Propagating AV Leaves - Question
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Comments (5)Take a leaf - which is not ruffled - off the plant. and put it for propagation. Check with Rachel's Reflections site for instructions. Your violet is changing - and if you want to preserve the original - you can start new babies. Even if your violet will not change dramatically - and return back to its old ways - you will have several extras to share. What Wish was describing - definitely a sporting or reversing to single color. I had this with Rhapsodie Cora - a beautiful bi-color purple white. Steve Reed has a wonderful gallery - hope he will not be angry with me for a link : http://www.steverd.com/violets/rhapsodie-cora.jpg In any case - - they can change into pure purple and pure white. So - when mine started going off - I put several leaves - and out of the bunch of babies got a couple of true blooming. Congrats - you are 8 months old as a violetoholic. Cheers Irina PS Violets are very changeable - they sport easily - that's why we have such an abundance of them. Stress increases the chance of mutation - but how do we know if some of them just like doing it on every fifth Friday of the month?...See Morethis one AV is propagating like crazy!
Comments (6)I can relate to that!I put down dozens of leaves last fall..While most of them gave me babies..."Emerald Love" has acted like it was on viagra or something.I keep takeing babies off the 2 original leaves and more come up..I must have gotten over 20 babies off those 2 leaves so far..I am going to be giving away the extras as well.I wish they were all this easy!....marigene...See MoreIs this a proper AV propagation setup?
Comments (5)If they have been in this set-up for about 2 weeks and are still alive and firm, then they are fine. At this point, they should have begun to develop roots. If you give a very slight tug on the leaf, you should feel some resistance if roots are growing and starting to anchor the leaf in the soil. You should try to keep the water off the leaves themselves when you are watering, very sparingly!...See MorePropagating leaves/soil question
Comments (10)Thank you Marty and Karin, for your suggestions. I have ordered some trays and domes that should be here any day now. Too bad I didn't even know about this forum before I got started. My interest in African Violets all started with a dish garden my daughter was given when her brother in law died in a tragic car accident in August. My daughter and her husband married in May are on rotation...he is studying to become a physician's assistant. They are moving from place to place this first year of their marriage so they could not take the dish garden with them. I wanted so badly to keep the plants alive and not knowing anything about African Violets, I watered everything in the dish the same...and you all know what happened. The violet died, but when I divided everything, I found a tiny shoot of green surviving. I have heard that a plant with five leaves has a better chance of surviving so I hope this little plant will do okay. It was a lovely plant and I want to be able to give it to them when they are settled. I am learning so much about all of this. Needless to say, I have added to my AV family and have been given leaves from my dear Aunt...those are the ones I set a few weeks ago. So exciting!...See Moredebbie
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