You can transition them to soil. Or you can leave them in water. Either way, you will need to wait until they produce plantlets which they will do in water or soil. Then those can be separated from the host leaf. The host leaf on its own will never be a plant. Its purpose is to make the babies. Hope that helps.

in my world.. warped as it may be.. you have 2.... one stays in water.. one gets potted... and the potted one into a baggie ...

btw.. i put the zip top up.. and leave it open for air movement.. not really necessary to hermetically seal it ...

you tried multiple options the first time.. keep up the good work ...

ken

btw... i would consider putting some nutrients in the water .. but then.. thats probably where i would kill it... i have no cluw how to do this part... but it would probably be a couple tiny kernels of water sol for the whole cup.. a minuscule amount...

Linnea, I have been rooting violets for many years, and my normal recommendation is for growers not to be afraid of them. Patience is usually the most necessary attribute. From here on, this is going to be an "I normally do this" discussion, but please refer back to sentence one of this post frequently. When I get a violet that I want to propagate, I pop off a few leaves---I prefer to use the older, long stemmed leaves---Sometimes I trim the ends off with a sharp, clean, sterile blade, some times not. Into the water they go. My rooting container hangs in the kitchen window, right above the sink. It is about 18inches under a light, and the window is west facing with a porch overhang outside, so the leaves only get an hour or so of late afternoon sunshine on clear days. I just wait them out, and in my case a good 95+ percent of the leaves, over the years have rooted. When I get a good set of roots, sometimes I pot the leaves, and at other times I let them stay in the water until I see the little green "Mickey Mouse" ears (leaves) appear. sometimes--most of the time--I just pot the leaf with roots. I put the tip of the leaf deep enough into well draining AV potting soil, and wait until I I get a large enough plant so I think it will survive on its own, then I remove the leaf by cutting it off at ground level--again, sharp, clean, sterile cut. I have gotten as many as three plants with this method off a single leaf. I do not think I have ever had an African Violet leaf die while it was rooting. That usually occurs for me with the potted plant, and that is very rare.

Plants, for me are an enjoyment, not something to get "up tight" over. They seem to know that if they were growing out in the wild someplace life, wouldn't be nearly so comfortable and easy as it is growing on my plant shelves. I encourage that. Have fun. Bill

Linnea, Thanks for the "thanks', glad I could be of some help. I finally got a few photos of the plants I have in my rooting set-up, and thought it might be some help for you to see what I am talking about. The first photo is the overall setup in the kitchen window to show just how terribly complicated the whole thing is. There are leaves from two violets rooting in the containers. The top group is from a named plant, and the bottom group from an unnamed plant that I will use for give away plants. Both groups of leaves were started at about the same time (a bit over a month ago). I don't put anything in my rooting water-just pop the leaves off the plant, and drop them in. The second photo shows the base of one set of leaves that has decided not to root yet-It is, however producting a really nice crop of what I call "Mickey Mouse Ears" these are tiny little plants that should soon produce roots as they grow larger, and I will pick them off the leaf stem and pot them into individual pots when they get a bit larger. The third photo shows leaves from the other plant that has decided to just give me a nice set of roots. When These get a bit larger I will plant the leaf stem, roots and all in potting soil, and expect them to soon afterwards produce little leaves. I have cut the leaves (little plants) off these stems and returned the stems to the water, and gotten as many as three little plants off one leaf.

I realize we are operating under different stress levels, because if I loose a rooting leaf, I can always go back to the original plant and get more leaves. This time, you are trying to save a particular plant, and should you loose your rooting leaves, you have perhaps lost the entire plant. From what I see of your rooted leaves, it is, in my opinion, highly unlikely that you will loose this 'battle'. keep up the good work, and have fun! Bill