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title: "Good afternoon planty friends! So a friend gave me a large begonia…"
description: "Good afternoon planty friends! So a friend gave me a large begonia cutting, and it’s started to root. My question is should I cut the bottom chunk off even…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/657b273341d4393673a65f1c"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Candace"
published: "2023-12-14T16:02:59.279Z"
language: "en"
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# Good afternoon planty friends! So a friend gave me a large begonia…

_Posted by Candace on 2023-12-14_

Good afternoon planty friends! So a friend gave me a large begonia cutting, and it’s started to root. My question is should I cut the bottom chunk off even though it has roots? My only concern is that when I move it to a pot eventually (of course when it’s ready) , will that big of a stalk get root rot?

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## 4 comments

### Candace commented on 2023-12-14

I just love it so much already, so I’m a little concerned but it has been growing roots very quickly

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### Tee Jay commented on 2023-12-14

That’s up to you but I don’t see any rot so I would leave it

#### Candace replied on 2023-12-14

Okay thanks! I’m kind of new to plants, and I wasn’t sure if once it’s in soil that the stalk would rot

#### Tee Jay replied on 2023-12-14

Only if there were rot causing bacteria built up by overwatering!

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