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title: "My begonia is tall and lanky after loosing lots of leaves. When the…"
description: "My begonia is tall and lanky after loosing lots of leaves. When the leave fall off it starts more but I want to cut it way back and start new ones. When is a…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Stephanie"
published: "2025-01-16T18:51:26.268559Z"
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# My begonia is tall and lanky after loosing lots of leaves. When the…

_Posted by Stephanie on 2025-01-16_

My begonia is tall and lanky after loosing lots of leaves. When the leave fall off it starts more but I want to cut it way back and start new ones. When is a goid time to do this. Thanks for any help

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## 8 comments

### SueB commented on 2025-01-16

I do it at any time. I haven’t found it matters much. Lol. In fact I just took some cuttings and planted some other cuttings 10 minutes ago.

### Stephanie commented on 2025-01-16

I will be cutting it later today and get some starts going

### SueB commented on 2025-01-16

👏🏻😀

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-01-16

I personally dont let the seasons stop me, but i know some are tied to seasons. You could start to airlayering it now, and cut each individual plant come spring.

#### Stephanie replied on 2025-01-16

Not sure what that is. Please explain thanks

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-01-17

Air Layering is wrapping moss around a node you want roots from, and wrap in a bag or plastic wrap. They also make little balls of plastic too. And the damp moss encourages root growth. That way when you cut the plant, the prop already has roots established.

#### Stephanie replied on 2025-01-17

Ok I will try that. Thanks

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-01-17

There are some great YouTube about it

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