Can these African Violets still be rescued? How

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

These stumps are left after about 6 of my beloved A.V's started to perish this spring. They were happy in an east facing window, but I was not aware that the sun's position slowly changed and became stronger. The leaves became spotty, then mushy and died off, one after the other.

But I noticed one or two small green leaves on some of the thick left over stumps. I transplanted one of these stumps, thinking that the pot was the right size while the plant was a healthy full standard size, but must now be too big for this little thing. There are still more stumps in big pots... should I also move them into smaller pots, or am I wasting my time ? And should I cut back the roots if they don't fit into a small pot ? I am always at a loss what to do with these thick stumps or necks...

Is there anything else I could be doing to bring them back to live?

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
2 years ago
How about using the surviving leaves to start new plants?
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meg_w (9b) Bradenton
2 years ago
Hi Doriswk, i suggest you put tem under a dome or loosly closed bag. The idea is to keep their environment humid, without the soil being soggy, until they can establish new roots. Best of luck,

Meg
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doriswk
Original Author
2 years ago
Good idea, I will put a plastic bag over them. These small leaves seem to be growing out of the thick root stump, so I don't quite follow the idea of them establishing new roots?

I can't separate them right now for propagation, they are still too tiny for me to be able to handle...
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
2 years ago
I meant take leaf cuttings, not try to do division. You only need a leaf.
doriswk
Original Author
2 years ago
I think the time to take leaf cuttings is past...I would have had to do that while the mature leaves were still healthy and alive... but then I thought I could still rescue a good portion of most plants. At this point in time however, as can be seen in the pictures, I only have a few tiny new leaves to work with.