The Soil and Root pH of African Violet Plants
What is soil pH? Soil pH measures the activity of the hydronium ion (H+) in a soil suspension solution. The soil suspension is made of one part soil and one part water. Soil pH indicates the acidity or alkalinity of the soil suspension and is measured in units. This unit measurement is on a scale […]
Capillary Mat Watering African Violet Plants : How To Use And Set Up
What are mats / capillary matting? Examples of capillary matting used for watering African Violet plants shown below: How does capillary matting work; for African Violet plants? What materials to use for capillary mat watering of African Violet plants? Examples of capillary matting used for watering African Violet plants shown below: How to prepare your […]
Cleaning African Violet Plants, Why & How To?
Why clean your African Violet plants? Which tool should I use to brush off / clean dust / soil from African Violet leaves? Below are recommendations of useful items used to clean / groom African Violet plants: How to brush off / clean dust / soil from African Violet plants? Below are recommendations of useful […]
Artificial Lighting For African Violet Plants: Part II LED Lighting
What are LED Lights: How do LED lights generate light? LED Lights Compared To Fluorescent Lights: African Violet Plants Underneath LED Lights: Replacement LED Tube Light Bulbs: LED replacement T8 tube light bulbs: Below are recommendations for LED replacement T8 bulbs to grow African Violet plants: Direct-wire/Ballast bypass LED tubes: Below are recommendations for Direct-wire/Ballast […]
Artificial Lighting For African Violet Plants: Part I Fluorescent Lighting
Definitions: Below are examples of light meters, useful to keep in your growing area, especially when monitoring low or bright light intensity. Lights: Fluorescent Light Bulbs: Below are recommendations for T12 bulbs to grow African Violet plants: Below are recommendations for T8 bulbs to grow African Violet plants: Below are recommendations for T5 bulbs to […]
How To Groom African Violet Plants?
Why Is It Necessary To Groom African Violet Plants? Grooming Habit I – Removing Flowers Grooming Habit II – Removing Leaves Grooming Habit III – Checking for African Violet Suckers Grooming Habit IV – Spacing And Rotating African Violet Plants Tool recommendations below, useful in regular cleaning of African Violet plants. Grooming Habits V – […]
Foliar Feeding African Violet Plants
How to Foliar Feed? Foliar feeding involves gently spraying the African Violet leaves with a diluted mixture of plant fertilizer. a) Preparing the fertilizer mix for foliar feeding: b) How to apply fertilizer mix to African violet leaves? Why Do We Need to Dilute the Foliar Feeding Fertilizer? What Kind of Water to Use for […]
How Often To Change African Violet Potting Soil Mix & Why?
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 […]
How to Water African Violet Plants?
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 […]
Wick Watering for African Violet Plants
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 […]