African Violets decapitation help
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Broad mites on African Violets? Please help!
Comments (29)The Forbid label had all sorts of warnings about human toxicity through inhalation, direct skin contact, etc. Birds are extremely sensitive to airborne particles and chemical fumes, even those that don't bother humans (fumes from teflon-coated nonstick pans, for example, can kill birds in a matter of minutes), and in general, it's pretty safe to assume that anything in the air that's harmful to humans will be more harmful to them. I didn't think it was worth the risk, even in a different room. Plus I'd have to worry about getting the overspray on my floor/wall/etc. What I did do is made about a half gallon of Forbid and, with my gloved fingers holding the soil/plant in the pot, dunked each of my plants (I have ~30, so not as many as a lot of people) upside down and swished them around for a few seconds. Saran wrap probably would have helped, but unfortunately I didn't think of it or see your comment in time, but just using my fingers worked relatively well. I did have one plant fall out of the pot and entirely into the miticide, but I fished it out quickly, and after letting it dry out overnight, I repotted it with apparently no harm done. Garbage bags covered with a layer of paper towels worked well to set the plants on while they all dried overnight in my bathroom, with the vent on to get rid of fumes. The miticide got a little dirty by the last few plants, due to some loose soil falling in, but I don't think it impacted its function any. I do need to figure out how to dispose of the leftover, though. However, that would have been a problem even if I had chosen to spray it, since I wasn't sure how much I needed, and it's not stable once mixed up, so I couldn't have saved it to reuse. I currently have it sealed in a cleaned milk jug while I figure out how to responsibly dispose of it. Thank you all for your help and advice while I figured this out! Hopefully this will be the last of the nasty mites!...See MoreAfrican Violet mountain, please help.
Comments (16)The leaves are all healthy. I had it under a grow light trying to get it to bloom again for the past 6 months. I've had it for 4 years. I think I reported it about this time last year (just changed the soil. I don't know the name of it. I'll see if I can repot the suckers. There seems to be at least 4-5 clumps. At Irina_Co the middle could have had tremendous shock, my dogs took out 4 of my plants and demolished them to pieces and soil was everywhere. This was the lone survivor. I babied it back to health...well sort of I guess....See MoreMiniature African Violet Help
Comments (8)He's dead, Jim (ST reference). Yeah, this time of year, 17 days in transit is almost certain to be fatal, the USPS strikes again. Last week, I received some orchids that got lost (still no idea where they went) but they should have been delivered in 3 days, it was six, with no tracking between Oregon and Arkansas...they teleported (slowly?). Anyway, I was lucky, and boxes were probably not outside plus heat pack still oozing heat even after 7 days in box. Mine were fine (I was expecting thawing mush). Yours not so much :(...See MoreHELP aphids on African Violets
Comments (6)Are you sure you have aphids?! I don’t see any in your pics. — assuming that’s potting mix and not aphid skeletons on the leaves in the first pic. Aphids just aren’t that hard to eliminate on plants, and in all my years of growing I’ve never had an aphid on my AVs. The crown on the 1st plant looks shot. More like death by mites or leaving water in the crown. I’d pinch out the dead crown and bad inner leaves, wash the plant top and bottom, then isolate it. Usually a new good plant grows from the center and I remove/pot that to restart the plant. You can also propagate from leaves as normal. 2nd plant looks like a tight crown — again could be mites or even environmental causes like being too cold. Pic makes it look older and it probably has a long neck, like Ken suggests. I’m also suspicious about those pots…...See Morepelen23 gelen
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