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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 11, 2016 1:53:13 GMT
My mom's only request for her birthday is a yellow African violet. I found an ebay seller selling individual leaves that you use to grow plants from. I've never done this, don't know anyone that's done this. The price and shipping is reasonable so I'm going to order. Does anyone here know how to propagate a plant from an individual leaf? Yes, I've googled but looking for individual's experiences and advice.
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Post by nepean on Apr 11, 2016 2:04:00 GMT
My grandmother used to do this all the time. Fill a glass with water, and place saran wrap over the top. Pock a small hole and place the African violet leaf steam through the hole into the water. Place in a morning sun window and wait. Soon you will see roots forming. Once there are many roots plant in a pot and place back in morning sun window. It really isn't hard, they root pretty easily.
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Post by SabrinaP on Apr 11, 2016 2:05:20 GMT
African Violet's remind me of my Great Grandma. She always had a few leaves planted in pots to grow new plants. Hope it works for you.
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 11, 2016 2:08:24 GMT
My grandmother used to do this all the time. Fill a glass with water, and place saran wrap over the top. Pock a small hole and place the African violet leaf steam through the hole into the water. Place in a morning sun window and wait. Soon you will see roots forming. Once there are many roots plant in a pot and place back in morning sun window. It really isn't hard, they root pretty easily. That sounds pretty easy! Thank you.  |
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Post by mikewozowski on Apr 11, 2016 2:27:22 GMT
i used to do this. i endd up with TONS of violet plants. too many!
i am not much of a plant person, so it is pretty easy!
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Post by skippet on Apr 11, 2016 2:32:13 GMT
I normally don't post here, but since we just went through this for my 85 year old neighbor. I thought I would share this. If you don't have the time to grow one from a leaf, or don't want to take the chance it won't take, the Violet Barn has a dozen or more varieties of yellow African Violets that are already plants. They also provide support and stand behind their product. Prices start at about $6.00. They are also on Facebook. www.violetbarn.com/ |
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 11, 2016 3:06:05 GMT
I normally don't post here, but since we just went through this for my 85 year old neighbor. I thought I would share this. If you don't have the time to grow one from a leaf, or don't want to take the chance it won't take, the Violet Barn has a dozen or more varieties of yellow African Violets that are already plants. They also provide support and stand behind their product. Prices start at about $6.00. They are also on Facebook. www.violetbarn.com/Thank you! I'm off to look there first. I know she found one she really liked at a different site but they wanted $56 for shipping. Um, no. That's why I thought I'd try the leaf lol. |
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Apr 11, 2016 3:21:14 GMT
I've propagated violets before. Instead of using water, I simply put the stem of the leaf in a small pot of water and placed it in a window with suitable sunlight. I treated it like it was a violet plant by watering regularly and baby leaves would begin to grow.
It's been many years since I've done it, so I don't remember how long it takes.
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 11, 2016 4:30:44 GMT
I've propagated violets before. Instead of using water, I simply put the stem of the leaf in a small pot of water and placed it in a window with suitable sunlight. I treated it like it was a violet plant by watering regularly and baby leaves would begin to grow. It's been many years since I've done it, so I don't remember how long it takes. You mean you put it in soil? I had read some instructions on Google about doing that but it talked about specific angles and points at which you are supposed to cut the leaf so I'm thinking the water method may be easier. You just placed the stem in the dirt? Maybe I'll do one that way and one with water and see what happens. We're in no rush. The leaves aren't even going to ship until May 25th lol. |
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Post by nlwilkins on Apr 11, 2016 5:18:17 GMT
There use dto be a product called root tone that was a powder that you stuck the stem of the leaf in first and it was a guarantee that the leaf would root. I used to do African Violets that way all the time. Just remember that African Violets take a different type of soil that is looser and wetter. It is sold where you find potting soil.
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Post by Peamac on Apr 11, 2016 12:40:42 GMT
My mom used to do this, but since I always like to pet the fuzzy leaves, the plants never lasted long.  |
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 11, 2016 15:01:29 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen a yellow plant...off to check out the link |
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Post by ghislaine on Apr 13, 2016 2:31:18 GMT
I've done it in a pot of dirt. Sometimes leaves break off the plant so I would just stick the broken end into a pot of dirt at about the same angle the leaf was originally growing while still attached to the plant. Don't let the soil dry out. It does take a while but as long as the leaf is green you'll end up with baby leaves eventually.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Apr 13, 2016 21:40:19 GMT
I've propagated violets before. Instead of using water, I simply put the stem of the leaf in a small pot of water and placed it in a window with suitable sunlight. I treated it like it was a violet plant by watering regularly and baby leaves would begin to grow. It's been many years since I've done it, so I don't remember how long it takes. You mean you put it in soil? I had read some instructions on Google about doing that but it talked about specific angles and points at which you are supposed to cut the leaf so I'm thinking the water method may be easier. You just placed the stem in the dirt? Maybe I'll do one that way and one with water and see what happens. We're in no rush. The leaves aren't even going to ship until May 25th lol. Yes. I would just cut off a leaf and make sure that it had plenty of stem. I'd get a small (about 3 inches) pot and poke a hole in the dirt with my finger. I'd stick the leaf into the hole and push dirt around the stem of the leaf and treat it like it was a violet plant as far as providing light and water. |
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 14, 2016 1:52:10 GMT
Thanks everyone for the advice and techniques shared! I'm excited to see what we can make out of our little leaves. |
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 23, 2016 16:51:33 GMT
I've done it in a pot of dirt. Sometimes leaves break off the plant so I would just stick the broken end into a pot of dirt at about the same angle the leaf was originally growing while still attached to the plant. Don't let the soil dry out. It does take a while but as long as the leaf is green you'll end up with baby leaves eventually. I'm doing it in dirt too since that is what the ebay seller recommended. I gave the leaves new cuts and put them in wet African Violet soil. They've been in there about three days now and one leaf does not look good. It's really wilted and curling in on itself. 2 still look good and 1 other leaf is starting to wilt. Are the wilting leaves going to die? Is there anything I can do to help them? I should also note that I put all four leaves in a six inch pot. It didn't make sense to me that the pot size should matter but I keep reading to use a small pot. Maybe I went wrong there. |
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Post by ghislaine on Apr 24, 2016 1:14:13 GMT
I've done it in a pot of dirt. Sometimes leaves break off the plant so I would just stick the broken end into a pot of dirt at about the same angle the leaf was originally growing while still attached to the plant. Don't let the soil dry out. It does take a while but as long as the leaf is green you'll end up with baby leaves eventually. I'm doing it in dirt too since that is what the ebay seller recommended. I gave the leaves new cuts and put them in wet African Violet soil. They've been in there about three days now and one leaf does not look good. It's really wilted and curling in on itself. 2 still look good and 1 other leaf is starting to wilt. Are the wilting leaves going to die? Is there anything I can do to help them? I should also note that I put all four leaves in a six inch pot. It didn't make sense to me that the pot size should matter but I keep reading to use a small pot. Maybe I went wrong there. I would be concerned about the wilting leaves too but it sounds like you are doing okay with the other two! I am not sure what you could do for the wilting ones. :/ Do you have all four leaves in one pot, or separate pots? A 6 inch pot is big for an African Violet so either way you should be fine. You don't need to keep the soil wet, the surface can dry out a little between watering. |
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Post by chaosisapony on Apr 24, 2016 1:39:18 GMT
Yes all four leaves are in the same six inch pot.
I don't know what to do about the wilting one. I may give him a fresh cut and stick him in some water and see what happens that way. It's only getting worse so I'm willing to experiment.
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