African Violet Society of America: Local African Violet clubs: African Violet, perlite, coco coir and other potting mixes shown below: Local African Violet shows: AVSA Membership / Magazine: Few reference books below regarding African Violets, some of the information may be outdated, but its still an interesting read. Registering new African Violet plants: Ceramic pots […]
What Happens When African Violets Are Not Getting Enough Natural Light? Why Is My African Violet Plant Leggy? Why Are The Leaves On My African Violet Plant Growing Upwards? Is My African Violet Plant Not Blooming Because Of Low Light? African Violet, perlite and other potting mixes shown below: How To Control Natural Light When […]
How Often Should You Change African Violet Potting Mix? African Violet, perlite, coco coir and other potting mixes shown below: Do We Need To Re-pot African Violet Plants? Examples of 2″ & 3″plastic pots, great to keep a few extra in your growing tools: Why is African Violet Potting Soil Mix Important? Examples of commercially […]
What are African Violet chimera flowers? What Causes African Violet Plants To Produce Chimera Flowers? How To Propagate African Violet Chimeras? African Violet, perlite and other potting mixes shown below: What Happens If You Put Down A Leaf From An African Violet Chimera Flower Plant? What Are The Optimum Growing Conditions For African Violet Chimera […]
Soil Mealy Bugs are found inside the soil of African Violet plants, closer to the roots. They can spread very fast between plants and measures need to be taken quickly to control them. These are common questions answered about African Violet Soil Mealy Bugs: What are Soil Mealy Bugs? How do Soil Mealy Bugs Occur […]
African Violet Plants need to be watered depending upon each plants individual environment. Depending upon whether African Violets are in a hot, dry, comfortable or cold environment, the frequency and amount of water changes. Below are common questions answered about watering African Violet plants and hopefully you will be able to pick up some useful […]
Tight crowns or tight centers on African Violet plants can unfortunately occur when we are overzealous with fertilizer, light, heat or due to heavy soil or cyclamen mite infestation. (For information on normal rosette or trailing growth habit in African Violets, visit “What are different types of African Violets?“). What is a tight crown in […]
Why wick African Violet plants? What is wick watering? Below are some items which can be useful while wick watering African Violet plants: How to wick African Violet plants? How to wick already potted African Violet plants? What type of wicks can I use for African Violet plants? Below are a few options of wicks […]
Why do leaves turn brown on my African Violet plants and how to prevent it? The main reasons are: Below are examples of temperature and humidity meters, useful to keep in your growing area, especially when monitoring powdery mildew on your plants. Why do you have to remove brown leaves from African Violet plants? Examples […]
How to choose plant leaves to start propagation of African Violets? What kind of rooting soil mix to use for propagating African Violet leaves? Below are perlite recommendations, useful for potting up suckers, as an additive to African Violet soil or even used a thin layer at the bottom of a pot for drainage. Below […]
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