Growing An African Violet from A leaf?

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03-31-2011, 01:44 PM

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CarrieAnne

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I see the rose too...lookslike the wildroses here, just love the color!

03-31-2011, 03:05 PM

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My grandmother used to have tables full of them and did grow them from leaves. I can't grow them from plants. A friend always uses some kind of rooting powder when she roots something.

03-31-2011, 03:09 PM

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I love growing these. I have some pics of the ones I gave my Mom. I'll try to get them on here.

The first three starting from the top are trailors. Small single lavenar petite blooms.

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03-31-2011, 03:25 PM

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This is only part of the violets. I kept an episcia. And trying to get starts going for new pots.

03-31-2011, 03:31 PM

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Sometimes if someone is working the flowers at a store and they have leaves that have gotten broken, I'll ask them if I can have them. But you don't know what you are getting until it blooms.
Also the best thing about starting from leaves, you don't know how many plants you will end up with. Some leaves produce lots of new plants. You just have to seperate them.

03-31-2011, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by alleyoop1

Very easy to do - I've done it several times - but it takes time. Cut off a healthy leaf, dip the stem in a rooting hormone powder and then stick the leaf stem into potting soil. I use a mister to water it for many weeks until I see some new little leaves popping up.

I do the same, using the root powder. I just watered the soil. Had no problem. Worked great!

03-31-2011, 06:04 PM

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Pretty pictures, Thanks for posting!

03-31-2011, 06:22 PM

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I can't wait to show a pic of my episcia better known as chocolate soldier. It will probably later in the Spring. I have a lot of repotting to do.

04-01-2011, 03:59 AM

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Betty and Carrie Anne.... Yup, you caught me!! LOL It is from my climbing rose that adorns the front of my house. I brought the last bloom of the season in the house before we were to have a frost that night. I love this rose plant.....it is a mass of pink all summer.

Patti

04-01-2011, 05:00 AM

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I love my flowers Patti. I can't wait to take new pictures this year. I have lots of pics on my fb. But when I start adding the 2011 pics, I'll start deleteing those. Maybe we should start a garden discussion to show our beautiful pics.