I believe Looneybitrd has some and takes care of them. I see joan gave you some tips to. I don't have any, sorry. They never lived long for me.

I had one. It was doing very well until.... I tried to divide the plant. It was too big for the pot. The book said you can cut them into plants. I never bought another one.

I've never had  trouble with mine.  I make sure I buy good terra cotts pots for them and wash them very well and make sure the rims of the pots are dry before planting them.  I use African violet soil made just for them and like Jewel said, I too water them from the bottom and just soak them and then let the water drain out as much as it will before standing the pots back in their saucers.  Jewel is right in that if the leaves or stems get wet, they die.  Feed them a furtilizer made just for them and keep them humid.  I  have clear glass garden bells that I put over the top of mine.  They love the humidity.  They need plenty of light or they send up very long stems in a search for light, but they don't like direct sunlight except in the mornings.  Once you learn what makes them thrive, it is very easy to keep them alive and happy.  Don' t mist the plant like you would a fern because they tend to die from that type of being moisturized.  If you don't have a garden bell to cover them with, you can put a flat waterproof pan under them...fill it with gravel and water just to the top of the gravel and then set your pots WITH their drip saucers under then on top the gravel and place in a warm bright place and the water from the tray will get enough humidity around the plants to make them healthy.   What colored African Violets are  you getting?  I absolutely adore those plants...they always make a place look happy.

yenna  thanks for the tips, i just repotted them  with good african violet soil into clay pots with a saucer with pepples and water under them, the pot sits on the pepples  not in the water.   I have a dark pink, light pink and purple ones.   I live in central fl. and it way to hot to keep them in my screenroon, so i have them in my tv room where  they get sun. in the late fall i will put them in the screenroom, till it get too cold.       what is a bell cover, never heard of them and where did  you buy them.  years ago i had a big glass bubble and grew thing in there it was very humidy in there.

theresa

largo,fl.

Yenna thanks for the tips of growing African Violets. I must confess mine always died and now I know why. I was misting them instead of soaking. Maybe I'll try again.

windchime   how are you doing with watering your neighbor african violest,   those plants are her babies  god help you if they died on you.   she will know the difference if you buy her new ones.

kriwigirl124  I misted my african violets too years ago, i had a book on how to grow them and it sayed to mist them to keep the dust off the leaves.   thats why they died, not going to do that this time.   I repoted them in african violet soil and moved them out to the screenroom which i have smoked vinel windows and with all the rain we had down here in fl. for the last 4 day there is plenty of humidity too.

theresa

largo,fl

 

 

I love African Violets....and like some of you....they bring back memories of someone special to me.

 

My Great Aunt had beautiful African Violets....all her life...at least a half dozen plants or more at any given time and she was always starting new ones off her plants for other people.  She had the pretty deep purple, a very light...pink..that was as close to white as you could get but still be pink....and then a dark pink color...that had flowers that looked like they had ruffles sewn into them!  When I'd be helping her out at home she'd always tell me when to water..how much, etc...and always told me touch them no more than you absolutely have to ..they don't like to be handled...and she insisted they preferred morning light from a certain window.  I thought she was full of it...lol....and a couple times when I put plants in other areas...they didn't do well....and she'd move them back...and they'd thrive.  When she died....she was down to 3 plants.....I took one of them.....and I tried so hard with it....and it died anyways...and I cried because I thought I let her down.....(how silly is that)....but I can't grow them....I think I keep it too cool and dark inside for their liking.

 

I wish you lots of good luck with yours....they are such beautiful and homey feeling plants....! 

19260....my neighbor is back now and her African Violets are still alive....whoooo-hoooo!!!  I did just what she said....and added a few prayers!