Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
Taxonomy
Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
Begonia
Begoniaceae
Cucurbitales
How to care for Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
How often to water your Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield' needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesnāt get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
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Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield' in your home
Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield' may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves š, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
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How to fertilize Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil itās likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield' after it doubles in size or once a yearāwhichever comes first.
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Is it better to keep my plant outside or inside? #Begonia
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When to be worried. I feel like I am constantly posting for help. I feel bad. But my nana has put years into this plant and I donāt want to kill it. Lately the big leaves have been getting droopy and are falling off with the stem. Some of them feel crunchy but I know Iām not giving it too much light. I know Iām not under watering it. I also donāt think Iām overwatering - there isnāt a drainage hole but I never water if the soil is moist. Today I noticed these white spots all over my leaves. (Not part of the polka dot pattern). They donāt rub off itās as if the leaf is turning white. I do have new growth but as soon as the new leaf unfolds it also begins to get really damaged edges. Almost all the beautiful red color on the underside of the leaves is gone. The more research I do the more and more I feel like it could be a million things. Some of them that could kill my plant soon, some that just need addressed eventually but I donāt know at what point I need to be concerned that my plant is actually dying or is just needing more water, light, soil, fertilizer.
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Why is my begonia rex feels crispy? It's been nore than 2 weeks since I got my first rex begonia. When I first bought it, they are so full and the feels that I got from their foliage is fluffy But over the past 2 weeks they wilt some of their leaves and getting crispy. There is also some brown patches in their leaves. At the noment, I tried to use peeble tray and closing the window to increase humidity. Do you guys have any insight/ solution for this problem? He is using aroid+peat nased mix, sitting on a pebble tray, and got the same light as my philodendron and sungonium. *The first photo is when I first bought it #Begonia #begoniarex
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1pf my sons gave me Sophia this week. Sophia had 2 leaves shriveled, I cut lose off, gave Sophia drink of water. I hope I did the right thing? #Begonia
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Small brown leaves on polka dot begonia Hey #GregGang, my polka dot begonia has been growing small leaves that always turn brown and crispy. The large leaves are fine, just these ones. There also seemes to be something on the flower stems? Please help! #NewPlantDad #planthelp #whatisthis #help #helpneeded #PolkaDotPlant #PolkaDotBegonia #GreggersSupportingGreggers
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What is on my Begonia White Ice? Can anyone help me identify what this is on the stem of my begonia white ice? It looks like it could be scale? Iām not 100% sure as Iāve never experienced it before! Any help in identifying and treating whatever it is would be amazing! For now my plant seems to be doing okay (still pushing out healthy new growth and growing in leca) š #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #PestControl #pestID #Begonia
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I only have one leaf and it is brown spotted and no new growth HELP !! My daughter gave this to me and I would love for this to be a success #Begonia
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My plant has brown and white spots on some of its leaves? #Begonia This is my first begonia and it looked good when I got it but it's starting to look worse. I don't think it needs water it has been raining. It doesn't get a lot of sun just morning sun. Is the reddish color under the leaves normal? Does she need to be repotted? Does she have bugs? I do live on a gravel road. Does she just not like the dust?
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My plants Those are my plants there are 30 or more plants in my collection they are pretty cool
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My guy has a lot of browning leaves #RexBegonia Hereās the history, youāll probably need it to help me: ā¢wick and grow pot for the last 9 months. Itās been doing great. ā¢the pot got a crack and I had a hard time securing a new Wick and grow pot. It took about 3-4 weeks to get a new one, so the soil was drying out a little between waterings (in addition to personal life busy-ness). ā¢The seasons are turning and here in Utah the temps are swinging between a 30-40 degree range almost daily for the last 2-3 weeks. ā¢The corner of the bathroom has 2 large 4 foot windows with sheer curtains, perpendicular to each other making it a Northwest window ā¢Itās in a large bathroom over a garden tub, and in addition to daily showers I have a small humidifier running about 16 hours/day. Today I am cleaning out this tub plant corner and I notice all these crispy leaves that just gently fell off and half the plant is gone!! I do know begonias like steady water. If itās been in a wick pot, and then didnāt have one would this have done that? Any tips? #HappyPlants #PlantAddict #GregGang #PlantTroubles #itrunsinthefamily
Care Summary for Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
Begonia 'Steve's Leaves Texas Shield'
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 9 days
< 3ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4ā pot your plant is in, and that it doesnāt get direct sunlight.