Hi,
Whenever that happens to me I repot the plant and take off a few rows of leaves. I then move it to a center part of my light fixture so it gets stronger light.
Fred in NJ

I just did what Fred suggested with one of my AVs this morning. This one had an outer row or two of leaves that had very, very long stems. This was in the center, then you literally would see about an inch or two of nothing but stem, then the outer leaves were around the outside. This looks much better to me! It does have some water spots on some older leaves, I imagine from when it was at the store.

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Question: What are those brown spots on the leaves? My store-bought violet has them, too, and 'm being paranoid about it being a fungus..

I mentioned that in my above post -- I believe they are water spots on my leaves. Or they could just be the leaves aging... I dunno. Mine isn't any kind of fungus or bug though that I'm aware of.

*Nods*. ... Good news, that.

Frank325,

Nice job repotting. That is a nice symmetrical plant now. The 'spots' could be bruising from being in the store; they can really take a beating from customers, employees, etc. Not to worry, they will eventually age and be removed.

The gap you referred to was a 'culture break' which is the result of changes in its growing environment. The long leaves were on the plant while it was in the store, with certain growing conditions. You brought it home where conditions were different, and better. The new growth in the center shows how much it likes your house!

Nice job.

Barbara

Yep. It's been by a window since i've had it. But now that i've trimmed the long leaves and repotted it with a wick, I'm placing it under lights so it can grow/bloom.