And just a note, these are "disposable" varieties.... They won't be exposed back to my main collection, without serious bug treatment! :D

I am kinda nervous about the experiment, but You know it is true that African violets we're found outdoors! I don't think the outdoors is TOO bad for them! :D lol! A little perspective on my hyper protection of them might be in order. Haha

I have placed my extras directly on the ground under scrubs and trees. Most grew well throughout the summer without my paying much attention to them. Two years ago, one grew so well that I was very tempted to bring it back indoors in autumn. I told myself no but then relented, took it in, repotted it and placed it in a separate room. I did not spray it. A year later it joined the regular group again. No bugs were ever seen.

I am not saying there will never be a bug, but hey,,,,,many people get bugs without their plants ever stepping a foot outside!!!! Think about it! Rosie

This is very interesting. Not sure I will try it, but I might with some plants I might want to toss anyway. A while back I did toss some plants outside only to find a few months later that they were still alive, had turned themselves right side up again, and some were even blooming. I couldn't resist rescuing them. I took the crowns, washed them well, repotted and isolated to see what would happen. They all made it.

Oh my! Perle, that is too funny! What a will to live. ;) I tried planting some extra violets outside once just to see what would happen, and the chickens promptly cruised by and ate them all. :rollseyes: I'll never know how they would have done... :D

I need to update this. I actually had to bring them all back in, because the weather got cold. so they've been in my way all by themselves, waiting for the weather to warm up! :] I ended up pitching several, so I only have three left I'm gonna try it with over the summer. we shall see! :D

What is really funny is that I was trying to throw these plants out. I even just dumped them out of the pots, but somehow they turned themselves up and bloomed. So much for my downsizing, lol.

Lol! It cracked me up! You'll have to throw them in the sun next time. :P

Oh no no no,,,,Poor little things. sniff sniff tear rolling down my cheek! Rosie

Here is one of the plants that was rescued from the yard. Its much darker in person, camera can't catch true color.

Oh so glad you rescued it! That is beautiful! Ok, I stopped sniffling! Rosie

Oh, that's beautiful!!