African violet leaves slowly brown and rot
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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 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 MoreHow long until I can tell that my root-rotted African Violet is OK?
Comments (1)It can take a few weeks to a month, I've experienced ......See MoreWANTED: African Violet Leaves
Comments (0)I am in search of African violet leaves of a plant that is purple or blue. I have a pink AV that I am doctoring after almost death from root rot. It is doing much better. However, I really want a blue or purple. I would love to trade for some holiday cactus leaves (mixed colors: pink, white and salmon) or an epiphyllum leaves (rosy pink)....See Moredimitrig
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