If the leaves are still healthy you will probably still get babies with patience. The leaves are probably filling the space with roots right now. Older leaves can also take longer. One of these days, you will check on them and will be pleasantly surprised with tiny babies! Don't give up! Meg

Rosie and I were writing at the same time, but we are sending the same message.

I recommend another method...fill a black tray with solo cups with leaves, cover with a dome. Put under the light. Repeat the procedure next day. Continue until you have no place left in a house. Take a breath. Look at the first tray. OMG - it is bursting with babies and no place to put them. Get another light stand. 1 tray with leaves s is equal one shelf of starters. Fill the stand. REPEAT. At that point you begin to understand - they grow way too fast.

Awwww,,,,Irina,,,,,don't burst her bubble! She will find this out on her own. Let her have the wonder, fun and anticipation of babies and the reality of running out of room!!!! lol Rosie

PS 6 months ago I put down every leaf that I found, bought, traded for, or otherwise obtained. They didn't take up much room. They were so cute! You warned me. Oh and how long would it take to make their babies??? Welllll,,,,,reality is setting in. I am looking at babies that now need to be separated. hmmm. Not putting down so many leaves now. Being more selective!

Have you tried cursing ? I do it often and it seems to help.

But seriously, if the leaves are healthy they're growing, eventually....eventually....eventually you'll get plantlets.

Curse???? Me???? oh my,,,,,my mother would wash my mouth out with soap. BUT she is no longer here sooooooooo,,,,,,occasionally a word or two will slip! Oh me oh my! But the reality is,,,,they don't grow any faster no matter what words I use, good or bad! lol Rosie

Rosie - out of your babies...only keep 2-3 strongest of each variety, chuck the rest. Out of 2-3 - wait until they bloom, keep one. At that point - you can find another home for them. Do not keep too many duplicates for too long. Again - on a level of a first bloom - you will find some - that do nothing for you. Pass them on. At the end you will have good plants of the varieties you like. And everybody around you will benefit from your generosity to the point they will go in hiding at your approach.

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Sounds like good advice but toss growing babies??? Ewww, don't know if I can do that. Share I can do,,,but toss???? Oh my.

Irina, you must have missed my lament about having no one to "share" violets/plants/information with. Which is why I am so active on this group. There is NO one interested in my neck of the woods.

But that may change once I get this knee moving a little better as far as endurance. When we went to the Ann Arbor show they handed out a paper with the information for joining 2 AV groups. These groups are the ones that put on the sale. The one is not far from me at all. Well, in the next county,,,but certainly not so far that I can't make it. I am going to look into it. Just can't do it yet. But I am excited about the thought of doing it!!!! Rosie

Hi Rosie...

I'm in the same boat you're in...no one in Grand Rapids that's into AV's. But that's why I'm in this forum and two others. And I've made some friends. When I offered you a couple of leaves of that Alchemy Bells it was because a very generous collector in another forum sent me a box with those and some others.
So we can share using this medium. Leon

I love to share Leon. And I have shared back plants also. And thanks for offering me the Alchemy Bells! Hope we can make that work!

I can't believe in this entire county there are NO people that are interested in violets! I almost have to rely on this group exclusively to "share". Otherwise I would be over run with violet children! I would be one huge violet orphanage! Sorry,,just can't toss them! Rosie

You can't believe in this entire county there are NO people that are interested in violets?

I even tried Craig's list. All I got was offers for stuff I didn't want.

I know, Leon. Well at least WE know where to find violet people!!!!! Rosie

Rosie,

i live in Plymouth. I would love to get freebies.

I just got into AV about a month ago. But reading this forum makes me more and more interested. My problem is I have no patience. Over doing things is my specialty.

Julie do you mean Plymouth MICHIGAN??????!!!!!!! Rosie

Rosie, yes.

I am in Monroe!!!!! I don't think we are that far that we couldn't meet!!!!! Rosie

Yes, definitely.

We should go to the AV show together next year. I work in Ann Arbor, near the botanical garden. I can even walk there.

we can meet in Ann Arbor. Don't throw more babies away, hee hee.

Okey dokey! There are 2 other people that I go with also. We will have a nice little group!!!!!! YAY!!! AnneCecelia is on this group. She is one of them!!! Rosie