Care and Growing of African Violets - Plants For Sale in the UK

African Violets are relatively easy to grow and care for as an indoor plant and are often found for sale at plant fairs in the UK. They tend to like similar temperatures to humans, so the first obstacle to growing the plantsis overcome. We provide a guide to propatating and growing african violets from cuttings. Links to mail order and specialist Nurseries and photographs, pictures or 'pics' of African Violets.
Growing and Propagating
African violets are easy to propagate from leaf cuttings. Make sure the plant you wish to take cuttings from is healthy and not under stress. Remember that they do like to be well watered. Remove the african violet leaf with stem attached. Fill a small pot with a free draining yet water retentive mixture such as 50% peat and 50% vermiculate.Place the stem in the potting mix and water well. Keep foliage dry by watering with a long necked watering can that can reach under the foliage. Keep in indirect light for 1 - 2 months.
Care and Growing African Violets
Need to watered from above about one a month (but not the foliage). Water (to keep up humidty from below), use a saucer. Pots are usually shallow, and the saucers deep with a bed of stones to lift the pot to level where it sits above the water, this helps keep humidity levels high. Feed with a specialist African Violet Fertilizer, try once a week during the growing season and once a month at other times. Grow on a window sill, or near a window where they recieve morning light (not hot afternoon sun) No Flowers mean not enough light, brown leaves mean to much light.

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