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The Begonia Deflasking Mistake That Kills Rare Cultivars in the First Week
Misting treats the symptom, not the problem. A begonia plantlet doesn’t need more water in the air around it for five minutes twice a day — it needs sustained high humidity for weeks while the plant slowly builds a working cuticle.

Bite and Bloom Botanicals
Aug 12 min read


My Begonia Tissue Culture Plant Melted After Potting — What Happened?
You deflasked a begonia, it looked completely fine, and then a day or two after potting it collapsed into a soft, translucent mess. This is one of the most upsetting things that can happen with a rare begonia TC plant, and it is unfortunately also one of the more common failure points with this genus specifically. Here is what is actually going on.

Bite and Bloom Botanicals
Jul 223 min read
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