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title: "I got this at a plant swap a few weeks ago and the leaves are all…"
description: "I got this at a plant swap a few weeks ago and the leaves are all sticky. i’ve read it’s bugs so i wiped it down to alcohol twice now and the sticky keeps…"
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community: "Begonia Buddies"
author: "Nat"
published: "2024-05-20T19:52:03.211855Z"
language: "en"
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# I got this at a plant swap a few weeks ago and the leaves are all…

_Posted by Nat on 2024-05-20_

I got this at a plant swap a few weeks ago and the leaves are all sticky. i’ve read it’s bugs so i wiped it down to alcohol twice now and the sticky keeps coming back. Any ideas of how to help it? Open to all suggestions

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## 1 comment

### jeanelle commented on 2024-06-06

hey! you might want to get a chopstick or something along those lines to tie it to, that’ll help it grow! that’s what’s helped mine a lot, and it could just be pollen possibly, since they are a flowering plant?

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