African violet leaves turning rusty brown
velleta tardiel
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Brown spots on leaves of new African Violets
Comments (11)Ann you need to have your lights at 8-10" from the top of your plants. The fuzzy stuff - fungus - usually means that your humidity is too high. Dead tissue - your brown spots - is getting consumed by the fungi. There should be some moderation - you do not want your plants die - but if they die - order some more leaves of the same variety - and wait until the end of the winter - so they do not get frozen next time. Check with the fellow AV lovers in Amarillo - do you belong to the club? May be somebody already has this variety - and will give you a healthy leaf. And again - get the healthiest leaf off your plant in question - and put it down for rooting - just in case. Do not get upset - there is always some loss - but if you share your plants with your friends - you can always start it again. Good luck Irina...See MoreAfrican Violet with brown flowers green leaves
Comments (1)Where there's green, there's hope! First, give it water right away. If your plant has lots of leaves, remove the outer row so the plant doesn't need to spend energy reviving old unnecessary growth. Second, your plant needs to be "groomed" (remove dead flowers and their stems back to the main crown, clean the leaves, etc.)and repotted. Clicking the link below brings you to a photo-illustrated potting lesson. Use a pot that is 1/3 of the plant's post-leaf removal diameter since overpotting can kill the plant or delay blooming. Use a mix of equal parts of peat, perlite, and vermiculite. You can also buy African Violet soil mixes, but they are about half peat, so you'll still need to add more perlite and vermiculite. The different ingredient shapes and textures leave air spaces in the mix and keep it from packing down so the roots can grow really well. I bet that in no time your plant will be "alive" again and showing its appreciation with new purple blooms. Here is a link that might be useful: Repotting a Violet...See Moreafrican violet brown spots
Comments (8)Hi Cookie, Poor guys. It could be a number of things. When you water from below how long do you let plants sit in water? It should be no longer than 30 mins. No soft water, and they say tap water should sit 24 hrs before using and be room temp. In cold temps. violets don't need a lot of frequent watering. In pic. soil looks wet. Are violets sitting near cold window? Put cardboard or something between window and violets on cold nights. Are they under lights? Who knows what happened to them in transit. Jarred around, cold temps? They could be in shock. Have you repotted them, yet? I'd probably check the roots and repot if you haven't already in a 1-1-1-soil less mix just moist. Put in baggies and seal or plastic containers. They can live in those for a long time without watering just check on them till new growth comes. When checking roots if some are brown, mushy, cut off and leave healthy roots. repot in small 3oz.solo cups. Plants look small can't tell from pic. Fertilizer - very little. Cold weather they need less. Use 1/8tsp. to a gal. of water. Do you have other violets? Keep these violets isolated. Unless leaves are just totally mushy leave on, if you start taking off leaves you wouldn't have much left. There's nothing unfortunately you can do about existing brown spots. You just have to wait for these to grow out and then take off. I probably didn't hit anything right here, if I was going to try something it would be water less. Good luck to you. Keep us updated on their progress. Mac...See Moreafrican violet leaves are yellow or green with black spots
Comments (2)Two years is a long time. When did you last repot? What are you feeding it? there can be several culprits, but likely it is just a ph imbalance from the potting medium breaking down. it COULD be chloramines, if your city just changed their water processing. when you repot, if you are looking to re-use that self watering pot, wash it well (maybe even with some vinegar, but rinse that really well). and prepare a soil mix with probably about 40-60% perlite mixed in a commercial African violet or seedling mix - try to find perlite and soil that have no fertilizers added - those can do really strange stuff if put in a self watering pot. i assume your plant has a "neck" (or stem). it doesn't hurt the plant, but some people don't like the looks. if you want to "rejuvenate" the plant, (i don't know if the article still is to be found here somewhere). the measures you take are a bit more drastic than simply repotting. Materials needed: potting mix (moistened, not sopping wet) pot. clear ziploc bag big enough so that will enclose pot & plant without touching the leaves a knife Procedure: take the plant out of the pot wash the pot fill the pot with pre-moistened potting mix (it should clump when compressed, but not be wet enough that you can squeeze water out) remove all flower buds and the outer rows of leaves until you get to the healthy center crown (anywhere from 2-6" across i think is fine). sever the stem about 1/2-3/4" below the lowest row of leaves place the plant in the pot, pushing the stem into the mix, bringing the bottom row of leaves near level with the soil line don't fill the reservoir with water put the entire thing, pot and plant, into the ziploc bag, blow it up for volume then close it. place it somewhere bright, but make sure there will be no direct sunshine hitting it (good way to cook a plant) wait for new growth. usually roots within a few weeks. if there is too much condensation, open the bag to air it out, then close it again. water if needed (probably not necessary) when you see new growth, open the bag bit by bit over the course of a few days, slowly acclimatising the plant to "normal" humidity levels. when you take the plant out of the bag, you can fill the reservoir Disclaimer: this is how i read it everywhere. i always strip the plant down to 2" or less, and rarely bag them. Do this at your own risk, if you are attached, root a bunch of the leaves you take off, as backup. good luck Karin...See Morevelleta tardiel
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