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Garden updates ยท 10 Oct 2026

Size isn't everything

The begonia and impatiens cuttings get proper pots, and a lesson is learned about size.

Size isn't everything

The trays the cuttings were sitting in turned out to be, for want of a better word, crap. No drainage, no base trays. They'll be repurposed as bonsai trainers, where a lack of ambition is less of a problem.

So the impatiens and begonia cuttings came out. The larger ones are a bit naff. The mix wasn't quite right either, but they are still alive, with teensy roots spotted and stems in fine fettle. They are visibly swelling, so something is happening at least. The largest begonia was a bit rotty, though it had managed one small feeder root.

All of them have gone into a better mix and into the tent. They stay, for science.

Lesson learned: take small cuttings from plants like these. As small as you can for the thing you want to do.

The impatiens, one to a pot
The impatiens, one to a pot ยท 10 Oct 2026
The begonias
The begonias ยท 10 Oct 2026
The old tray, before
The old tray, before ยท 10 Oct 2026