--- title: "hey my begonia ferox isn’t doing go well, i am growing it in a…" description: "hey my begonia ferox isn’t doing go well, i am growing it in a ambient climate, east facing window with grow light for later in the day and soil that’s mixed…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/E0XplorCSjGLEBS-wt3jlg/j4T77ZICJj96DdyB0IlAee" community: "Begonia Buddies" author: "Macie" published: "2025-07-10T18:02:56.931567Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/grx3ywrzeticy5alaqof.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Begonia Buddies](https://getplanta.com/community/E0XplorCSjGLEBS-wt3jlg.md) # hey my begonia ferox isn’t doing go well, i am growing it in a… _Posted by Macie on 2025-07-10_ hey my begonia ferox isn’t doing go well, i am growing it in a ambient climate, east facing window with grow light for later in the day and soil that’s mixed with leca. looking for tips for it / if anything im doing is incorrect. (i know i should probably grow it in a cabinet but i currently have thrips in that window and dont wanna bring them into my cabinet) before the thrips she was doing fine but i haven’t noticed any on her or any damage. + looking for tips on how to propagate as well for just in case lol :) Thank you!! ## 5 comments ### Ethan commented on 2025-07-10 Maybe it needs to be facing to the sun shine for 15 minutesbi tink? ### Ethan commented on 2025-07-10 Think" I mean ### Ethan commented on 2025-07-10 Cute ### Ethan commented on 2025-07-11 When are there more people going on this website ? ### JoJo commented on 2025-07-12 Hello I'm new on the community part. I have one of these, had for probably 4 months now, id try a south facing window, mines lower on a cabinet so gets lots of light and some sun and growing new leaves water when soil is drying out some, good sir flow there --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_