Comments on: Why My African Violet Isn’t Growing Much? http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200903/african-violet-isnt-growing/ Sharing the Love & Joy of Gardening Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stacy http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200903/african-violet-isnt-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-4511 Stacy Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:23:35 +0000 http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/?p=804#comment-4511 it doesn't look like the leaves are burnt... they just get these patches that go limp, then turn brown and die. But it doesn't affect the whole leaf which I find weird. it doesn’t look like the leaves are burnt… they just get these patches that go limp, then turn brown and die. But it doesn’t affect the whole leaf which I find weird.

]]> By: Stacy http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200903/african-violet-isnt-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-4510 Stacy Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:10:16 +0000 http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/?p=804#comment-4510 Well the fertilizer I have is designed to be used every time you water. It's a liquid and you add 7 drops per liter of water. I usually put 6. But when I noticed how much it was growing I went a little crazy on the watering so I think I may have accidentally started to drown it. The top of the soil was fine but when I checked the drainage hole in the bottom it was soaked. Well the fertilizer I have is designed to be used every time you water. It’s a liquid and you add 7 drops per liter of water. I usually put 6. But when I noticed how much it was growing I went a little crazy on the watering so I think I may have accidentally started to drown it. The top of the soil was fine but when I checked the drainage hole in the bottom it was soaked.

]]> By: Sandy http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200903/african-violet-isnt-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-4509 Sandy Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:44:19 +0000 http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/?p=804#comment-4509 Hi Stacy, Our plants will get burnt if we use too much fertilizer. The random spots on the leaves are likely caused by over-fertilized. What kind of fertilizer do you use for your African Violet? Let's say if you use Hyponex, we should dissolve the fertilizer 1:2000, instead of the recommended 1:1000 stated on the package. Happy gardening! :) Hi Stacy,

Our plants will get burnt if we use too much fertilizer. The random spots on the leaves are likely caused by over-fertilized. What kind of fertilizer do you use for your African Violet? Let’s say if you use Hyponex, we should dissolve the fertilizer 1:2000, instead of the recommended 1:1000 stated on the package.

Happy gardening! :)

]]> By: Stacy http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200903/african-violet-isnt-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-4507 Stacy Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:13:21 +0000 http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/?p=804#comment-4507 I think I over-watered my African Violet too. The only difference is that mine is HUGE compared to yours. Rather than the whole leaves starting to wilt and rot there are large spots placed randomly on various leaves, sometimes half the leaf will go. Then again, some of my leaves are the size of playing cards. I haven't seen any stems rotting yet. It's either that or over fertilizing, but mine has about 20 flowers on it and more blooms on the way and none of them are burnt. I have suckers and more blossoms popping up at almost every stem base. So I thought that the plant may need a little more water. I guess I over did it. I don't want to re-pot the plant since it's fine so I shoved paper towels or napkins in the drainage holes and sat the whole thing on a thick pile of napkins. It's drying out the soil by leaching out the water. I'm hoping since only about 3-4 of my leaves have been affected that the damage isn't too bad. I think I over-watered my African Violet too. The only difference is that mine is HUGE compared to yours. Rather than the whole leaves starting to wilt and rot there are large spots placed randomly on various leaves, sometimes half the leaf will go. Then again, some of my leaves are the size of playing cards. I haven’t seen any stems rotting yet. It’s either that or over fertilizing, but mine has about 20 flowers on it and more blooms on the way and none of them are burnt. I have suckers and more blossoms popping up at almost every stem base. So I thought that the plant may need a little more water. I guess I over did it. I don’t want to re-pot the plant since it’s fine so I shoved paper towels or napkins in the drainage holes and sat the whole thing on a thick pile of napkins. It’s drying out the soil by leaching out the water. I’m hoping since only about 3-4 of my leaves have been affected that the damage isn’t too bad.

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