Wake up call for me!

Rosie1949

6 years ago

Ok, I have read recently that this has happened to others but now it happened to me.

Yesterday I was "tending" violet leaves and babies. I had this one leaf (actually there were several) that had been fine for a few weeks and then last night it was mushy rotten. heavy sigh.

As I picked up the leaf to toss it, I noticed this little, teensy, weensy piece of green something. Hmmm, algae on a piece of perlite? My imagination???? NO!!!!! Those roots had started to produce the smallest start of a baby! They weren't even mouse ears yet! They were about the size of the sharpened point of a pencil!!!!!

I didn't see it until I threw it in the compost baggie and it flipped over ! I dug it out, got the tag, separated the gunk carefully from the baby and its roots and gently replanted it in a kcup. Whew.

I was thrilled and it is such a small speck of green I wonder how many of them I have thrown away!!!

So I continued on tending my leaves when lo and behold,,,it happened again!!! I got to tell you that these are almost microscopic!!!! But I planted it anyway with all the roots I could. WOW!!!

I have read about the mother leave dying and leaving her babies, I have had that happen but the babies left behind were old enough to continue!!! But I don't think anyone ever meant they were this tiny! I still cannot believe I was able to see them being this microscopic!

Well, hopefully they will survive!!!! Rosie (who tries to save them all !!!)

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6 years ago

Good for you!!! They are so cute when they first start growing... A few of my leaves (a Harlequin and a Chico) just started throwing up the same tiny babies. They'll be EVEN CUTER when I eventually plant seeds. I'm not sure about the mother leaf dying though? It's never happened for me! Beats me. But I'm sure the little ones will do great in your care.

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Rosie1949
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6 years ago
Thanks Marina, your babies are much larger than mine. I can't believe how tiny mine are! Rosie
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One of my mother leaf is rotted away too. But it's baby is bigger that the ones in the pictures above. I hope the baby will survive.
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It might sound nuts, but the containers the crisco sticks come in are perfect for our tiny babies! I have never lost a spec of one that I place in there for a while.
Rosie1949
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6 years ago
Stamik I can't picture what containers you are referring to.

Julie if yours is larger than the pix above they should be fine. Mine are the size of pin pricks! Yikes!!! Rosie
stamik2004
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These!
dviolet1
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Whatever are you using Crisco for? Maybe I could use some in my life?? Gotta have those containers.
stamik2004
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cookies! But probbaly dont make as many as I have containers for haha.
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I just found a container in my freezer I can use, with something healthier in it than having to use up the Crisco!
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Perfecto! I just poked holes all over the top and some on the side midway up... and like 1/4 inch of soil and water the dirt just so its "damp" and toss in whatever needs intensive care ( tiny suckers that for whatever reason had to be plucked off) and whalah! Growing and developing roots like nobody's business. For the record the crisco sticks are wrapped in foil so they never touch the container, that would be a nightmare to try to clean enough to house the green little ones. Anddd most of the sticks are still in the cabinet waiting for those "cookies" hah.
Rosie1949
Original Author
6 years ago
I have not seen these Crisco containers in my store, but it reminds me of the long containers that would hold stick butter or margarine back in the day. I will take a look to see what they are all about! How do you label the leaves? Rosie

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