what a cheery room.... and so jealous that you have luck with the streptocarpus. I have tried so many times to grow them.

strptocarpus is their real name they are cousins to the violets they have a larger tubular flower than violets. check out on internet under streptocarpus there are alot of pictures

My grandmother used to have African Violets (many years ago) and my biggest memory of them was her sending some home with my mother and having them die EVERY time. She tried and tried to pass her green thumb on to my mother, but she could never make it with African Violets. She does have a green thumb on outdoor plants - geraniums, petunias, etc.

You quilt AND can grow African Violets your amazing to me (the Violets I mean they are beautiful)

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I also grow violets. Do you do show's and sell or just grow for the pleasure?

Beautiful and I love, love, love all the light in the room

My sons acuse me of having black hands :roll:

African violets need to be root bound to bloom. If you have your violet planted in a large pot remove most of the soil and add some perlite to about half the size of the pot then replant the voilet. that will get the voilet rooted faster.
Voilets will grow well with a wick threaded throught the soil and placed on a butter or sourcream container with a small hole cut in the top for the wick to go through.
place the water and plant food mixture in the container and then place in the window or under lights.

Very pretty. My DH is starting on my sewing room, it's going to be 24 x 20. My MIL and my DD's are all going to have a station in the room. We can't wait

just pleasure