I will plant my *rooted in water* coleus cuttings in potting soil with extra perlite mixed in. If the roots are longer than an inch, I will trim back with scissors.

With the sweet spud vine, I would give it a dip in tepid water with dish soap added, swirl a bit, then do again in a couple of days. Take a magnifying glass to look for eggs or bugs under the leaves or in the axils, I found that that plant got buggy for me (eww) and it's easier to wash off when it's not planted in soil than when it is. Never had to be concerned about this with the coleus though.

Also, my sweet potato vine (spv) grew a really large tuber, which I tried to overwinter like a spud, but our basement was too warm for it, and it shrivelled up to nothing by March. Have you considered trying to store the tuber? Then in the spring you can probably get it to grow several sprouts, which you can pinch off and root and have several plants from.

What kind of begonias are you trying to root?

Have fun ('cause it is such fun!)

Iwas rooting coleus in water till a friend told me to just
put it in the pot of soil and it would root. well it did,
besure to pull off bottom leaves and plant below the top
ones. I have a sp growing in pot with lots of vine and
some one on here said to save the tuber and cut it in
sections with eyes on each, and plant next year. I will try
that. I have several coleus in a large pot, growing great,
from cuttings. Happy gardening, caroline
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Thanks for the feedback.

Kioni, a little late in responding...I have wax begonias - I think 'semperfloren' ...some with green and some with bronze foliage, likewise with white and red flowers. There were no identifying tags with my purchase. Do you keep these under a plant light over the winter? How many hours of grow light?

Caroline, don't you prune the flowers off your coleus? I was told if you let it go to flower, the plant will die off. I actually had a stem hidden in the middle of one of my planters...it went to flower...I missed pruning that one...and that whole stem is black now and dying back. The rest of the stems are fine.

I think I will try both the tuber and the root option to see what works best.

Hello Kim, I think I have read that too, these are just
some I am seeing what they will do. I have so much of the
coleus that I can experment with :)) The pot they are in
did have peppers in it. So just playing with these.Thanks.
My large plant that I took starts off of has lots of blooms
and have for several weeks, so will watch and see.The
pic above is in a large pot with spv. Happy gardening.
caroline

Hi Caroline,

I had a hanging basket with blackie sweet potato vine that I tried transplanting yesterday with my kale...everything in the coco basket was root bound...I cut into the tuber of the sp vine inadvertently. Doesn't look good today, but I keep watering...hopefully it will last a little longer.

I've already taken a few cuttings anyway to root in water. I'll save the tubers as well. My chartreuse s.p. vine also has a tuber sticking out of the top of the pot...that one root bound as well, I'll try to tackle that one tomorrow.