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Wild violits

Posted by wesley_butterflies 5b/6 (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 11, 09 at 11:44

It should come as no surprise that these are by far the hardest things to get rid of from a lawn Finding its sorce will just lead one to someone elses side yard. Undertsnding that a simple lawn mower can send its leaves spreading Wild Violits propergate in this fasion. As I did attempt to dig out one or two of em from my yard even the root is deepr than I thought and it they grew again. I ponder just how big the root is I know mowing it makes it spread as the population went frome one to six

I had a recolation of a very attractive violit from Africa once seen that tends to scatter about in a tropical forset floor. Odly though they happen to have a forum here where some folks are just in love with em (I happen to have one of em too) and even propergate them and sell em for a small profit now and then .

other than the name violit this two plants have a lil more in common than one would think An African violit can re-propergate from a single cutleaf then left to stand in certain conditions it will replicate it's self in a few days and again reflower sometime after they are also able to propergate from seed from flower and a root splitting Sounds kind of easy huh? With this in mind I was able to find the sorce of wild violits

One day a person must of paid about 3.99 for an african violit ( gee just like I did ) and when it didn't do so well they just tossed it out I am sure there is more than one person this event happend to my point is if something can propergate so easily would it be able to adapt as well with ease ?

I am going to as this time allow my African violit to grow but I will be removing a few of it's leaves and let it sit in a matched soil of my yard in a controled pot where it will sit over the winter ontop of a pretty good lawn soil other pot will sit on a three season porch.


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RE: Wild violits

Most violets that you have in your yard do not grow from cuttings but from the two types of seeds that they have. I do not know the scientific name but the flowers will turn into seeds but later in the season the plant will produce seed pods that are hidden under the leaves. Either of the pods will shoot seeds a good distance from the original plant. There are a few violets in this country that also grow from runners under the soil. In this area we have two yellows and a red that proporgate this way.

You African violet will not survive if your average winter temperature is normal this year. Even the one in your three season porch would need additional heat in the winter.


 
 

 

 


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