I've been reading a lot of articles about trailing violets to do a program for my violet club. We can't seem to get it right.

One thing I read was to not trim the roots, that they need their entire root system to support all the top growth of the plant. It is something we haven't tried, older members have always trimmed roots when repotting.

My question is about potting down. Eventually there will be bare stems to scrape and cover with soil...as the plant will be repotted into the same or one size larger shallow pot. Do I assume the roots will need to be trimmed for this to sink it lower into the pot? The scraped stems should send new roots to compensate?

I know members will ask. We've all had issues with growing trailers and I think after reading a lot of articles that repotting without disturbing the roots could be one of a couple culture changes that might improve some of the growth habits of our trailers.

Thanks!!! tish