What do you mean by cloning? Sounds like you just planted 3 leaves the way we all do? Is there more to your process???

If roots are showing above the soil, how much soil is in this glass and how far into the soil did you actually plant the leaf?

As far as seeing babies,,,,,that will happen when it happens. I figure this way. when I plant a leaf,,,,,I am now on that leaf's "time"! I will get a baby when my leaf decides I will! No sooner,,,,,,no later!!!!! Rosie

Oh yeah! I just planted 3 leaves as people normally do. The YouTube tutorials I watched had called 'em clones, so I just assumed that was the official terminology (I'm really new to the whole world of African Violets, but I'm loving it!).

I had originally filled the glass to the rim with soil, and planted the leaf cuttings so that little-to-no stem showed. I have to water from the top, as there aren't any holes in the glasses, so the soil has settled. It's now a little farther down the glass, and about half of the stem shows.

Ha, alright thank you! That's a really great way to look at it. I had seen somewhere that in 2 weeks-5 weeks that you can start seeing babies, so I got a little paranoid and wasn't sure if I was screwing something up.

Thank you again,

Valeire

Thank you for the welcome! I appreciate it. I'm very happy to be caring for these plants. When I first got them, I was so in awe of their beauty, I spent hours just watching videos and looking at catalogs online of different African Violets.

That's brilliant! I always have left-over K-cups and I can only imagine how cute the leaf looks in the little cup. I didn't even think to do anything like that. My mother needed some help repotting her aloe, so after I helped her with that, she suggested I plant my leafs in these little wine glasses because they'd look very cute. I do think a drain hole is a much better way to go, but I'm extra cautious with them - only water when the soil is dry and the leaf doesn't feel as cool/moist. If I think I've poured too much water, before the plant has the chance to suck it up, I dab a paper towel on the puddle to absorb some of it.

Next time I plant leaves I'll definitely use a K-cup. Thank you so much for the advice!

I just used some African Violet mix from Home Depot, but that sounds good too. I'll try that out!

I LOVE to take pictures of my violets. I got them in May and I've already taken 219 photos of them combined. Here are just a few shots though.

Uh oh, I wrote a short little time line for my violets with photos, and got this message

Let me try doing it in a different reply.

(Here's where the timeline that I had to erase starts. The photos are what's causing the glitch, so I'm going to upload them on an external site and put the image links here).

I had originally gotten them for the purpose of breeding (which I still hope to do, I just need the paternal plant to rebloom), and they don't have names, so I just refer to them as the paternal and maternal plant respectively :)

Paternal plant photos:

May 17th, 2015:

The plant wasn't in very good condition when I bought it, but it was better than the other plants that were there. There were dead blooms, smushed blooms, and broken leaves. I took the picture on an angle so that you couldn't really see the damaged blooms.

Close up shot of the ruffled blooms

May 21st, 2015:

With some love & care, the plant started to look a little better. Here it is in my garden window!

June 7th, 2015:

Original blooms had started to go, but I was getting some new, exotic looking ones!

July 4th, 2015:

The plant is HUGE with LOTS of suckers. I'm in desperate need of repotting, but I've gone to multiple Home Depots and none of them have appropriate pots. I can't find any that are small or self watering at the very least. I'll be going to a Lowes soon to see if they have anything. Even without blooms, I still think the plant looks very pretty. I love the leaves.

Maternal plant photos:

May 23rd, 2015:

I just got the plant! It's so dainty, and cute.

June 8th, 2015:

One of my favorite picture of the plant - it was still very small but it had so many open blooms.

June 16th, 2015:

Maternal plant feat. the leaf cuttings!

A close up of some blooms in the middle of the plant. The dried up bloom to the left is one I had pollinated, but it dried up too early.

July 2nd, 2015:

Here are the paternal and Maternal plants in my garden window, both plants need to be repotted.

Here's a picture of the leaf cuttings from today! I had pushed some soil up onto the stems so that they weren't so "bare" (and I figured it'd secure them a little more). The picture doesn't do it much justice, but in person you can see lots of little "strings" and "lines" all around the surface that look like (and I'm just guessing they probably are) roots.

Picture of leaf cutting one.

Picture of leaf cutting two.

That is a very incredible photo/timeline! I have never seen pix that large before! That is a very pretty violet. I think you have done and will do just fine with your violets and babies!!! Rosie

Thank you! I actually didn't mean for them to be so big - they just uploaded that way for some reason haha.

Thanks again for all of your help, Rosie:)

Oh, you're welcome! I was teasing about the size of the photos. There have been some I have put up that were too large and some that were too small !!! I haven't figured out how to resize effectively. BUT at least I got to see the flower up close and personal !! Beautiful !!!! Rosie

Welcome to the wonderful world of violet growing! You have a fine start so far & Rosie offered some excellent advice on rooting leaves. The lines & strings you see are most likely debris in the potting mix. The white fibers are probably some form of fungus that seems ever present in various AV mixes. I don't believe the fungus to be harmful, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Terri

@Rosie Haha, well I'm glad it did have that benefit!

@terrilou Thank you for the welcome, and for the compliment! I'm trying my best with these violets. The white pebbles are apart of the mix, but while looking closer at the picture I realized there's a patch of soil that's white. Would that be the fungus, or is that mold?

If there is a patch of soil that is white (and you know it shouldn't be there) try to gently scrape it off and out of your container.

Since you can't water and let it run through to flush the soil, you could be accumulating fertilizer salts. They have nowhere to go but upward to the top of the soil. There is a reason for drainage holes.

When you empty out your Kcup, put the coffee grounds in your compost pile, flower bed or under your shrubs! They are great soil amendments and fertilizer! The only thing you should have to throw away is the foil on top of the Kcup! And that goes in recycle!!!!!! Rosie

I scraped off the white, but it's a relief to know that it's probably just salts (I wouldn't want to be molding out my plant - I don't keep it soggy, I only give it what it can drink since it can't drain)!

Thank you, that's brilliant! I was able to use Kcup last night for potting a baby crown actually, but it was one that had been sitting on my Kcup rack since either last Christmas, or the one before it, plus it was a hot cocoa, so it was definitely stale. I ended up just dumping it and rinsing it out (it was an odd ball from a variety pack that no one seemed to like - so one one ever drank it). I got rid of all the foil, and poked a few holes in the bottom - worked like a charm!!! Thank you so much again for the tip.

Glad you are happy with the Kcups! So does this mean you will drink more coffee???? lol

Ask your friends to save them for you. If they drink coffee you will get a bunch! Rosie

Haha, I'll be sticking to my own cup a day, but I'm having all my family and friends save their cups too!

Good for you and good luck! Rosie

Thank you, thank you!! :)