exactly what i needed to know. I usually repot every 6 months spring and fall, however it has been a year because of health problems I am lucky I was able to even get them watered. I'm healthy again and noticed all my plants have long necks. using your technique i have finished removing necks and repotted. can't wait to see results. thank you.
I have success with doing this if I put my plant inside of a glass jar with a lid afterwards. I also remove the blooms so the plant doesn't use the energy to keep the flowers.. ❤️
This one was too overgrown for that but you can certainly do that if the neck is just starting to get long. For example, if the neck is 2” long, you can remove the lower 2” of soil at the bottom of the root ball and replant adding fresh soil to the top. The neck that is buried will grow new roots. The violet in the video was too long for that.
@plumberrygardenpatch4869 Thanks so much for explaining that! I'd thought about trying it, but the plant came from a dear friend who's no longer with us. If I killed it, there'd be no replacing it. 💔
@@bkitteh6295Propagate a few of its leaves now so you'll always have a plant from them should anything go wrong with the main one. (Or for it eventually getting old.)
Ok, so I just decapitated my African violet. I’m wondering what to do with the rooted stem? I’m mortified that my top cutting and leaf propagations won’t make it, so I wanted to do something with the bottom of the plant too. Just as a precaution!
You can keep the root system and lower stem potted and it will usually sprout new growth. Between your crown cutting, leaf cuttings, and the base stem, you are going to have lots of plants!
Keep in mind that since there are no leaves on the old stem now it will need very little water. Keep the soil slightly moist but too much water could cause it to rot.
Yes in most cases you could keep the bottom section and it will grow new sprouts around the cut edge that can be separated into individual plants later. If the roots are healthy that should work. Just make sure not to over water the root ball. Keep it moist but don’t let it get soggy.
Those leaves were composted. In this case, all the leaves that were removed were very old. Younger leaves usually root faster than old leaves so if I had wanted to propagate I would have removed one closer to the top of the stem. I only keep a handful of African violets and didn’t need another one of this variety. But if I had been concerned that this plant might not make it, I would certainly have rooted some leaves from it.
I have done this too and it worked nicely for me. One thing I haven't done is scrap the stem. Maybe that slowed the rooting process? I don't know. I was thankful it saved my violet.
@@Tree-thingz if each of the crowns is healthy you can remove them and root them individually and have three separate plants. If you are nervous about doing all 3, choose one and try it first to see how easy it can be.
