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title: "Here’s my big beefer! She’s 10 years old, from a cutting from…"
description: "Here’s my big beefer! She’s 10 years old, from a cutting from someone’s cutting from someone’s grandma’s old plant. She’s got a diameter of about 2.5 feet and…"
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community: "Begonia Buddies"
author: "StapeliaSaidWhat"
published: "2026-01-01T14:15:14.745327Z"
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# Here’s my big beefer! She’s 10 years old, from a cutting from…

_Posted by StapeliaSaidWhat on 2026-01-01_

Here’s my big beefer! She’s 10 years old, from a cutting from someone’s cutting from someone’s grandma’s old plant. She’s got a diameter of about 2.5 feet and I think I’m just leaving her in her pot until she tells me she’s done, at which point I’ll propagate again from scratch. It’s kinda fun growing older with these girls 🤘🏼

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## 6 comments

### Grannie commented on 2026-01-01

I LOVE Begonias and I had grown this variety from a single leaf. It lived for years too. Congratulations on your beautiful plant!

### StapeliaSaidWhat commented on 2026-01-01

Thank you! 😊

### JulieBulie commented on 2026-01-03

Please tell me what is your secret?!? I have a new one too me, much smaller but have lost quite a few leaves/petioles already 😭 I bet it's because you're in the US and I'm in the UK 😭

### JulieBulie commented on 2026-01-03

Like, do you bottom water? Do you mist or not mist?

### StapeliaSaidWhat commented on 2026-01-03

Hi Julie! The beefsteak and I had some struggles in the beginning! Leggy, dropping leaves, slow growth, all the things! She loves her southeast corner with mostly indirect light, a shallow and wide pot for the rhizomes to grow across, and since becoming root bound is thirsty all the time! I tend to water her weekly from above, even in my cold and rainy Oregon winter, and try to stick with room temp water that sat out to help evaporate chlorine. I hope this helps and good luck!

#### JulieBulie replied on 2026-01-21

Thanks so much for the fab reply! Sorry I'm late, I 'lost' the community function in my app for a while 😔😕 I really hope mine grows up to be as stunning as yours! 😍

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