dora, you do have alot on your hands. isn't it nice to have a friend to work and have fun with.molly

I've not ever had so much fun with something as these violets. Doing them with AVF is the icing on the cake. I couldn't imagine it to be as much fun and pleasure without my AVFs to share it with.

Another one that I did was Optimara Ever Glory:
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We were able to get 19 cups/plants off of the 2 cups of Ever Glory and 11 cups/plants off of 3 Rob's Green Jeans leaves.

Some of the small plants that I started at the November meeting bloomed in the bag... Imagine my delight when I opened the bag that had been on the top shelf (out of sight since the first week of Nov) and saw this:

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Dora

Dora, I love your violet nursery babies. Did you have the leaves wicked? Also, what kind of jars are you using? Are they the small baby fod jars, or the larger ones? I don't have any babies in family and will have to look for something similar. I have some leaves rooting in foil pans. The babes are just starting to appear. They will have to go into their own pots soon.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:379603}}

I wick everything that I have - plant and leaves. I have had such a positive and thriving experience with wicking.

I use the 4 oz baby food jars. A local nursery/daycare saves them for me and I pick them up once a week. It is enough to stock my personal supply and that of our club on a monthly basis. They were delighted to save them for me as long as we get them on Thursday or Friday and they don't sit around in their way. Maybe you could find a local source like that near you?

I plan to play in the dirt on Friday too - I've got several more cups full of green and there's no telling how many plants I will get out of those too.

Good Luck and happy violeting :)
Dora

Wow, Dora, looks like you both were having alot of fun! Sorry...I know absolutely nothing about AV's. Could you explain your technique? It sounds like you took a leaf cutting and it ended up producing lots and lots of babies which you transplanted into individual pots? Do most AV's reproduce like this? Also, what do you mean by wicking? Do you use a string or just let the bottom of the soil wick up the moisture? And finally....do you put the cup with the jar in the bag?

Thanks for your help!
WRF

WRF,
Wicking is a watering method. google it and enjoy the discovery ;)

There are many ways that AVs can be propogated and doing it by leaves is one way. It is the way that I did it in this thread with the Optimara Ottawa.

and yes, I put the solo cup in the BFJ and then place both of them in the bag/greenhouse. I leave them there (sealed) until I can see mouse ears coming up out of the dirt. Sometimes that takes a few weeks, and sometimes a little/lot longer. Patience is key. You want the root system to be developed strong enough below the dirt so that the plant itself will be nice and strong and sure to thrive.

I do hope you'll stick around - there's no way you'll still be able to say you know absolutely nothing abou AVs if you pal around with us here and take a bit of initiative to learn some on your own. I have discovered such a pleasure in this hobby and the people that I share it with.

Dora

Thanks for the info Dora! The problem is...if I do stick around I'll have a whole new addiction, lol. The good thing is that this addiction at least seems to be a manageable size as compared to some of my other addictions (brugmansia, plumeria, heliconia, gingers, bananas, hoyas...to name a few!)

Oh, Good Lord, WRF,
Where in the world do you find the room to put all those "addictions"?
Oh wait - I see that you are in deep FL - that explains it :)

We'd still love to have you stay.

Dora

Lol, the problem with Florida is that it is next to impossible to kill a plant off so your collection just keeps growing and growing...