from seed, can african violets grow [with leaves and flowers] in 4-5 weeks? plz plz plz help!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-04 13:12:05 · 8 answers · asked by sexxi_baby06 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I'm no expert but I do garden a lot and I would say definately no. You may get your 2 lead leaves but you will not have a "real" plant and there is no way you'd have flowers. Sorry!!
2006-12-04 13:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope sorry not from seed. If you want an african violet plant just cut a leaf off an existing plant and place the stem in soil. place it in a bright spot and wate, no greenhouse required. in a few weeks, sometimes a lot longer though you will have little leaves sprouting fom the bottom and a whole new afican violet plant that will eventually bloom. Easy Peasy, Actually too easy I have way too many african violet plants and gave some away and threw others away but I have never tried from seed but I know they take a lot longer to grow that way. PS don't water the leaves water from below
2006-12-05 11:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by treehugger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be easier to start a new plant from a couple of leaves from the old one. Just place them in water and wait for the leaves to for roots. I usually start about five leaves at a time and get two or three to take. Then you can transplant them into african garden soil.
As far as flowering, it takes just the right environment for the flowers to form as far as light, water, food, and temperature. If you absolutely need flowers, I would go to a garden center and pick up a flowering african violet already in bloom just to reduce any headaches. The smaller plants don't cost a whole lot.
2006-12-05 01:33:13 · answer #3 · answered by spottylover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
African violets are extremely hard to grow and keep alive. Have to have just the right temperature. They get cold easily and need warm water. They are the one thing I can't grow. Gave up. You can try keeping them warm by creating a mini greenhouse by cutting off a pop bottle above the thick plastic part, use the bottom as the pot and tuck the top back into the bottom. Unscrew the lid sometimes for air and so they don't burn up. Good luck!
2006-12-04 21:27:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be impossible to grow an African violet from seed to maturity in 4-5 weeks.
For propagation you can take leaf cuttings with about 2 in. of stalk between June and September, insert the cuttings singly in pots filled with equal parts of peat and sand at a temperature of 64 - 70 deg.F. Or you can sow seeds during March or April in lime-free soil, equal parts of peat and sand. Always protect the plants from strong sunlight.
2006-12-04 22:39:59 · answer #5 · answered by hildegard r 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can grow african violets by seed (seed propogation is how we get all the fantastic colors). However, these plants do not grow from seed and bloom withing five weeks of planting.
2006-12-05 03:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the same as a 5-year-old girl having a baby. No, it doesn't happen that fast.
2006-12-04 21:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by steviewag 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes they can
2006-12-04 21:21:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋