Hello and welcome to the forum. You asked a few basic questions and made a few statements that are likely to produce a few responses. I will tell you what I think and maybe that will shed some light for you!

First, if and when you ask for technical help here regarding specific plant problems, a photo is just about required. Without photos, it is very difficult to pinpoint a specific problem when the same symptom could be caused by 5 or 6 different things.

African Violets like light. Yes, they will survive with minimal light (such as you are providing) but they will not flourish. Again, without pictures of your lighting set-up it is difficult to comment on your light quality or quantity.

I dont understand how enough LED lights to light up two plants for eight hours can cost enough to be noticeable on your electric bill. Something is wrong. Those few LED lights shouldn't cost more than a buck or two a month to run.

If you can, all things considered, get your LED lights close to the tops of the plants, maybe 6 to 8" away. Then run them for about 12 hours a day. This is just a guess since I haven't seen your setup.

Once you have enough light those plants should start thinking about putting out some blooms. The names of the two plants would also be helpful. There are more than a few AV's out there that are real stinkers and even the pros don't like messing around with them.

Good luck!

Jeff is right, some just don't want to flower. However, more likely is that your growing regime is not near enough to perfect to coax them into flower. Either light or water or fertilizer issues. Again as he said, a photo will help.

All things given, they will probably flower eventually, it just may not be the earliest theoretical period. I've had leaves -> flowers that take a year, it just depends.

My money (without a pix) would be lack of light first and lack of fertilizer second. Rosie

I second all that's been said here ...

I find some like to bloom a lot and some are just stubborn bloomers. If you give them enough light and food that's about all you can do.

Yep! Plants are like kids, they are all kids, but each kid marches to their own drum! Rosie

Thanks for all the responses! You're right, I definitely should have posted a photo. I'm unsure of the names. The leaves were gifted from my mother and she's had hers for probably a decade or more.

Furthermore, after Jeff said something about my LED lights I went back to look at my lighting bill. Haha turns out I forgot to pay it last month with all the Thanksgiving hulabaloo. :/ So I've been running my lights at about 12-14 hours a day.

I have to admit, I focus more on succulents. So I'm unfamiliar with fertilizing practices of African Violets. I have been using Dyna Grow Foliage Pro 9-3-6 on my succulents and I also feed my African Violets but I'm wary about it because I think I burned one of the leaves. How often should I be fertilizing?

Without further ado- here are my small plants and lighting set up. I've already had to separate "pups" from these plants because I've heard it's not the healthiest for the mother plant.

You can see the slightly scarred leaf at 7 o' clock in the above photo.

This from another plant completely.

This is the Roleadro 300w LED Grow Light Full Spectrum 2nd Generation. So the lights are still incredibly bright but not that purple/pink color. My succulents and really thrive under it.

Hi

Your violets look okay, if a bit young yet for first bloom. But it should not be much longer.

Someone above had mentioned that Violets will possibly need 12-14 hours of light per day, ... and the fluorescents we typically use are situated about 1-2 foot above the plants.

I don't have any experience with LED lights, ... but you should be able to judge whether your lights are close enough by 1. blooming (you shiuld get some bloom in the next few months) ... and by 2. noting if the leaves seem to be REACHING UP towards the lights. Some degree of reaching is okay with violets, ... and it will really be up to you as to whether your plants are performing well enough for you.

As for fertilizing, using your fertilizer at half-strength every time you water is typically recommended.

The pups are just your plant's way of trying to reproduce itself. For ideal shape and blooming, "pups" should be removed from the main plant, and either planted in pots of their own (they don't need any roots for this) ... or discarded.

Thank you! Good to hear that they seem to be on par. I was just growing a bit concerned since it's nearing the 9 month mark. But as some have said, sometimes it can be a year until they bloom.

I know they look a bit worse for wear and it's my first time venturing outside of succulents. I've placed the LED lights a bit higher up than I originally had them. I felt as if it was too much for some of my plants.