My Kenyan Violet finally made a little flower. Just look ...
My Kenyan Violet finally made a little flower. Just look at how cute when it opened up. I don’t know how big the flowers can get or even how many mine will have. But it took months before I got one. 🤩🙂 anyone else have one of these plants? I’d love to see them if you do.
3” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 hour ago
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@SuperbRaspfern omg those are beautiful!! 🤩 do the leaves get bigger like yours too??? You have 4 of them?? They are all so different and pretty colors on all of them ☺️
African Violet Tips, I decided to share. 🩷
Small pots, they are epiphytes. In nature they grow up between rock in Africa with very little soil. Too much extra soil will cause problems.
To start with small African Violets you want a 4 inch pot.
Never use a plastic pot they need to be able to get oxygen and have the soil dry out. A porcelain or ceramic pot is best.
For mature African Violets a 6 inch pot, never bigger.
Be sure to water after the soil is completely dry. Most varieties will have leaves facing upright when then they are starting to get thirsty.
If the leaves are lying flat, that usually means they have plenty of water.
Most people kill them through overwatering. They can handle being dry better than wet.
For blooming and continued blooming be sure to provide fertilizer. Mine get Super Thrive Foliage Pro mixed into the water whenever I water.
They shock easily if transplanted. They will get droopy sad leaves. Just continue care and they will recover. But a few leaves lost is totally normal.
I keep mine in:
1/3 peat moss
1/3 perlite
1/3 orchid bark
You want a lot of aeration is using bagged soil I recommend adding around 60% aeration in the form of perlite, orchid park or pumice. The aeration is a necessity. They hate wet soil.
Pinch dead flowers off but don't cut the stems off it will keep producing flowers on the same stem. With proper fertilization they will bloom steadily for about 3 months before stopping.
They will take a break to store up some more energy, and bloom again in a month or two. They continue to flower year round. As long as they have plenty of light. Mine are kept under grow lights that run 12 hours a day.
Small pots, they are epiphytes. In nature they grow up between rock in Africa with very little soil. Too much extra soil will cause problems.
To start with small African Violets you want a 4 inch pot.
Never use a plastic pot they need to be able to get oxygen and have the soil dry out. A porcelain or ceramic pot is best.
For mature African Violets a 6 inch pot, never bigger.
Be sure to water after the soil is completely dry. Most varieties will have leaves facing upright when then they are starting to get thirsty.
If the leaves are lying flat, that usually means they have plenty of water.
Most people kill them through overwatering. They can handle being dry better than wet.
For blooming and continued blooming be sure to provide fertilizer. Mine get Super Thrive Foliage Pro mixed into the water whenever I water.
They shock easily if transplanted. They will get droopy sad leaves. Just continue care and they will recover. But a few leaves lost is totally normal.
I keep mine in:
1/3 peat moss
1/3 perlite
1/3 orchid bark
You want a lot of aeration is using bagged soil I recommend adding around 60% aeration in the form of perlite, orchid park or pumice. The aeration is a necessity. They hate wet soil.
Pinch dead flowers off but don't cut the stems off it will keep producing flowers on the same stem. With proper fertilization they will bloom steadily for about 3 months before stopping.
They will take a break to store up some more energy, and bloom again in a month or two. They continue to flower year round. As long as they have plenty of light. Mine are kept under grow lights that run 12 hours a day.
Thank you!! Your flowers are absolutely beautiful 🤩 and yeah I figured out not to over water them when I first got her. Thank you for the rest of the information. This one has been pretty easy to take care of and I love it. She’s done so good since I use this app to help and tell me when to water as well.
@RainAndShine I'm so glad you love it. 🩷 It's one of those classics that never goes out of style. There are just so many things to love about them!! 🌸🌺
@SuperbRaspfern yes they are!! I love all my little plants I have so far. And I love the ones you showed me too. I’m so excited to see how many flowers mine will grow and the flower I have is the little purple and yellow one like in your last picture ☺️ mine is just still very tiny compared to the one in your picture. So pretty and thank you for sharing the lovely flowers too
@RainAndShine Your welcome! It's hard not to collect them all there are so many colors and varieties!! Yours will be big before you know it. I hear they succeeded making a yellow variety that doesn't grow in nature. That is one I someday want to add just because I love yellow. But so far it's difficult to find. I look forward to seeing yours in full bloom in the future! ❤️
@SuperbRaspfern thank you and yeah, it grew big pretty quick too! But that would be awesome I’ll have to look up the yellow one so I can see how pretty that one is too!! I got this one when I picked up a succulent one day and at first thought it may have been a different kind of succulent until I started using this app to see what all of my plants are and how much water to give them when this one was turning brown on the leaves too. It’s really cool to see them change from a baby plant to a pretty flower in months. I love it 😍
@RainAndShine Awe, that's good! I'm glad you figured her out pretty quickly.