In the photo above I was able to get two divisions without any trouble at all. Cut off all lateral crowns until only the central crown remains.
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They should come apart relatively easily.
. Cut and keep around 15 inches of the stem with the leaves. Scrape the neck of the crown to remove all brown material and remove the bottom. How to Split African Violets 1.
Step 2 Use the dull side of a knife to scrape about two inches of the stem gently that is just below the bottom row of leaves. Wait for 30mins before planting the AV in the planting mix. Once your pot is filled with mix take your scalpel or any poking utensil and created a nice little hole in the center of the mix.
Open the bag occasionally to let fresh air in. Now slowly pull your plantlet away from the original leaf you planted all those months ago. Because a larger container will hold too much soil.
To separate the rosettes cut between them with scissors or a sharp knife a pen-knife works well as illustrated above. I rarely leave more than about 10 leaves total. Just stick a stem in damp soil provide abundant humidity and in eight weeks time youll be greeted with numerous new plants.
Cut or pick out the leaves at the bottom and keep the top ones. You can stick the sucker in some moist potting mix to root it. Using the same knife carefully remove the lower ⅓ of the root ball.
Pull your plant gently out of the pot and lay it on your work surface. If there are any dead or sick-looking leaves underneath gently pull those off. Brush charcoal powder on the cut.
If the soil is too compact or glued to the pot edges use a knife to lightly scrape it off. Keep it in a humid environment by placing the pot in a plastic bag and keep the mix just moist. Anything from 2 to 3 inches should do.
What the babies look like and how to separate and pot them successfully. Loosen the surrounding soil by tapping the pots on the side. It sounds like your African violet has produced a sucker A sucker is a new plant that grows from the stem of the of the original plant either above or below the soil.
I sometimes pull off very large leaves as well because theyre old anyway and taking them off will allow the plant to put more energy into newer growth. Just stick a stem in damp soil provide abundant humidity and in eight weeks time youll be greeted with numerous new plants. Trim a row or two of leaves from around the crown.
Then spread the plant out on a newspaper and gently but firmly pull the sections apart. Now select a pot with drainage holes for each young plant. First remove the plant from the pot.
On the bottom of 15-inch stem make 1-inch long 2-mm deep cuts. Step 1 Remove all older leaves that are smaller than the leaves above or are faded in color or nicked and damaged. Here are the steps to follow for repotting and transplanting your African violets.
Take a pointed object such as a knife or pencil insert it where the sucker connects to the mother plant and gently pry it off. Dry roots are easier to cope with than wet ones. What the babies look like and how to separate and pot them successfully.
This is where we will be planting the plantlet. Fill a small 2 or 2 12 pot with moist wet not soggy soil and make a small divot in the center of the soil surface. Remove the plantlet from the mother leaf Remove the plantletleaf mass from the pot as if you were repotting it as one plant.
If roots are stubbornly entwined use a pen-knife to sever them. In this video I show how to divide multiple African Violets growing in close proximity. Nice and slowly put the plantlet into the hole you just made and lightly pack in fresh new mix around it.
The pot must be no larger than 2 inches in diameter. Fill the bottom one-fourth of the African violet pot with the. Jan 9 2016 - I CAN ASSURE YOU that African violets are very easy to propagate.
Dec 25 2015 - I CAN ASSURE YOU that African violets are very easy to propagate. Pot each African violet division in a clean 5-inch pot with drainage holes at the base. Keep around 10-15 leaves.
Its very simple once you understand that this plant stems from a cent.
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