Comments on: African Violet Care – How to Separate Crowns

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:55:34 +0000

Tennie, thanks much for your sharing

By: Tennie

Tennie — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:44:51 +0000

hi sandy, I have a large AV it’s about 2 feet across.with multiple crowns.I’m so afraid to seperate them. But I know I need to.I have no problem rooting leaves in water.just a piece of advice .water from the bottom,use water that has sat over night,and don’t move them around alot.I’ve done great with these simple rules.Looking for a yellow bloom.good luck all.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:18:29 +0000

You can also propagate your African Violet with the leaves you cut

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:16:28 +0000

Hi Donna,

My teacher told us that we can cut our AV shorter. Because I have been very busy recently, even though my AV needs this operation, I have never had the time to do this. It looks risky, but I trust my teacher. You can give it a try

Cut or pick out the leaves at the bottom and keep the top ones. Keep around 10-15 leaves.
Cut and keep around 1.5 inches of the stem with the leaves.
On the bottom of 1.5-inch stem, make 1-inch long 2-mm deep cuts.
Brush charcoal powder on the cut.
Wait for 30mins before planting the AV in the planting mix. The cuts must be all covered by the planting mix
Water thoroughly.

The AV should have roots by 18-20 days. Feed your AV with fertilizer that has high Nitrogen 1.5-2 months after this operation. Don’t fertilize it any earlier.

Hope this help. Happy Gardening!

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:13:29 +0000

Hi Sandy, I have great luck with my violets and many are always in bloom, the problem I’m having with one is it’s gotten quite “tall” or leggy. It’s only one plant, no off shoots, The lower leaves are dropping off slowly. I’d like to save it or start a new one from it. How would I go about doing that? I’d prefer to use the plant at the top which looks wonderful and is blooming, it’s just sitting on top of a long stem?? any help would be appreciated. Thanks Donna

By: Rev.John-David Rivera

Rev.John-David Rivera — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:29:24 +0000

Will we see an update o these violets. Did you get bitten by the violet bug? I own over 60 African violets. I just love to propagate them and give them away.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:07:33 +0000

I mean it is better not to separate the crowns right after watering or when the soil is still wet. The soil is messy and heavy when it’s wet. And the roots and leaves of the plant are wet, they are more brittle, and easier to cause damages.

By: exasfet

exasfet — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:44:01 +0000

“This helps preventing the roots and leaves from breaking easily when one tries to separate the crowns.”
Can about it more?

By: Jewel

Jewel — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:34:31 +0000

HI Sandy!
I am worried about my african violets! I had three plants that looked very healthy, as I told you once. And then they started to wilt. Well, I didn’t let them dry out, but I wasn’t watering them too much, but now two of my plants are dead! I am extremly scared that my third one will also wilt and die.

But I was looking on different sites for help, when I found that Urea is harmful to african violets and is often found in African Violet Fertilizer. Well, I checked my fertilizer, and it has Urea in it! I read that Urea causes roots to rot. How do I check to see if my roos are roting? Could that be what is killing my violets?

I hope you answer soon, because I am extremly worried for my last little fella.
Jewel

By: Jewel

Jewel — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:14:52 +0000

Okay thanks! I hope that helps. I hope that I see an improvment. My violet had been in an African Violet Pot. But maybe it just isn’t the right pot for this little guy? Although, my pot is rather large for my violet because my violets leaves barely reach the edge of the pot! Do you think that this also could be causing it to wilt?
Please answer soon!