1) When dividing, take the stem pieces that come off, take off all but a couple of leaves, rooting hormone, 1 gallon pot, compost, ziplock cover, shade.

2) Take the stems, divide with sharp clean razor blade or knife into pieces with 2-3 smallish leaves (or cut off half of the larger leaf), make sure a chunk of stem is attached to the petiole, 500 IBA quickdip or rooting powder, 50:50 peat:perlite, mist

Excellent rooting percentage, near 100% either way.

1)Choose a healthy mature leaf (I use sometimes young leaves also)

2) Cut the edges

3)Make 2-3 wedge-shaped cuttings

4)Plant them in the mix of peat moss and perlite 1:1 in little pots, water and tent them for a few weeks

5) There are new plants grown on leaf cuttings planted on Sept,29

Rex begonias are very easy to propagate this way. Other rhizomatous begonias can be propagated by whole leaf, it may take up to 2 month until new plants show up.
While under cover they need very seldom watering, but check to avoid drying.
After babies are formed you can take off cover.Water sparingly.

I didn't plant enough zucchini.

I always do 2 plants, and that's just enough to have several good meals of zucchini each week for the long zucchini season. That's for everyone in the family, including the dogs.

Well, I had an empty tray in the dehydrator when I dried apricots, so I tried a batch of dried zucchini. Holy cow, that's good stuff. It disappeared as fast as I could remove it from the drier.

I've dried it plain, with just salt, with salt and pepper, with Costco's brand of Mesquite seasoning, and with smoked paprika. It's all delicious. You can't get a healthier snack and it disappears faster than potato chips.

My son scoops it up by the handful, crunches it down, and looks for more.

So, next year: more zucchini plants. I want to try it with cheese powder and with chipotle, but I am out of zucchini.