Begonia Stem with Mystery Barnacles

[JenniferJuniper]

Does anyone know what is happening to my Begonia? I trimmed some stems off to try and shape it better today and that revealed these weird red formations. I thought it was fungus or something at first but it doesnt look like any pictures I found. Then I read Begonias can have tubers, but it doesn't really look like those pics either. Can anyone tell me what to do about this? Thanks!

 

[Tetters]

Interesting! I think your Begonia tubers are wanting to make lots of lovey babies

This is what you would usually see. I`ll see if I can find a link for you.

https://lakeside67.wordpress.com/tag/starting-begonia-tubers/ this one may help for now.

Welcome to the forum

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Thank you so much! I wasn't sure if these were good or bad lol.

 

[Kate777]

Most begonias can be propagated in the following ways:

stem cuttings;
parts of a leaf;
seeds;
parts of a bush or rhizome;
propagation of begonias by cuttings.
Breeding method for tuberous begonias
They can be propagated by dividing the tuber. Namely:
In the spring, wait for the shoots to appear on it.
Divide with a sharpened blade into parts, leaving a sprout on each.

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Most begonias can be propagated in the following ways:

stem cuttings;
parts of a leaf;
seeds;
parts of a bush or rhizome;
propagation of begonias by cuttings.
Breeding method for tuberous begonias
They can be propagated by dividing the tuber. Namely:
In the spring, wait for the shoots to appear on it.
Divide with a sharpened blade into parts, leaving a sprout on each.

Thank you Kate777, I am going to try and do that once I see the shoots! Yay

 

[Sabina515]

Wow, how cool! I have never seen this on begonias either. Are you going to propagate to make more plants, or one big bushy plant

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Wow, how cool! I have never seen this on begonias either. Are you going to propagate to make more plants, or one big bushy plant

Yes, I hope to. I will probably try one big bushy plant with the large clump at the base, but there are some more a little higher up that I might attempt to propagate as well. Fingers crossed for it to work!

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Ok, I had some time to go to my office today and do some repotting. I had a lot of new growth on my begonias which were starting to get "leggy" anyway. So I attempted to propagate some by the stems and I planted the tuber "balls" in compost. Fingers crossed that it works because I don't really know what I am doing lol.

(Had some Aloe pups too lol)

 

[Tetters]

May I say @JenniferJuniper - the way you`re going you soon WILL know exactly what you are doing. Getting in there and having a go is precisely the right way to learn propagation and gardening in general. Experience is the best teacher. Well done, and good luck

 

[JenniferJuniper]

May I say @JenniferJuniper - the way you`re going you soon WILL know exactly what you are doing. Getting in there and having a go is precisely the right way to learn propagation and gardening in general. Experience is the best teacher. Well done, and good luck

Aw, thank you!

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Well, it's been a while now. I have checked on my begonias everyday like watching and waiting for a pot of water to boil. So I wanted to share the progress so far after a month has gone by. There are new leaves sprouting from most of the clippings and a few of the tubers which seems very promising

 

[Tetters]

Well done

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Well done

Thank you!

 

[JenniferJuniper]

Begonia babies seem to be coming along nicely