Hi Fuzzy57 and Indiana Plant Lover, Here is a suggestion, if you have an African Violet Society club chapter near you, consider visiting. They will often have leaves or baby plants to share. If you let them know of your interest, for future meetings, members might be willing to bring in their surplus. They can also let you know if they plan a show and sale later in the summer or in the Fall. Joanne This post was edited by fortyseven on Fri, Jul 4, 14 at 3:49

I think trying to have them all separately would be best if possible because that way you can give them your undivided attention, explaining the things you want done without anyone feeling rushed. The more specifics you can give them, the more likely your bids will be close to the actual costs. Be sure they all get the same info, so that you will be comparing apples to apples. If the one GC's subs usually work together on jobs, then it might not be such a big deal to have a few there at the same time, but still, they will be needing different info from you, depending on their specialty. Good luck.

I have a few copies of plants. I have 3 varieties of Spider plants. One solid green, one with white edges, and on with the white in the middle. The one with the white in the middle was my first starter 'tropical' houseplant. My first plant besides a succulent and my first house plant that was actually mine. I later got the other varigated one from the babies of a friend's plant. And I got the giant green one from my neighbour's who had to move and couldn't take it with them. I've planned to cut down on them as they take up a lot of room on the windowsill that could be more beneficial for other plants, but I can't! I have 2 pothos. A golden and a neon. The neon grows in a vase and the golden just in good ole soil. I love vining plants! I'd by more, but don't have a place for them to climb/trail. My only 3 real duplicates that are the exact same plant and variations are my Tillandsia ionanthas. I'm not sure why I bought 3, but I think it was because they were the cheapest ;) I also have some wandering jew and HL philodendron cuttings growing in the vase with the neon pothos that are cuttings from main plants. I can never throw away cuttings! They almost always get replanted back in the same pot or go in the vase. I also, have multiples of the same plant growing in the same pot together. As I'm sure lots of people do. Out of all my plants there's only one that is in a pot by itself and that's my Frosty fern (Can never remember how to spell it and my auto correct is failing to recognize my guessing...S something ella). My Majesty palm has 3 plants in it, my pregnant onions have 6 (?) In the same pot, all my spiders have at least 4 plants in the pot and so on. Wouldn't want them to get lonely! I should start growing plants on their own however.... So they don't compete with eachother.

The answer is YES. Any way you like them. Roots will find their own way around. Myself, I love the look of a mother plant with many young ones all around her. Even growing in mass, they seem to do better when together. I do remove many pups from my plants but those are for giving away to friends here. The ones I leave on do so much better and grow so much nicer. The mother plant does seem to grow taller and nicer when de-pupped often. Pups take several years to recover from it. We love pictures here, (hint).