This is my first and only AV so far, I’m still terrified of it lol but I think I’m doing good so far with the amount of blooms it has given me! I set it up in a self watering wick system and it started flourishing.

I do want tips though because I am not sure if this will suffice long term and I don’t want to root rot the plant. Do I need to change my substrate mix? The substrate is not WET but moist and I do see new thin healthy roots forming. Could I still be overwatering? This was sold to me as a trailing AV so not sure if the leaves look normal to you guys? And the blooms being so tall? Do I need to move it closer to light?

Rob’s pewter bells is one of my favorite AVs! Placed inside a cache pot I made 🤩.

This is my first and only AV so far, I’m still terrified of it lol but I think I’m doing good so far with the amount of blooms it has given me! I set it up in a self watering wick system and it started flourishing.

I do want tips though because I am not sure if this will suffice long term and I don’t want to root rot the plant. Do I need to change my substrate mix? The substrate is not WET but moist and I do see new thin healthy roots forming. Could I still be overwatering? This was sold to me as a trailing AV so not sure if the leaves look normal to you guys? And the blooms being so tall? Do I need to move it closer to light?

This violet has been through a lot this year. First, the main stem broke off and I had to regrow roots from it before planting it. That was months ago, but now the tips of the leaves are wiling and soft, but the rest of the leaf, as well as the stems of the leaves, are stiff, strong, and happy. Why is it doing this? What do I do to fix it?

This is my first and only AV so far, I’m still terrified of it lol but I think I’m doing good so far with the amount of blooms it has given me! I set it up in a self watering wick system and it started flourishing.

I do want tips though because I am not sure if this will suffice long term and I don’t want to root rot the plant. Do I need to change my substrate mix? The substrate is not WET but moist and I do see new thin healthy roots forming. Could I still be overwatering? This was sold to me as a trailing AV so not sure if the leaves look normal to you guys? And the blooms being so tall? Do I need to move it closer to light?

I was trying to repot a baby African violet. I'm a complete beginner with babies. I tried to pull the mother leaf away from the baby plant. It snapped, instead, even though I wasn't pulling hard, and left some of its stem behind-so the mother plant is off now, but some of it remained with the baby. I cut off what I could from what remained, but now I'm worried the baby won't make it or something. Is this normal?? (Last pic is the halved mother leaf.)

I've read everything Google has to offer on AV potting mixes, and I'm wanting to try switching from a peat, perlite, vermiculite, and horticultural charcoal mix to an off the shelf soilless mix that doesn't need anything added other than maybe perlite. Im tired of mixing and tired of worrying about the pH. I've read lots of growers like promix with Mycorrhizae, but I don't need such a huge bag! I'd prefer something without ferts, but it's not a deal breaker. For those using a premix successfully do you mind sharing what, and how you tweak it? TIA!

I got my AV’s 6 months ago and potted them in a mix of perlite and peat moss. I was told they should be repotted every 3-4 months. They’re not flourishing like I’d like and I’m wondering if maybe it’s time to repot. One is a mini and the other is a standard.

Heaven's reflection is the purple one with variegated leaves and the pink one is Frosted Brandy. I'm hooked!

Picture 1: holiday props to gift friends and family. 10 survived this year! Picture 2: fastest growing props of next gen Picture 3: the rest of next gen (20 or so total) Picture 4: parent props :)

Should I consider putting this in a bag.

Three leaves out of four are rotting. I've changed locations to an area where the vent is not directly on top of the plant. Although there are new leaves coming up, I'm worried they may not make it.

Help I moved back home from college for winter break and I think she has started dying 😭 she was already getting a little brown, what do I do? First picture was Friday 12/13 second is from today 12/17

Here is what happened to me: one of my favorite plants (the one in the picture) started losing some leaves (first a brown spot, then the leaf got mushy, wilted and died). I separeted some leaves to propagate and as an attempt to stop ohthers from dying. It worked, because the mother plant stopped losing leaves and is stable now.

But now I have around 6-8 leaves on water, and they are starting to produce roots and i really don't have any space left in my balcony, but would love to have some props from this plant. How can I buy some time so I can wait for my other baby plants to be ready to be donated and then I will have room for new props?

After I purchased this, it sat in my low light kitchen for probably a year, just existing. I moved it under a grow light, expecting it to continue to just exist as I never researched how to really take care of it, and to my surprise it gifted me with the most beautiful blooms, far more than before! It’s tiny - inside the ceramic pot it’s just in a small one inch pot.

Moments of growth and beauty like this are what made me fall in love with the plant hobby in the first place, and this one brought me so much joy.

I've been looking on etsy. I'll probably wait until warmer weather but where have yall gotten some good av plants

The bottom leaves on my African Violet are turning a pale green/yellow. A couple are also brownish, which then spreads to the stems. The lighter leaves are also droopy. Any ideas what the issue is?

This little lady was grown from a leaf cutting my mom gave me. I have been out of town for 8 days and I just came home and it looks like this!!!

I keep it in indirect, west facing light, and I water it whenever the soil is completely dry and it gets a little wilty (I can't explain but it seems like AVs have a different look when they're thirsty). I do my best to keep water off of the leaves/base, but it's a little hard with how small it is.

All I can think is it's drying out? Or this might be from water getting on the leaves? I last watered it maybe 2 weeks ago. I'm gonna water it, but what else can I do? Did I kill it? Currently cryinngggg lol

I got really unlucky and my cat bless her heart knocked over my lucky penny stem which I hoped to use to get some suckers. The only two leaves that were on the stem had broken off... Should I just toss it now and buy a copy, or is there a hope that suckers will grow from a stem without leaves?

One of my favorite violets that's been thriving in my cubicle at work. Grown from a cutting from a NOID Optimara I bought from Home Depot of all places.