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title: "i was given a propagation of my friend’s rex begonia. she’s been in…"
description: "i was given a propagation of my friend’s rex begonia. she’s been in water for about five days, and i’m starting to wonder when she’ll grow roots. i’ve included…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "kaela 🌚🧌🪷"
published: "2023-05-29T15:03:32.554Z"
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# i was given a propagation of my friend’s rex begonia. she’s been in…

_Posted by kaela 🌚🧌🪷 on 2023-05-29_

i was given a propagation of my friend’s rex begonia. she’s been in water for about five days, and i’m starting to wonder when she’ll grow roots. i’ve included a picture of what i thought was the start of a root, but now i’m not sure. i’m keeping her in a dome to up the humidity, will that make her root faster? she’s in an east facing window that gets about 4-6 hours of sunlight per day.

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## 7 comments

### Marie commented on 2023-05-29

Roots should be coming in soon, for my propagation it took abt a week just for a little tiny root to start

### Maximus.is.mad commented on 2023-05-30

Try using water other than tap water? I’ve heard that filtered water is better than tap for growing roots quickly.

#### kaela 🌚🧌🪷 replied on 2023-05-30

my water is super salty because i have a well, i’ve been using distilled water :)

### AKFeight commented on 2023-05-30

I use liqui-dirt for my propagations, and I throw a pothos (they give off rooting hormones) cutting in with just about everything. They have both worked very well for me.

#### kaela 🌚🧌🪷 replied on 2023-05-30

unfortunately i don’t have a pothos yet 😔

#### ItchyTasty06 replied on 2023-05-30

Thank you for that information!

#### AKFeight replied on 2023-05-30

Hurry up and get one! They’re ALWAYS at nurseries. Super cheap. You can grab a small one, I’ve seen them for under $10 sometimes… and then you can fill out that pot, just by using it to make other propagations. Promise, it’s money we’ll spent.

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