littlem, Wonderful. Awsome. Wish you could post a pic so we can all share in its beauty!;-) toomanyanimals, I like your name. What kind of animals do you have? Are you trying to tell us something? lol I would make a specific plea to craig. He does AWSOME with his. I would ask him what his secret is. He definately has a magic finger. Have you seen his flowers? Coulb ne fertilizer related too. Are you giving them a consistant dark period? Over lets say, 3 months? Or a consistant cool period? And you are not overwatering right? They are to be watered very lttle. Sometimes I wonder if it's dormancy that causes them to bloom, or stressing them out. Which ever one it is, you need to do it, and maybe someone here can help. For me, as I explained above, it works. I also live in a cold region as you. In fact, I have a friend who puts them in her cellar too under florescent lights. She has them in her cool dark basement. Put aonly 3 hours of light on them starting in Oct. Then has the lights up to 6-8 by March. EVERYONE of them flower profusely! She is the one I learned from. Hers never fail to bloom. Some are 50 years old, along with young ones. Amazing! Long stocks and lots of flowers by March. Please don't rid them, just try different techniques for each one, and see what works. You have alot of support, help,and ideas here. Don't give up!:-)

Hi all, I recently (a week ago) purchased a Grewia tree, 22 years old I was told. On top of the soil there is some kind of vegetation with very small leaves, green and green-reddish. Those little plants have long, thin roots. I was wondering if I should remove those plants for the well being of the Grewia. Unfortunately the plant started to have yellow leaves and I am concern that the little plants take up to many resources from the tree. Thanks, Vlad

Exactly! But if I look at it before I go to bed, it's already this nub by morning. And not even a bump before bedtime- this pink 'fruit' is already there by morning- very quick. I've been picking them off- then now wondering when do they flower? Even night bloomers seem to have something to show first thing in the AM. Really confused- looking at mystax pics on google- it doesn't seem to bloom singly or at night?

thanks that is good to hear, these are my first African violets so I have been trying to check on them everyday to make sure there aren't any problems (I have 5 so far). Also I am so paranoid about pests, especially the cyclamen mites that you basically have to throw your plant away. I had not noticed the size of the other flowers that bloomed earlier I guess. When I saw the small ones I was worried about something being wrong with it. I was thinking they opened the size they were supposed to be like the orchids I have.