African Violets

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  1. Daniel W

    Daniel W Hardy Maple

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    Here's most of my African Violet collection. I'm new at these, starting in Jan this year.

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    The dark blue one bloomed like crazy for 5 months. Now it's on a break, I think. The leaf edges became crinkly brown so I cut those off. I didn't know if it was something I did, too much fertilizer or light, or just old leaves. It looks OK to me otherwise. I think it's developing multiple crowns, but they are too tight in there for me to remove them so far.

    I bought the maroon one and light blue+white by mail order in May. They weren't blooming, and now... I must be doing it right? They grew a lot already and are blooming really nicely. The maroon one has very slight variegation on the leaf edges.

    The little one and one in my hand came in the mail Wednesday. It's interesting the leaves are paler than the ones I've had longer. Maybe it's the LED lights? Fertilizer? I use Schultz houseplant fertilizer per label directions.

    We'll see how the new ones do. One should become more variegate and have pink + white flowers. The other is deep purple flower with white edging.

    Not sure what to think about this one. I bought it a month ago on Etsy. It's highly variegated. There are brown areas on some young leaves. Maybe I should cut off those leaves?
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    It would be nice if it grows. I up-potted it a little in African Violet mix.

    We'll see if those pale green leaves darken up.
     
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  3. Anniekay

    Anniekay Shovel Kicker

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    Those are gorgeous !! @Daniel W .
    I used to grow African violets when I had a picture window to put them in, back in the 70's. This house doesn't have deep enough window sills to display them in, though. That's the first variegated AV that I've ever seen !! :)
     
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    So nice to see the African violets this time of year,Wow what a treat.:smt041
     
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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Daniel— very nice selection, mate. Impressive.
     
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