In the spring I bought three Rex Begonias. One was in a tiny pot all by itself. The other two were actually three plants in slightly bigger pots. I never got them outside for the summer because I could not find a good shade area for them. The best spot still gets bright very early morning sun. Not sure if that would have been ok. So they just got left in the house. I kept them in a spot where they got indirect sun. I've been letting them dry out before I water them again.
Now as winter approaches the two bigger pots were looking a little poopy. Well one more so than the other. I know some of it is because of the dry heat in the house. So I decided to make some humidity trays. While I was at it I decided to repot all of them. Splitting the multiples into singles.
I read they like more shallow tighter pots. So I transplanted them into only slightly bigger pots. I did not have good potting soil for them so I mixed some topsoil that is sandy with a bag of cactus mix I had. Certainly heavier soil than they were in. But hopefully it will work out ok. I was careful to make sure not to plant the crowns too deep.
One of the pots that was three plants actually split into 8 pieces!! So I searched out some tiny containers to plant each them up individually. Maybe if this works by summer I will have a whole army of Rex Begonia!
Wish me luck! We'll see how it turns out.
The one that was bought as a single.
Part of the one that was looking the poopiest. But It has nice new growth at the crown. This one also seems to tolerate more sunlight.
