African Violet Blooming Tips
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Tricks to getting African Violets to bloom that I learned from my mother. They are one of the easiest house plants to care for but if you don't know their secrets, all you will have are green leaves to look at! Follow these simple suggestions and you will have gorgeous violets on your plants.
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We need more Sandy’s on UA-cam! Thank you for the advice!
You are so sweet. Thanks!
Your African violets are beautiful, thank you for the helpful care information.
You are so welcome!
I went out today to find some flowers for Mother’s Day!! I bought a few plants to gift and kept one for myself! Found out by coincidence through my father that his mother, my recently passed grandmother, used to grow these beautiful plants all the time while he was growing up! I never knew this before. A beautiful full circle moment on Mother’s Day! Thank you soo much for making this awesome informative video!!! 💜💜💜
What a beautiful story! Glad I could be of help.
Hi Sandy, I have just started my second collection of African Violets from a long time ago. I don't known the species of violets I just think their colors are great. I am collecting Violets and Holiday Cactus too. I am from Canada where the growing seasons are a bit short, but indoor the light hours are great. Now I am using my patience to watch them grow and bloom. I' m retire so I have lots of time for blooming I guess. By now you will think he loves color, I do enjoy color very much. Thanks for letting me see your videos. My photos are only birds and more birds Ha ha
Take Care this week, enjoy your local birds George..
Good luck with your African Violets! I love birds as well.
Thanks for AV tips. You are my new friends in two ways. AV plant lover and nursing background. Love you my new friend.
Thanks and welcome
Hey great great video! Your plants looks like my grandmas which I inherited in 2009 when she died. I have of course since killed them. All your tips are what she did! not knowing and realizing until now. I have bought two new ones and am trying again!
New subscriber here from BC 🇨🇦👋 I keep buying African violet and ended up throwing it.
Welcome. Oh, no. Don't throw them out. Put them in the light!
I had a lovely African Violet that lived on my kitchen windowsill. It was in a self watering pot. It did wonderfully until I moved it five feet away from that window. After that….no more flowers. Light is very important. They do enjoy being evenly damp but not soggy. It may take a while to define that in your own mind but you will get it after a short amount of time. Self watering pots make it much easier.
I am glad the self watering pots work for you but I didn't have luck with them. Still using the old fashioned way of watering from the bottom and having great success.
I have a hydroponic system to grow veggies. I have 3 African Violets sitting next to it. They absolutely love the hydroponic lighting.
When fertilizing my orchids I use the left over water on my african violets. They grow and bloom beautifully so I assume the orchid fertilizer suits them.
Good to know!
I don’t do much to mine either and they’re doing very well. Thank you for sharing!
You are very welcome!
Thank you for your advice because I worry when they are not blooming. I love African violets are so delicate and beautiful.
Im worried i have not seen mine bloom sens February.
I KEEP ALL MINE IN AN EAST WINDOW, LIGHT ALL DAY, PLUS GROW LIGHTS, I FIND THAT GROW LIGHTS ARE BEST FOR THESE BECAUSE EACH HOUSE CHANGES IN THE SEASONS, SO EAST FOR ME AND GROW LIGHTS 1 FOOT AWAY
Stick with whatever works for you.
I'm trying again with African violets!
Good luck!
thank you so much for your time mine has not bloon since 2years but now i know the problem i water them in the cup but leave the waters to long
I hope they bloom for you!
I agree with you . How do you propagate them. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻
Actually, I don't. My mother used to take a whiskey glass, put aluminum foil over the top, punch a hole in the middle and stick the stem of a leaf through it into the water. Roots would form, then leaves. When the leaves were big enough, she planted them in soil.
Great video Sandy! Subscribed
Thanks!
Thank you!❤️
That is the "truth!" L I G H T 👌
Yes. It is!
Thanks for this video! When you get a new one from the store, do you repot them in fresh soil right away or leave them alone for a while? How often do you repot them or do you repot them at all?
I don't repot them unless I want to use a prettier pot, then just move them to that. Sometimes after a few years, I add soil at the top. Repotting seems to disturb the plants and they die or at least stop blooming.
i find that Violets do like some sun . mine get a few hr's if direct sun every day from my den window and seem to love it. grow larger and will flower 2 to 3 times a year. south east window works here in new york. i have moved them around and this works best for me. some may differ . and a soil that dran real good also helps. let them get a bit pot bound that help with bloom. seem like if trans plant it takes about a year or more before bloom agen
So true about them liking to be pot, bound, and not blooming for quite a while when you repot them!
The flowers on my violet bloom but alot of them turn brown and die even before they are full. The flower stem dries up and withers. Why?
I’m no expert so I can’t give you an expert answer. But have you tried African violet plant food? Also, are you letting the soil get dry and then watering?
ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED IN 50 YEARS IS , ITS A NO NO TO TOUCH THE LEAVES, THEY DO NOT LIKE BEING TOUCHED, THE OILS FROM OUR HARDS, THEY ARE SENSATIVE TOO, AND YES THEY DO NEED PLANT FOOD, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH IN SPRING AND SUMMER
Those are beautiful but the one on the top shelf in the middle and the one on the bottom shelf in the middle need some TLC. There are two plants in each pot.
AVs need to be repoted once a year at least.
Check out 3:33
When their flowers are all spent do you cut off the stem or leave it?
I nip the dead flower stems off as they die with my fingers or scissors. I don't touch the leaves.
Im coming here for help because my afercan violets wont bloom. And i just repoted then today. For the first time in two years. With new soil i just tried plant food. Today. I font know what im doing. I got them as a gift for valentines day a 3 years ago. They only bloom for a week in February and then die
I will be posting a new video on African Violets on May 20 about what to do when your plants stop blooming. That may help you.
Wow. Your African violets are divine! My mum had African violets too and hers were a delight. I didn’t realise how easy they are to grow. Will be giving them a go with my orchids. 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🌏🌏🫶🫶
Thanks and good luck!
Hi Sandy, I'd like to ask you... can african violets can do well under grow lights. The flowers died off a couple months ago and there haven't been any new blooms since then. I can't figure out why because the leaves look very healthy with a number of new ones coming in.I use a grow light about a foot above the plant. Any suggestions you might have would be much appreciated.
Ps. I turn 70 in two days.😊
I had the same problem last winter so I added a grow light. It took about 2 months and then the blooms came back. Check out this video called "No Blooms": ua-cam.com/video/iXGOm1KyG88/v-deo.html
@@SandyOver70 I watched the video from the link you sent, and wow what gorgeous purple violets you have! I just recently lowered the grow light over my violets, so now it's about a foot above them, and I'm also leaving the light on for 14 hours instead of just 10. Hopefully this will make a difference.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Blessings
Hope it works!@@rilloverton6031
Hi, my violets bloomed all summer on a north facing window ledge. Now they are reaching for light and not blooming 😢 not enough sun. What should I do? Or do they not bloom through the winter months? I live in Michigan
I wouldn't worry. They can go through spells when none of them are blooming. I think they have to rest after all the work they put into blooming,
Mine got tall (10”) no bloom after a year!
I've never seen one 10" tall! Are you sure it's an African Violet?
@@SandyOver70 I guess it wasn’t getting enough natural light so it grew tall.
How often do you repot the african violet
As seldom as possible. Almost every very time I repot, the plant dies, so I try not to repot.
Hi, I’ve struggled with my African Violets and I think maybe I overwater. The leaves droop down over the pot and the flower stem is limp. I did read African Violets need more water while they bloom. Is that true? Otherwise my plants seem to grow ok. I’d appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks for your time. 8:18 pm 4/12/23
Try watering them once a week from the bottom. Let them stand in the water for an hour. After that, if there is any water remaining in the saucer, toss it out.
@@SandyOver70 Thank you Sandy. Does overwatering also cause the flower stems to droop?
@@elaineroberts7040 Possibly. Maybe the flowers are just at the end of their bloom cycle?
I love that 🪴and I am going to try to make it grow for myself God bless
Good luck!
Hello ma'am,. What is the sunlight requirements of this plant,i only get 15 min of sunlight in my window 🪟
Does this one survive?
I am sorry but I don't think 15 minutes of sunlight per day is enough for your plant to survive and it certainly won't bloom. However, if it is in a window with light for many hours (not sun) then it should do very well.
@@SandyOver70 Yes it has good day light ,my kalanchoe is doing better in the window .my only concern before buying any new plant is sunlight conditions only 😊thanks for your valuable reply
Then you are in luck! African violets do not like sun. It burns their leaves. They love light. The more the better for blooming.
@@SandyOver70 Thank u so much 😊 finally i decided to buy one for me . Thanking u for prompt response .love from india
Yeah you're right 👍I put my African violet in the window with a bright sun. I leave it there the whole day. I was so sad when I realized all the leaves got burned.