Then, she suggests making an indentation in the soil for the plant and set it in the pot. Add more soil to cover the root system, without burying it any deeper than it was in the old pot, and pat down gently. When resettling a plant deeper in a pot, gently scrape the bare stem as if you were scraping a carrot to remove the heavy bark that forms when leaves are shed.
Finally, it's totally fine to deadhead blooms as they start to fade. How to Repot African Violets. By Emily Goldman Updated November 17, Save Pin More. Comments 1 Add Comment. Martha Stewart Member. January 6, Best time is 45 seconds from awake to asleep! Alternatively, you can plant the cutting directly into the soil.
For this, you need a healthy leaf along with 2 inches of stem, potting soil, and a small pot of clear plastic. African violets go through two main stages in their life cycle: the rhizome stage and the vegetative stage.
The rhizome stage is when the plant grows new roots and leaves and it is also when it needs to be cared for. During this stage, fertilize your African violet flower every two weeks with an all-purpose liquid fertilizer at half strength.
This will promote vigor and growth When an African violet bloom begins to die, cut off its yellow leaves carefully leaving only two or three green leaves on it. Cut off any flowers that are already dead or dying. This will encourage the plant to go back into a rhizome stage and form more flowers The vegetative stage is when the African violet goes dormant, meaning it stops growing new leaves and roots.
During the vegetative stage, care for it as you would during the rhizome stage. This is also a good time to repot your African violet plant into a larger size pot At least once every month, drench the African violet with water until it drains through the bottom of its pot. This will ensure that the soil remains moist. African violets live anywhere from one to five years depending on how well you take care of them, but they can also last up to seven years if you care for them properly.
The African violet plant goes through a spring-flowering stage and usually will bloom early in the spring after having been repotted into a larger pot What is the purpose of an African violet plant? African violets are grown mainly as ornamental plants and houseplants. They are popular indoors because they are easy to grow , durable, and beautiful. They also make a great gift and can be used as expressions of love They offer a source of relaxation for people who have jobs that keep them tied down inside all day long.
African violets need to be watered once every seven to ten days. The soil should be thoroughly soaked, but make sure that you do not get the leaves wet. Do this by covering the base of the plant with your finger and pouring in water slowly. If the African violet is a bloom, then avoid over-watering because it will promote root rot which can kill your plant.
After watering, place the pot in bright sunlight for at least four hours or until any excess water evaporates. The African violet should always be placed in a spot that receives diffused light or indirect light. The African violet plant will not survive being placed in a location that receives direct sunlight.
When you see the bottom leaves of the plant turn yellow and wither, it is an indication that the plant has outgrown its pot. You can either trim off some of the top leaves to increase airflow or repot the plant into a larger size pot The ideal time to repot your African Violet is during spring and summer when it is actively growing.
Prior to transplanting, make sure you let it dry out a little bit. African violets grow best in greenhouses, but they can also be planted in flower beds and gardens as long as you keep them watered African violet plants are the favorite houseplant of most interior designers because they bring life and color into living spaces.
They come in a variety of colors and can be used to decorate interior walls as well as outdoor walkways They also help purify indoor air. Experts have discovered that African violets emit negative ions into the atmosphere.
African violet plants like the sunlight, however, they must never be placed in direct sunlight. They thrive best in indirect light. This allows the plant to absorb the amount of sunlight it needs to stay blooming and grow. Better to use leaves from middle rows of plant that are fresher.
I have an adult and a leaf-propagated young standard sized violet which are exploding with growth, but my miniature has been producing progressively smaller and paler leaves from the center for the last few months. Am I on the right track? When should I notice a difference?
Anything else I should change? Thank you for all of your information! Repotting should help. Be sure to use proper size pot—the inside diameter of the pot should be no larger than 2. Be sure there are no suckers—only growth should be in center of the plant. Of course, every variety is different, so would need to know this as well—may be the nature of the variety.
First I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your website! Did not know you were supposed to repot them every 6 months! I bought an African violet recently at a nursery.
Is there any way though to tell The color of this violet from the foliage and leaves? The leaves seem lighter in color than my dark purple violet and longer as well. Do self-watering apparatuses promote root rot? I believe my dark purple violet died because of root rot and I watered it with a self-watering bulb. No sure way to predict bloom color based upon foliage color.
If not enough perlite, the soil will retain too much water and can lead to root rot. These plants have lived for years on my north facing window sill … and they are magnificent if I do say so myself! We have VERY cold weather right now and I am wondering if being so close to the window glass would be the likely culprit…. This damage did not appear until today! I water when the pots are lite usually once a week with room temp distilled water and Schultz …7 drops to 4 Cups water.
I have great luck growing violets from a leaf but once the new plant starts, it seems like My one lead turns into violets in one pot. When do I prune out the extra crowns and how do I do that? This is not unusual. Once the plant matures and begins to bloom, it will not want to sucker as much. As for how, there are many ways and tools—tweezers, knife, or anything sharp and pointed helps. I replanted my AVs about 5 — 6 months ago and replaced them in the same areas of the house as they had previously been in when they bloomed several different times with large clusters of flowers.
Since repotting, they have only bloomed once and have developed long leaf stems and large leaves. They will need a little time to reestablish themselves, grow more roots and bloom again. Going to assume you are growing in natural light windows. When days get longer and brighter, things should improve. I hope this area was not just for replies, but questions as well. I just donated 50 plants to a local church bazaar. Can you tell me why please? Your site is amazing. Thank you for all the information.
If outside leaves are never removed, they eventually will get old and need pruning. So I uprooted it and noticed the new root was rotten; I left about about 1. I trimmed off the rotten part and repotted the plant again. This time, it seems doing ok. Was the rotting the result of covering too long or was it because I left too much stem when restarting the first time? Thank you. Probably a bit of both, though likely more that too much stem was left when rerooted. I have several plants, some new, some older who have not matured enough to bloom that have a white frosty look on new leaves coming in.
I have several and want to save these plants. What should I do? Likely this is powdery mildew. Not uncommon, and rarely fatal to your plants.
For more information, search this term from the homepage of this site. Thanks for this article and your responses to the questions. If a restart is done as instructed and with the tips from your responses , does this process truly have a very good success rate?
I usually have a Round-up thumb, but for some reason, this AV has thrived. Thank you! If the plant is otherwise healthy to begin with, you should have no problems.
Of course, it does help to have done this before—practice makes perfect. It began looking sickly so I followed your instructions step-by-step and did it. It has been about 3 months and the AV has really perked up.
Today I smoothed the soil away from the stem and see it has tons of new roots, just below the surface! Thanks again! You have no idea what this means to me. From all your advice, I was able to restore the 3 and from all the leaves that I removed, I have propagated almost 50 more plants. I now have 10 of the 50 blooming. I can tell from the leaves on the different plants which parent plant they have come from because the leaves of the 3 parent plants are all different.
I have one of the propagated plants that looks completely different from all the rest. The leaves are speckled green and white. It has not yet began to bloom. I am wondering if it is a new species or if it is defective. It is a very healthy plant otherwise. Any thoughts would be appreciated. There is no way to know unless you know the variety from which the leaf came. It may very well be a mutation from the original, or simply a short-term consequence of the environment or care.
Hello, I acquired an African Violet from a friend only on Wednesday, it was in really good health. Will the flowers recover on their own or is it best to remove the burnt ones? I have several beautiful blooming violets under grow lights. I treat them all the same but this one is wilted and has never bloomed! The inside leaves look healthy. Would need much more information for a diagnosis.
You may want to repot the plant, and give the roots and plant a fresh start. I had an AV with dying leaves — they would come in healthy, then turn brown and die instead of growing larger. My diagnosis, with help from articles on this site, was root rot. I followed the directions exactly, and now have 2 thriving plants that seem to do best with only very rare watering now I know.
What do I do with violets that are dying? Do I cut them off? From the base or just the heads? Repot the plant to give it a fresh start or restart it , using a soil containing more perlite. Plant is in AV pot but this morning top broke off, stem is curved not straight.
Question; should I repot in dirt or put in water? Hi, my AF recently died and the crown sent up new shoots but today the leaves all fell off the stalk in a clump. Now I have an empty stalk and a plant without a stalk. Is it possible to save the plant by planting the leaves without the stalk? Is there anything I can do? If the leaves remain healthy, you can root these.
See the lesson on propagating violets by leaf. I bought a small AV along with some other things that were not important to bring in the house right away.
I went to church the next day, got home about 1 pm and then remembered the poor thing! It was easily in the car that morning, if not more. All her leaves are drooping and just looks terrible. My first thought was to cool her off with some water, she was very dry by then. Then after reading thru your site I think she is now to wet.
Is there anything I can do to save her? Thanks in advance and I love your site!! If the wilting was due to the heat and being dry, your violet should at least mostly perk up within a few hours of a good watering.
If it perks up, then droops again after a subsequent watering, then you may have overwatered it. In any event, I would aim for moderation at this time—out of the bright sun, and kept moist not soggy, nor dry.
For now, water from the top, as you can control water better this way based upon its needs. Give it a chance to recover without subjecting it to any more stress.
My AV was possibly destroyed, my roommate and bf have people at the house a lot, someone knocked over my African violet and left it a mess. I want to bring it back. Am I doing everything wrong? If there is any healthy growth in the center of the plant the growing point the plant may recover. African violets are fibrous rooted, and once the top growth is dead, there is no coming back. Hi and thanks for all of the great info here!
I trimmed back and repotted three AVs yesterday that had all grown out to expose bent crowns. I trimmed outer leaves and have some of the nicer ones rooting under a plastic dome in moist soil now. I repotted the main plants in moist soil after trimming the crowns as recommended. Two of the three are in those moisture wicking pots the ones where you put water in the outer pot and then put the inner pot into the outer one.
Do I also need to plastic bag or dome those too? Or is it just keeping the soil moist that is necessary for root development? These were very large and lopsided so they got a good trim!
With a magnifying glass, I see what looks like tiny new growth growing up in the V of the three leaves. I have a small plant started from a leaf that I had for 25 years.
It was doing fine until I took advice for powdery mildew and sprayed Lysol high above it. The spray settled on the leaves and killed the powdery mildew, but it also killed the tiny crown in the center.
I am left with only three outer leaves. It has not sent up a new crown. Is there anything I can do with this root ball and leaves to get this plant started growing? I would like to send a picture. Hello, I plan on cutting the neck on a violet and doing the above.
Would rooting hormone be a good idea? Only if the neck is very woody and tough. Damp to the touch, and so the soil is moist throughout, but not so much that water runs out the bottom of pot or you can easily squeeze water from the soil like a wet sponge. I have four very lovely violets in bloom and three babies that are going to come into their first bloom soon, all sitting on the North facing windowsill in front of me. Unless the bag has been kept open in an problem area like outdoors where you know pests are likely an issue, it probably is fine.
Please help! I have an AV that has been propagated and passed down for many years and is of great sentimental value. He never looked really good but i love him. Its been about three weeks and little by little all his leaves are dying. I moved him to a new window, even let him sit outside for a day.
Am i not watering enough? Should i put him in a bag? Thank you for any advice! Without knowing more, it is hard to say. The most common mistake when repotting is to water too much afterwards, especially if potting into a larger pot.
Keep in mind that the root system needs time to recover and grow before being able to process all of the water you may be giving it.
Soil should be moist, not actually wet or soggy. I have a very large African violet that has rooted 3 others in the same pot. I nitpicking fed 2 of them hanging and the stem was hollow. I lifted then up the are healthy and rather large. How can I replant these.
I have had these for close to 30 years. Divide the clump into three individual plants with a single crown, or growing point. Pot each into its own pot. Use a pot just slightly larger than the root system of that plant. In the future, grow as a single crowned plant by removing suckers as they appear unless a trailing variety.
It will bloom better, with a better appearance, when grown this way. What are your thoughts on foliar feeding. I have a friend who is adamant about not getting the leaves wet. If you do foliar feed, spray with slightly warm water, so that water is close to room temperature when it reaches the leaves, and keep the plant out of cold air or direct sunlight—it is the temperature of the water that will damage leaves.
Use only very diluted fertilizer much less than if you watered with it , to avoid leaving fertilizer salts on the leaves or burning the foliage.
One was even a prize winner. They all have quit blooming and have grown really tight leaf clusters in the center. There is a noted difference between older leaf length and newer. What could be causing this? I have recently moved and they are in a brighter location than before, could thus be affecting them? What can I do to fix this? Many things could cause this, including very bright light. If the plant looks otherwise healthy, this might be the case.
Consider your water source, as well. Very cold, or warm, temperatures can cause this, too. If the plant does not look healthy or is distorted or discolored in center, it may be a pest issue. How frequently can I repot an AV?
I repotted mine 3 months ago but have realized the pot is too big and I want to pot down but is it too soon? Is there anyway I can get my AV to adjust to the humidity outside the bag or is the difference too much? Ive considered adding a humidity tray if I were to take it out. Thanks for your help! This page is very helpful! Repot your plants when they need it, if they grow quickly, this can only be three months, but usually is longer.
Use a pot only slightly larger than the current root system. If rooted well, the shock from being removed from the bag should only be temporary. It should adjust in a day. It should only take a few weeks for a plant to get rooted adequately.
I have an AV that has been growing in water for a few years. It bloomed like crazy this winter. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
Plants can grow and bloom in water. You can pot into soil with or without the roots. Hi Violet Barn. I have some rooting hormone that I want to use to encourage regrowth after lobbing off the crown. Do you think I can just dip the bottom in the powder and plant as usual?
Hi, I find your site very useful and informative. I suspect that it might had aphids too as I found one on the back of a leave. Does it have any chances of surviving?
Is there anything else I can do? I am going to treat the leaves with rubbing alcohol to kill all the bugs. Know way of knowing without seeing the plant. If you have a healthy crown center of plant then it should survive with some TLC.
Would suggest washing it thoroughly with some mild soap like dish soap and room temperature water. My african violets have created center leaf clusters that are very tight and hardly any stems.
So the plant has a row of pretty leaves around the base and then a tight cluster of leaves in the center. This has happened to several of my plants. What could cause this? A number of things can cause this. Environment, care, or pests can be the cause. I have 3 violets rooting from crowns and have been covered in zippered bags for about two-three months. They look great and when I checked them today they seem to have rooted nicely.
I took the bags off and within a few hours they seem to be wilted. I did not water them because the soil was moist from being in the bags.
I put the bags back on until I can find out why this happened. Any suggestions? They should be rooted by now. Likely the plants just need to get acclimated.
Hi I have a quick question. What do healthy AV roots look like? Trying to tell if my plant has root rot. I was wondering if I was doing something wrong.
Would these have any effects? Though the baby earth worms may not be an issue by themselves, there may be other things in the soil that could be. I got an african violet to take care of while my parents traveled, but when I received it and had the chance to unpack it from the box the plant was soaked, and the leaves browning and limp.
I immediately drained the plant and put it on an absorbent paper towel to dry it out. The leaves continued to die even as the plant dried out. I have also re-potted it in dryer soil, but there are only 3 leaves left. They have some green, but are limp. Any help? What you did was proper. I planned to have a vaction, can I place the healthy AV in the dome or plastic bag for a month without attending them?
Thanks for your information. Is it possible to save plants that became extremely dry and dehydrated after being left in an overheated room for two weeks? Their leaves are brown and soft and the plants appear to be dead.
A couple of the plants have partially green leaves. It depends upon the condition of the plants. If the center growth remains healthy, it can likely recover. If I do this, what do you think the outcome will be? And what precautions should I take? I had no idea they needed frequent pruning and repotting. My poor plants! I hope they survive the boot camp they are about to begin. They still bloom like crazy and seem healthy.
Thanks for all of the great advice. Dear Violet Barn, I am so glad that I found you. I just took it out of its pot and saw that it barely hung onto the crown which was all dried up. So I separated it from the crown, potted it in a small pot with good African Violet soil, and put a clear plastic bag over it per your instructions.
I am worried that I took the entire crown off, but to be truthful, it was all dried up anyway and the plant barely was attached to it. I plan to out it under a grow light as well. Any thoughts about whether this will work, given that there are not roots or crown left on the plant.
Little confused—no crown nor roots? Apparently only some leaves attached to the trunk of the plant, but no center? In any event, so long as you have healthy material of some sort, eventually it will reroot and grow. Will a plastic tinted grocery bag do or is a clear bag better? Why do I find most of my AV are growing very slowly?
Is it normal? It has been like 2 weeks and the tiny leaves are still in the same size. An AV beginner here. Can you advise me as to the needed pot size for these trailers. Presently they are in 4 inch pots with crowns. Thank you so much for all of your very helpful information.
Miniatures should only have one crown.
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