BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine

Make new begonias

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Cut a few new leaves with their leaf stalks intact from a begonia houseplant to make leaf cuttings. Fill pots with propagatio­n compost, firm and water. Take a leaf and trim the leaf stalk down to 2-5cm. Use a dibber to insert the stalk into the compost and firm it in with the leaf just at the surface of the compost.

Cover with a plastic bag or propagator lid and put somewhere warm to root. A tiny new plant will emerge from the base and the old leaf can be cut away as it grows.

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Use a dibber to insert the whole leaf stalk into the compost

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