First of all, I'm not sure what your problems are. Perhaps I missed that somewhere. Even with not knowing the symptoms, I would not advocate adding additional boron to a plant. This is one of the trace elements with "trace" being the operative word. Violets only need a minute amount of boron and most balanced fertilizers contain a sufficient amount of it. Whether or not your plants can absorb these nutrients is a different story, so I'm hoping you can fill us in on your problems.

Terri

Sorry! I tried to post a picture and my internet is really buggy right now. Must be the weather.

I guess long story short - I had been reading on why my episcia has this brown eaten edging on the edges of old leaves - and I thought maybe it was just old leaves. But then I read somewhere about Boron deficiency... and it described what my epsiscia had... and my violets also have the same eaten look around the edging of old leaves. They look fine and healthy otherwise.

Sorry! I tried to post a picture and my internet is really buggy right now. Must be the weather.

I guess long story short - I had been reading on why my episcia has this brown eaten edging on the edges of old leaves - and I thought maybe it was just old leaves. But then I read somewhere about Boron deficiency... and it described what my epsiscia had... and my violets also have the same eaten look around the edging of old leaves. They look fine and healthy otherwise.

thank you terrilou! thats a relief to me that i dont have to buy the boron stuff. :)