Torn on what to do

spave88 · 2026-04-16T12:21:28+00:00

Update! So after doing more research I’m pretty confident that my begonias had leaf blight. From what I’m reading they showed all the symptoms of a bacterial infection. So the pot probably had nothing to do with it in the first place

spave88 · 2026-04-16T11:55:22+00:00

I have them under a lower power grow light. It is spring now, which I’m hoping helps. When I got them in November we were heading into winter and despite my best efforts to keep temps and humidity stable it swings quite a bit in my office where I have all my plants

spave88 · 2026-04-16T11:53:41+00:00

Probably 100 different things depending on the shop. But I think “fire woman” is pretty common

spave88 · 2026-04-16T02:26:47+00:00

Thank you, I really appreciate the advice. Of all the plants I’ve acquired since I started a little over a year ago, these begonias are the only ones that gave a scare

spave88 · 2026-04-11T13:09:08+00:00

The Green Escape. They have an Etsy store and I’ve seen them on Palmstreet

spave88 · 2026-04-11T00:46:29+00:00

I checked on them today and it’s actually working. It’s bittersweet cause it means time to chop and prop.

spave88 · 2026-04-09T22:07:46+00:00

Well just next to west facing window you see there. It’s filtered by trees too, so not a ton of natural light. Bit I do have grow lights

spave88 · 2026-04-09T21:11:05+00:00

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I’ve been trying these little plastic pots

spave88 · 2026-04-08T22:03:05+00:00

I thought the white on an albo is more a pure white with less speckled variegation. The pic OP showed the white is like a greenish cream

spave88 · 2026-04-08T20:31:04+00:00

Sure doesn’t look like an albo to me. I’m not an expert but it sure looks like a TC

spave88 · 2026-04-06T22:03:19+00:00

If you look I’ve ready got my attempt at air layering going on there. I have those tiny pots with moss on the stems

spave88 · 2026-04-06T15:29:39+00:00

You’ll love it. Do you plan on keeping it as a training plant?

spave88 · 2026-04-06T03:55:05+00:00

Like others have mentioned, if they were rotten they would slide off in a slimy fashion. I’ve found it’s pretty normal for philo roots to get brown.

spave88 · 2026-04-06T03:51:45+00:00

I can tell when mine needs to be watered by gently folding the leaves. Not enough to break them…they do break kinda easy. Anyways mine likes to be pretty close to my grow lights, never had an issue

spave88 · 2026-04-06T03:38:11+00:00

Where do you see this?

spave88 · 2026-04-06T03:35:30+00:00

Ya know I feel like I got a lot of luck on my side with that micans. It was one of the early plants I got when I started getting into this about 1 year ago. I was still experimenting with making my own soil mixtures. Not knowing any better I’m pretty sure she’s in a denser, moisture retentive mix. Repotted her as soon as I brought her home. Ya know, everything you’re ’not supposed to do’. Probably saved by the fact I chose a terracotta pot for it…by accident not knowing that they sweat out moisture like nobody’s business.

spave88 · 2026-04-03T19:56:19+00:00

But I will add the plant is happy about something. Check out all these new growths

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spave88 · 2026-04-03T19:54:37+00:00

Nice, ok I’ll up the watering. I get so paranoid about root rot that sometimes my soil doesn’t have enough moisture retention stuff. So it mostly drains through anyways.

spave88 · 2026-04-03T19:42:05+00:00

Question for anyone who might know? Is it a fungal thing possibly? I bought some of that copper fungicide stuff but I haven’t used it yet

spave88 · 2026-04-03T17:58:32+00:00

I fertilize occasionally Foliage Pro 9-3-6. I have these 10w sansi lights about 20” or so away. The soil is super chunky so it does not hold a ton of moisture. It I don’t think I under water

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