Is my African violet sick ?
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Mystery Animal Eating my African Violet
Comments (17)The craziest thing happened for me. I had an African violet in my office. When I came into the office on Monday, the entire plant was gone!!! I was dumbounded and thought someone had played a mean prank. But today, the custodian and I did some investigating and found rat droppings around the office and have decided my poor plant was eaten by a rat that is someplace in office. Gross! That thing contaminated my office. I was sick thinking it all day. I did a search online tonight and found this discussion. I had never heard of an African violet being devoured by a rat....See MoreCan I revive my African Violet?
Comments (80)So ... you're looking to give your plants 10-12 hours of sunlight ... or fluorescent light or LED light ... per day. I keep my plants blooming with a combination of window light and fluorescent light. You can use cheap desk-lamps with CFL or LED bulbs. The light source (and/or window) should be no more than 1 foot away from your plants. P.S. To start a new thread, select the appropriate discussion category (in this case, African Violets) and start a new question/comment ... Desk-lamp CFL bulb...See MoreAfrican violet help: White spots on African violet flower petals
Comments (13)Something else I did was put my alcohol in a sprayer bottle. Properly labeled of course! That can really get where no Qtip can reach sometimes. If you have an infestation that has turned your plant mostly white with mealy then toss it. But for light infestations,,,,,try alcohol first. I have saved many plants over the years. I don't get it often. Once every few years if that. BUT I will always try to "alcohol" it first and I have never had a "spread" thru my collection. Let us know what happens! Rosie...See MoreCyclamen mites on my African Violets
Comments (9)If you have only one infected room and haven't moved plants from there into your other rooms, those plants may be ok. I know one can always carry mites on one's hands & clothes but I think close plant contact is the spreader. If you already have found mites in other rooms then you may have to take action and treat or at least watch carefully and toss as needed. As for taking untreated leaves, I would suggest that older leaves may be best. True, they may take longer to root but mites are less likely because their mouth pieces are only able to chew on tender growth, at least I think that is true. I've also read that since mites don't like tough plant parts, if you seal your leaf ( maybe even a younger one in this case) in a plastic baggie, any attached mites may die from starvation before baby plantlets appear. This sounds reasonable but I haven't tested it. Perhaps someone else will chime in to offer advice. An odd note: I recall a shelf upon which all the plants had mites except for one. I could never find a mite on it nor did it ever develop symptoms. Perhaps it just tasted bad or had some type of immunity! Terri...See More- 10 years ago
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