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title: "Help please... I was gifted this cutting, doing so well in water that…"
description: "Help please... I was gifted this cutting, doing so well in water that I hate to pot... short story..another type of begonia that I had a cutting of- as soon as…"
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author: "Mel"
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# Help please... I was gifted this cutting, doing so well in water that…

_Posted by Mel on 2025-04-22_

Help please... I was gifted this cutting, doing so well in water that I hate to pot... short story..another type of begonia that I had a cutting of- as soon as I potted to soil, it died and I never got her back...so my fear is I'll lose this one too. What is the best soil to ensure success for this baby? Or is forever in water okay?

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## 1 comment

### Sebastian commented on 2025-04-23

You can keep it in water forever and it would be fine, but if you do want to transfer it to soil you need a transition period for it.

Remove it from water and cut back any brown or soggy roots, place it in a slurry of water and soil for it to sit in for the roots to start acclimating, it only needs a couple days to do this. After that use a light airy mix of soil like 2 parts coco coir, 1 part pearlite, 1 part potting soil. They also like slightly acidic soil so if you want you can add in peat moss to raise the acidity

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