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title: "anyone know what may have happened to my begonia? it’s still soft as…"
description: "anyone know what may have happened to my begonia? it’s still soft as paper but this literally happened with ing a couple of days i think"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/JMTePFI9JaKFeJqczy858I"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Poppy"
published: "2026-07-14T22:10:57.899279Z"
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# anyone know what may have happened to my begonia? it’s still soft as…

_Posted by Poppy on 2026-07-14_

anyone know what may have happened to my begonia? it’s still soft as paper but this literally happened with ing a couple of days i think

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## 1 comment

### Tess commented on 2026-07-19

Mine also did this when I first got it. I think it was a mixture of repotting and having to work through the right light levels for it. It took about a month or two of experimenting before I got a good balance and it finally seems happy. It didn’t look good (those leaves still don’t, obviously) but it wasn’t a sign that I was killing it. I think I had it in too dark a spot. It’s much happier with the grow light.

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