What to Do When Your Corpuscularia lehmannii Gets Leggy? Here's the Correct Way to Handle It

Corpuscularia lehmannii (antler begonia) is a highly ornamental succulent native to parts of South Africa. Its leaves are opposite, highly fleshy, and pinkish-green in color, and in winter you can even see this plant produce small white or pink flowers, which is quite beautiful. However, as a succulent, Corpuscularia lehmannii often develops leggy growth just like most succulents do, so what should we do about it?

1. Causes of Leggy Growth in Corpuscularia lehmannii

First, Qinnongwang will explain the causes of leggy growth in Corpuscularia lehmannii. Qinnongwang has summarized two main points here: excessive watering and insufficient light. Let's take a look together below.

1. Excessive watering

Many beginners, when growing plants, cannot stand to see the soil dry out, and rush to replenish water as soon as it decreases slightly. In fact, this is very bad for succulents. Most succulents are drought-tolerant and afraid of waterlogging. When watered too much regularly, the roots quickly transport water to the leaves, causing the leaves to keep elongating. This is how leggy succulents are formed.

2. Insufficient light

Corpuscularia lehmannii likes an environment with plenty of sunlight. When growing it, place it on a sunny balcony or windowsill, and with the nourishment of water and fertilizer, Corpuscularia lehmannii will be able to grow very healthily. However, if Corpuscularia lehmannii is placed in a shaded environment, due to the lack of sunlight, it will keep elongating, resulting in leggy growth.

2. What to Do When Corpuscularia lehmannii Gets Leggy

1. Water reasonably

Since excessive watering is one of the causes of leggy growth in Corpuscularia lehmannii, we need to master the correct watering method. If the leggy growth is discovered in time, stop watering immediately, and the leggy condition can be alleviated. When watering in the future, follow the principle of “don't water until dry, and water thoroughly when you do.”

2. Beheading

After Corpuscularia lehmannii becomes leggy, the original plant becomes very unattractive, but fortunately this plant has strong propagation ability, so you can behead it and re-propagate it from cuttings. Cut off the top of the Corpuscularia lehmannii, wait for the wound to dry, and then insert it as a cutting. This way, you can also turn one pot into two pots.

3. Reasonable light

During routine care, be careful to give it plenty of light, especially in spring, autumn, and winter, which are key periods for the growth of Corpuscularia lehmannii. Light must be guaranteed; if light conditions are limited, watering can be appropriately controlled.

The above is what Qinnongwang has prepared for everyone regarding the causes and solutions for leggy growth in Corpuscularia lehmannii. We hope it can be of help to everyone.