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Small blossoms

11 years ago

When I bought my violet at a reputable garden center it had prolific and huge flowers. Now its blooming again and the size of the flowers are the same as the individual petals when it bloomed earlier.
What's wrong?

Comments (4)

  • 11 years ago

    When did you buy it? What kind of care have you been providing? How long has it been between bloom cycles? How large is the overall plant? Knowing answers to these questions will allow Forum members to provide more accurate information. Keep in mind, we are just coming out of winter when AVs slow down, so they need time to recover before they start to grow again.
    More importantly, commercially bought AV plants are somewhat seasonal. People buy them for decoration. Those of us who are collectors will keep them over and allow them to recover and grow normally.
    Sometimes plants are forced into bloom by large commercial growers then sold to local garden centers. Then they might take two bloom cycles to achieve that high level of bloom. However, once they do, they are well established and will be more consistent in their bloom performance.
    Graden centers usually get their AVs from growers and sell them as decorative plants.
    This is very different from the AVs purchased from the specialty hybridizer who send small starter plants.
    Probably, your plant is fine, simply recovering. It will once again achieve large blooms but perhaps not until the leaves grow out and it is cared for according to guidelines you can find on this Forum.
    There are not that many growers of AVs, so your garden center would not have grown them, they would get them from an AV farm. Joanne

  • 11 years ago

    I bought it a couple months ago and its on the window sill with my other AVs. It has magnificent leaves, the plant is 13" in diameter. Its putting up a lot of flower buds again but when they open the flowers are tiny and almost look deformed.

  • 11 years ago

    Here is some advice from an older post on this forum by another member: "One reason for lack of blooms is no fertilizer or fertilizing too infrequently. Over-fertilizing can create problems, but it's okay to fertilize each time with a dilute solution (a lot of people prefer that since they don't have to keep track of when they last fertilized).

    I hope this helps. There's so much great info online. Another good site is http://www.avsa.org/.";

    Also, if possible, a photo might be helpful, in case there is something else going on with this plant that others might be able to help diagnose. Sounds like a big, healthy plant if the leaves are doing so well and the plant has grown large.

    This post was edited by fortyseven on Wed, Feb 4, 15 at 16:43

  • 11 years ago

    After ruling out any pests or diseases, disbud your plant and make sure you give it good light, water and humidity. Sometimes buds that have formed in less that favorable conditions open and show the effects of prior neglect. They do need occasional fertilizer but only if they are growing too.

    Another bloom cycle should show improvement.

    Diana

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