Potting Succulent Cuttings & Rooting/Propagating African Violets! 🌵🪴💚 // Garden Answer
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Back in the 70's my Mom joined a houseplant club. They send her a file box that looks like a green house and every month she was sent 10 or so cards. Each one was for a different plant. They contained so much info. My Mom passed this down to me (there were 2 boxes). I was having problems with my African Violet, pulled out the card and what do you know!! The card said that these plants do not like cold water! So now I water them with warm water and have beautiful plants! I now have 3 plants because the original plant grew so big!! I don't know if this is new info to a lot of people but it sure was for me!
I had a partial set of these when I was a kid in the 70s but it is long gone. Last year I found a complete set in an estate sale and I won the bid! I love it!
Hey, I didn’t know about the warm water either. Good to know this info.
Good info! Thanks!
I remember those. My dad used to get those cards.
My mom had one of those. I need to see if she still has it
Your house is so interesting. I would love love love to see you play the piano at the end of each show. It would be a beautiful way to end your videos. Thanks, Laura, for all of your hard work to entertain us.
Good morning everyone have lovely Garden day 🥲🥲😍😊🙂🌱🌱🌱🌱🌻🌼🌺☕🌅
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Good morning/afternoon everyone
There is nothing so beautiful as a tray full of future plants!
I have had terrible luck with my succulents but after watching you share and seeing all your new plants, I’m back at it. I am grooming, rooting and buying more. Thanks, Laura. You always inspire.
Your house is beyond beautiful
Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
We have dropped to 35°F this morning ❄🥶❄
Cozy inside and I love watching what you're doing in the 🥶 cold
Good morning, Laura☕️ Everything is looking so great! Your planting videos feed my soul during this cold 🥶 Winter. I love the vase you chose for the the Begonia 😍 and how the terra-cotta pot looks aged🙌🏻. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈
good moring
Great Information!! Loved the cubby in the kitchen!!
I enjoyed seeing the old kitchen in that part of the house. How interesting that was the kitchen in 1919. Also loved the magnetic grow lights. What a great idea. :-)
Yes and it sort of reminded me of a butler's pantry.
The magnetic lights are genius- so easy to set up. None of us would have known this, thank you.
Years ago I lived in an apt that had the perfect conditions for growing violets. I propagated leaves without a dome and they grew beautifully. I had so MANY! I would plant the little newbies in tea cups and give them away to friends and family. My "Mom" plants were HUGE. If I remember right, they were about 10' across.
Good morning. So excited to see what you do with the African Violets.
Thank you for always inspiring me (and I think anyone who watched your videos) to garden and work on fun projects, you have inspired me to do so many fun things, thanks!
Yay, another awesome garden answer video!!
As much as love this video with all of its useful information for future projects, let me just say I'm drooling over the old kitchen! Are the built in cabinets original as well, because they are a gem! And that cubby!! Be still my heart. To see an original kitchen like that in near original condition is a dream come true. Maybe not to everyone, but it sure is to me ❤
I’m right there with you! Wanted to see more if it!
Diane, I completely agree.
Me too! I love the unique features you find in old houses.
My sentiments exactly‼️🥰
I was mesmerized by that old kitchen area too, and the cubby that Laura flew by in the video. I watched that segment a few times! I think the cubby would be a favorite quiet place for me. I wonder where a stove or icebox would have been. And then it opened up to the piano room...wow, what a secret ; )
That little cubby in the old kitchen is so cute, i see 2 little kids being creative on that table in the near future. We really need a whole house tour soon, but what a treat to see that.
G' morning! 🌞 Planning on giving my daughter succulents when she closes on her first home. These segments are so helpful as I have no experience, but I feel they will be great for her. Thank you!
Cute name for your channel!
As long as she has a bright window to set them in. Succulents need lots of light.
@@cynthiafisher9907 thank you!
@@n.w.414 great info Thank you!
Thanks for the reminder this gave me. In our first house I had the perfect light from the window to grow African Violets. I had so many but with the next house and a second baby, it wasn't as easy to grow them. I currently have a grow light inside that I could try growing them again.
So many questions answered about African Violets my sister and I were gifted my aunts collection when she passed and I had so many questions some I found answers for but this video answered many more….but one what can you do if you are not getting any blooms ? Very Healthy plants but no signs of blooms? Thank you for all you information you provide in such a accessible way.
blooms always come to plants that are nice and healthy and in the right conditions. African violets love bright indirect sunlight all day (morning sun if you can provide it is good too!) They can be fertilised once a month with specialist fertiliser which can promote blooms. Having them in a smaller pot is good too! 1/3 the size of the crown of the plant is a good size for the pot as they bloom easier when potbound. Hope this helps!
I put African Violet fertilizer in a casserole dish with water and bottom water it every month or so. They do not like overhead water at all. Doing this, they stay in bloom for me.
Hi Maureen, there are several things that violets need to bloom but the basics are, the right temperatures, enough light, enough moisture and fertilizer when required. I have a few videos on this if you want to have a look :)
Thank you for all the suggestions
My succulent leaf has growth, can't wait to see what I do next!!
This is exactly the information I needed! Thank you!! Now I can go work on my African violets and succulents. Thank you for sharing.
I do remember that urn, I guess you have three of those, not sure though😅 You've use that in so many beautiful projects: on the hobbit house, fountain, flower arrangements etc. again not 100% sure😅 The instrumental was nostalgic, remember the sound as well on your first couple of videos before. Wow it's been years since I've got hook on to your channel. Thanks for sharing what you've love ( joy of gardening) that we love too.
I didn't realize how much I have missed these tutorial style videos until today! Don't get me wrong... I learn something or am inspired, or just downright enjoy every single video you put out but this was great. Thank you for feeding us!!🌷
Great video with the violets
WOW just WOW!!! I absolutely love your home. That old kitchen is gorgeous. I see why y’all bought that house. It has so much room. That little nook is so cute. I wish I had a room to be able to work on things in the house. My husband planted a little garden last year and he canned a lot of stuff. He’s already getting it ready to plant it this year. He plants food and I plant flowers. We love to be out there together. I have learned so much by watching you and Aaron. My tulips are coming up and I watched your video on how to take care of them when it freezes. So many videos to go back a rewatch to learn. Thank you for what you do and yes I drink my morning coffee watching y’all. Oh the begonia with the urn is beautiful.
The BEST part of getting ready for my Monday work day is starting my day with a video with Laura ❤❤❤❤
Perfect timing on this one Laura ! My daughter in law just brought over a crazy wild happy bean peperomia plant and said HELP !! We have cut it up into 18 little plants and are waiting for them to callous over before putting into new pots . This just reassured me that we are doing it the right way ! Thank you so much for all your videos ! ❤️🤞🌸
Your videos are so good and I'm an old master gardener.
After watching your video this morning I decided to groom my African violets. Thank you for the nudge!
what a production line and variety of plants.. from succulents to begonias to african violets.. ❤ that begonia is so sweet and pretty, sort of old-fashioned looking... i want one, lol... currently going thru my head trying to figure out where i can put grow lights inside without a cat attacking plants.. and i may have just come up with an idea.. Gardener's Supply Company has that bamboo shelf that can hang on a wall, mmmm... now to find a spot.. lol.. see what you did? lol... i so love your house, too... now i'm on the hunt for a shelf, some begonias, african violets, and more succulents!! thanks for the inspiration!! and 🙂 ❤ thanks for the video!! 🙂 ❤
I don’t care for succulents, but I really enjoyed the African violet segment. That was all new to me. Thank you.
You saved my African Violet today and I got to see your piano again! Great video! Thank you!
That old part of your house is fantastic!
Great. Interesting. Thank you so very much for sharing.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Hello Laura, because spring is coming, in some areas we do already have it, can you dedicate one video for fertilizers, NPK numbers, explanation of the ratio, how can we test the NPK in the soil and how to add it properly into the soil? I believe you will explain it like a pro. I have asked 5 garden centres and 2 had no idea and 3 said it's not important to add anything just liquid fertilizer. I like slow release fertilizer instead. Thank you for your consideration. 🤘
They have a few older videos covering fertilizers. Check their playlist.
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I know they did some soil tests last year but I don’t think they got a definite answer with the results (they did a couple of different send away tests). I know that they did switch from slow release (espoma flower tone) to a weekly fertilizer for their annual flowers.
I feel like we need a few tours! We need to see your camera setup up in the studio with the tv screen and a house tour! Maybe see more of Samantha’s room?
African Violets have always been one of my favorite houseplants. About 5 years ago I found some miniature ones at a local store. I had been on the hunt for years. They are so fun to grow and propagate. The mature plants measure about 3 inches across and are prolific bloomers.
Can you pleaseeeeeee play your piano....while showcasing scenes from your garden through the year....thank you
Hi Laura Estero putting paper towel I usually use coffee filter I just put one coffee filter on the bottom usually like 4 cup filter and it works beautifully and he stays longer
You're amazing 👏 💖 I've learned so much from you. Thank you!
Here in india as anywhere else succulents are really expensive...so propagating them the way you've shown is so helpful I luv your channel for the way you make it seem that we're living in a completely different world simple calm peaceful and exciting God bless you
What a great way to start a Monday 🌱
Thanks for sharing. I Always gain a bit of gardening knowledge with each video.
I have found that the humidity dome is totally optional for propagating the African Violet leaves. I ran and side by side test and was amazed that the results were exactly the same. I noticed when starting in water you get "water roots" which are much more sensitive than roots grown in soil so when potting them up you can lose many. Last year was a total flop for me with begonias, I am still trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. But they are coming back so I will try, try again.
Love the house beautiful I have one with all my glasses around gonna make it is you’ll have it in the other small kitchen all my plant gonna be there I would love that and it’s too much sun I’ll put that curtain down thank you
Fun projects doing some repotting today going to snow all day so give some spring fever already ! 😀😍
Laura, you can make life easier by getting one of those little bottles from the dollar store that has a little pump on it. You just flip open the bottles and press the little saucer looking top with your cotton ball to wet it. Works great for anything you sometimes have to to one handed. Acetone, alcohol, peroxide, basically any liquid. Can't wait for spring!!!
Really enjoyed this, I’ve never tried African violets before, such pretty foliage.
Good morning! Love all the plants under grow lights. Do you ever have enough? Lol! I’ve always loved African violets but never have any luck keeping them. I know it’s not garden related but would love to hear you play a piece of music.
Awesome! I love learning about plant propagation! You've given me courage to try with African violets. I've always been afraid of them because my mom had one and she was convinced that if you touched the leaves they would die. It died in a move once when I was pretty young and she never got another.
Wow! Not only do I want to say how much we all glean from your gardening expertise Laura, but I want to add that the camera angles and editing are just superb! The TH-cam instructor channels all teach to improve your channel by at least one element in each video. You guys are going above and beyond that! Being a gardening TH-cam creator myself-I am no where near this quality of video but I’m certainly inspired by you and Aaron! Both in gardening and video abilities! Thanks for all you do for your subscribers 💚
I agree with you I need some color! This video came along at the right time for me, I need to groom my violets & wasn't quite sure how to go about it! 🙂🌿🪴💚
Excellent Presentation .Bravo ! .. .gonna try growng succulants ..u made it loo pretty easy ..Thank you
Never knew anything about African Violet grooming & propagation. They were my mom’s favorite & I never saw the kitchen window sill without a few.
She used to jokingly mispronounce their name as ah-FREAK-in violets. Now just imagine the garden center employee’s face when that version slipped out when I purchased one 😳
The rickrack cactus (Selenicereus anthonyanus) technically has no leaves. What appears to be leaves are just very shapely flattened stems.
Great video 😁 Really inspired by all the houseplant content! Curious to see where you place all the other plants, I’ve got so many houseplants but no idea where to put them 😂
Thanks for the video Laura. Love watching your work. I think Ric Rac cacti have ‘cladodes’ - flattened stems that look like leaves.
👏that was very informative - my mom loved and was very successful with African violets - maybe now I can again try one in her honor! Thanks Laura you are like a little plant doctor especially when you were watering with the syringe! 👏❤️I'll go forth with a little knowledge and a 🙏prayer.....TY
May you pls give us a complete tour of your house from inside🙏🙏
I love all of your succulents. How often do you fertilize them? What fertilizer do you use?
Have you ever tried soil blocking? Just wondered what you thought of it. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing how to cut the stalk off a long African Violet and root it at the base. I have some work to do. How easy was that magnetized lights.
Enjoyable video, Laura.
Hope you & Aaron keep your old farmhouse. It is full of character.
The new ones & even custom built are inferior to houses of the past.
Thank you Laura for covering cleaning and transplanting of African violets. I had hoped for sometime you would do so as they are my favorite houseplant (though I have enjoy others as well). I love their old fashioned flowers and fuzzy leaves, they are so pretty!! Where did you find that dome? I’ve never seen one like it?!
I really enjoyed this video, and the tutorial style. I also loved the music. What's it called? Laura's theme?
Seems like I remember that violets like a more crowded container and do they work better in terracotta pots?
I'm like no way she gets that begonia into that urn, not only did she make it fit, she had room for moss, never underestimate Laura. 😊
Can you do an update on the African violets later in the year?
Could you have watered them with your remaining root hormone?
Laura any updates on the african violet leaf props?
I was JUST looking at my African Violets and thought they looked like they needed to be repotted. I was wondering, what makes African Violet soil different from regular potting soil and is it necessary to use? Thank you!
Always like this music:)
I learn so much from you. My succulent transplants didn’t do well in the mix I purchased, can I add a little regular soil to it? It dried out quick and got hard.
I have a question about adding moss on top of the soil. Do you lift it to water or do you just water on top of the moss?
Hi Laura, I hope you’re well. It’s Hellebore season for us in Zone 8b. I’m seeing some beautiful buds pop out of the ground. You inspired me to try them this year and I don’t regret it! I wanted to ask you how far apart do you recommend planting them to serve as a semi evergreen ground cover? As always, look forward to your content and can’t wait to see your hellebores this year!
When you cut the crown from the long neck/trunk, is it possible that the old roots and stem would produce a new plant? I've never tried it, but it kills me to throw away a nice set of roots. ;)
That Begonia is absolutely gorgeous 💕
Thank you for this. I love African violets but usually do not have much luck with them.
I do have a question though, for Christmas I got 2 beautiful Christmas Cactuses. I started them off if an east window getting indirect sunlight, they loved it. Then I got the bright idea of moving them to a south bay window, again indirect sunlight. They did well there for about a week and a half. They bloom, but their blooms are dried up before it can fully bloom. I have since moved them back to the south window. They both still have large amounts of blooms but refuse to fully bloom. The plants themselves are beautiful and healthy. I only water them when the first few inches of soil appear dry. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
If I don’t have a light for them can I put it beside the window with the plastic on the top and how long I should keep them there for how long till they get the baby and transplanted and you don’t water them anymore let me know thank you I love you Show
That small urn is the perfect choice for the begonia. Growing up my grandma always had African violets, their flowers are so pretty.
What’s beautiful home you have. You brought back many memories for me today. My mother used to raise violets to make a living. She you sell them to the florists in our area while we were growing up. They were beautiful. She had a green thumb me not so much.
Love the succulents in the tray. That looks good even if you don’t do anything else with them.
My daughter has had some success with African violets. She started out with two plants. Over the last few years, she has propagated the leaves she’s groomed off and has created dozens and dozens of new plants. We now have around 30 plants that seem to be in constant bloom. Plus she’s given away at least that many more plants to friends. (She has only used the outside leaves in her propagation efforts and always directly into soil. And she never covers them with plastic)
My bank had an African violet that was huge, it had to be a foot across with tons of flowers. The teller said they just watered it nothing else. I never had luck with flowers just leaves
I like cutting empty loo rolls in half to make two cells and popping them into a large egg box, using the lid as a mini green house.
I just bought some of those large plastic propagators so will see how they compare. I am also trying out vermiculite as i usually just use home-made compost and worm castings and perlite.
I heard that coco coir is the best thing to use but i can only see it available online and it doesn't seem like it is regularly available locally in London? Is it really that necessary to add as well to the above?
Hey from North Carolina! Do the African violets require repotting at this point? Or is this just a way to give yourself more plants?
The the necks on those were pretty long. AVs keep their rosette shape better and bloom better if they are kept groomed like this. According to the AV Society of America, they benefit from repotting every 6-12 months. Don't have to be moved up a pot size, they like cramped conditions, but a soil refresh and grooming keeps them performing at their best. Keep them groomed and in cramped conditions to avoid developing babies, they can distort the shape of the rosette.
Perfect timing. My African violet needs this done desperately. Now I know how!! Thanks again Laura! 🌸
Looks so easy! They look great!! Did I miss it, but did you pre moisten the soli?
nice
I need African violet help lol. My daughter left one at home when she went to college. It hasn’t bloomed since-2 years now. I have it under a grow light, but the leaves sometimes curl under-not warm enough? I’ve never fertilized it and only water it maybe once a month, not on the leaves. What routine do they need ? Thanks 😊
Okay so do y’all eat in the cubby? That is so COOL!
What small pump sprayer with a weighted bottom does Laura use?
I might’ve missed you mentioning this, but where will the new leaves for African violets start producing? I know when You propagate succulents a new plant emerges at the new rooted and the old leaf dies off. Is it the same with African violets?
The new leaves appear at the base of the stem. Eventually the large leaf will wither and die. When the new plant has developed 2-3 leaves you can repot.
I can't keep African violets alive. 😥 I put them in the pots specifically made for African violets, but the leaves all turn to mush and die.
Sounds like overwatering or getting water on the leaves.
@@jgwood10 the water was put in the vessel that sits underneath the part of the pot that the plant is in. It's supposed to slowly water the plant from below. It's supposed to be a specialized pot specifically designed for African violets.
@@arladeleon3806 Looks like it's a fail. Get regular pots.
@@YSLRD 😂
Sim também. Flor pois este more🤦
Can you propagate primroses the same way? I picked up a couple and some of the leaves are getting leggy already.
I just came across some mixes cactus seeds. I'm going to try to start them, should I use cactus mix or a seed starter soil?
Why wipe the snips with alcohol each time? Thanks for the maintenance on the African Violets, going to tackle mine now.
The basic rule of gardening is to not spread disease to other plants. All gardeners should follow this rule inside or outside.
Laura, isn’t there a difference between rick rack cactus & shark tooth cactus? The have different shaped leaves. The one you are planting today is called shark tooth in many nursery near me in NYC. I’m confused.
I had both when I lived in Florida. What she has in this video is the Ric Rac Cactus aka Epiphyllum anguliger. Notice how the edges are more rounded. The Shark Tooth Cactus aka Selenicereus Chrysocardium. This one is wider and pointer like shark teeth. The leaf is also a bit thicker. Both bloom same type of flower, ric rac has a colorful bloom and the shark tooth is white and yellow. Hope this helps!
@@523jbarrett thank you. Have a fab day!
I'm wondering if the new three-piece grow light in the corner will fade the chair. Love this video of African violets. Reminds me so much of my grandmother and her windowsill filled with African violets covered in flowers.
I was wondering that about the painting that they hung up too.
@@meagantrout2127 Oh, yes. You're right. It's a beautiful painting. Maybe the bulbs are such that they don't fade. I now have a faded rectangular area on my work bench top that is exactly the size of my seedling tray. :-)
Can you leave the cut root portion of the African Violet in soil to start "babies" like you can do with succulents?