by "rooted an angelwing leaf and stem". If you have roots growing from the stem, then you a new plant is ready to go. The leaf is just needed for photosynthesis and can be cut off if it is ugly, diseased, or in the way. This should encourage the plant to send out new leaves. |
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| I will post a pic of the leaf I mentioned. It is just an angelwing leaf (petiole cutting). So, if I keep it happy, others will come? (If you cut it, they will come.) Great. About the pinching, can I pinch low also? that will make it appear bushier? By the way I love your pics of your shelving system. Something for the rest of us to work towards.
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| Yes, please post a picture. If it is a cane, and you got the leaf to root, then more than likely it won't do anything. If it has some rhizo parentage to it, then it might make a plant. You can cut canes almost to the ground. I have at times cut mine back to a few inches (2 to 6). Read this article for better information though. Brad's Info |
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For the life of me, I can't post the pic I want to post. How do you do it? I've seen several posts where you post more than one pic. I know its a cane, possibly a superba. I got a new shipment of angelwings in the mail from ebay and the person sent me several unrooted angelwings as well. Some of those were petiole cuttings. I applied takeroot and stuck them in soil. By the way I found great soil. Its a Farfard brand (had bark,peat moss base and perlite). A few of those petiole cuttings have since dried up. I am keeping it in a frosted tub covered with saran wrap. Is there something special I was supposed to do with the leaves if they were not meant to be stuck in soil?
By the way, you're a great source of info for the rest of us newbies, thanks. |
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| If a eBay seller sent you leaf cuttings, then it better not be cane cuttings - else you probably got ripped off. More than likely they are some kind of rhizomatous begonia. Sticking cuttings in soil is fine if you have plenty of leaves to experiment with. Personally I have found water rooting almost fool proof (if the leaf is healthy and not too old). I posted my take on this on the propagation forum. Propagating Rex Begonias by Leaf Cuttings It sounds like you are doing the right thing on sticking your cuttings in the tub with plastic wrap. The hormones are generally not needed, but it won't hurt either. To post multiple pictures you have to have your photos on some web server first. I'm using Picasa now - it is great! One Gig free! It also makes it very easy to link pictures. There is a button on the right side of each picture that does the work for you. It is "Link to this Photo". Click on it and the HTML code is made for you, but there is more. Below that button is select size. When I first started I did not notice this button. So my first attempts were just thumbnails but it was still a link to a bigger picture. Now I select the large size and copy the link and paste it into my post. Check out the picture below to get an idea of what I'm talking about. 
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Think I got this to work. I hope. My big angelwing, don't know the cultivar.
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| You are pretty close on posting a picture but you need a couple more items. By the way, that is interesting on your rooted leaf. Let us know if it produces anything - it may be a first. The begonia looks like Lucerna - an oldie but goodie - everyone should have one of these. Okay you will need to add these statements around your image: '<'img src="http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6861/april07004mf3.jpg"'>'then some name here such as my begonia'<'/a'>' Take out the single quotes and you will see your picture:  my begonia 'Lucerna'
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RE: Pinching
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Hmmm, I'll work on it.
So here is my leaf, does it have rhizo parentage? I'm keeping it loved and watered and curious to see if it'll do anything. Now, you're the begonia king, what are your thoughts? Have you tried propagating an angelwing before? |
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| Wow whee! I guess I cannot post another reply after a previous one. A bunch of canes. 
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| For what it's worth--a few years ago I was trying to get 'Cracklin' Rosie (finally did, and it's really gorgeous.) One of the places I tried to order it from sent me a leaf. I'd always heard cane begonias don't grow from leaf cuttings like rhizomatous do so easily, but I figured surely they must know what they're doing so I'd try it. I'm pretty good at growing cuttings--actually it's one of my favorite things to do and I should do less of it and take better care of the parent plants! Anyway--I did my best. It rooted but never made a plant. And I haven't ordered from those people again. |
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| Speaking of mail order, is there a thread on this forum regarding favorite mail order vendors of begonias? If not, should I start one? I'm looking at a number of plants I'd like to have from Logee's and Kartuz, but they're awfully pricey for such small plants...at least Logee's is. I live in Florida, where I grow my begonias in beds. If you turn your back, a cutting roots in a nanosecond, so I'm reluctant to pay exorbitant prices for a little 2.5" pot. |
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| Mail order prices run the gamut from affordable to pricey and quality is not in line with prices either. If you want it, then pay the price unless you can find it somewhere else cheaper. Being in FL (where in FL?) should make finding begonias a lot easier than the frozen hinterlands. Locally bought is going to be a lot better than mail order but sometimes that is the only way when you can't find it at your local favorites. |
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| Where in Florida? Just northeast of Orlando in Central Florida. There's a grower in Apopka who produces magnificent rex begonias, but there are never any names on them. I don't let that stop me from buying them, of course, but I'd like to keep track of what I have. |
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| If you live around Orlando, then you should be able to find several places that have begonias for sale plus I bet there are plenty of hobbyists that would be willing to trade and share. The grower in Apopka must be Harmony? They do know how to grow begonias but wish they would offer their plants via Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Lowes. I am pretty sure that I have bought many of their plants over the last few years (through other outlets such as Ace Hardware, eBay, and our local begonia club which gets begonias from Harmony once a year - I just bought 7 of them and all are quite large and affordable). The only problem is they are wholesale only(boo-hoo). Our local club has to find a broker to buy them for us, but it is worth it. I buy the plant first (just in case it is the only one in the store) and worry about finding a name later. The plants I just bought all had names on them for a change. Some begonias you know what they are when you see them such as Sophie Cecile and River Nile. Here are the 7 I just bought: Carmel Browne 
Cupid's Curl 
Emerald Star
 Flippant
 Georgia Tasker
 Green Dreams
 Mumtaz
 The funny thing about Mumtaz is that it looks exactly like the George Fewkes I bought last year on ebay including the basket. |
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| Those are real beauties. I'm happy to see Georgia Tasker has a pretty plant named for her. She wrote for the Miami Herald for years as their Gardening Editor, and I always enjoyed her column. |
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