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title: "My first one! Care tips appreciated."
description: "My first one! Care tips appreciated."
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author: "Shayla"
published: "2026-09-19T05:16:13.551679Z"
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# My first one! Care tips appreciated.

_Posted by Shayla on 2026-09-19_

My first one! Care tips appreciated.

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## 7 comments

### Harvey commented on 2026-09-19

Amazing!! I love my maculatas, and I hope you have a great experience with yours too! They are some thirsty plants, so give them tons of water and they’ll be delighted. I’ve also had great success propagating them, but they do take a while to root so be patient if you try a chop. But overall easy plants to care for and stunning to watch grow!

#### Shayla replied on 2026-09-19

Thank you. Ive had luck with self watering pots from Walmart for my silver nerve plant, would you recommend that?

#### Harvey replied on 2026-09-19

I’ve had mine in a self-watering pot its whole life and it’s working fabulously!

### SuccySuccy commented on 2026-09-19

Distilled water! Bright but indirect sunlight!!

#### Shayla replied on 2026-09-19

Thank you!

### Snail Diva commented on 2026-09-19

I love self watering for begonias! If you are comfortable with the concept of fertilizer and all. Mines are in pon and the leaf size is crazy compared to the mother plant that is in soil.

#### Brittany replied on 2026-09-21

Welp now I’m gonna chop \& prop in pon for comparison 😈 because mine is in soil \& glorious… to think that it could be BETTER??? 🤤

Thanks for this!!

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