A blog detailing my adventures growing African Violet showplants. This blog will also be a place for beginners and veteran growers to learn about AVs, gesneriads, and the fun of growing, showing, and collecting African Violets.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
How I Grow My Plants
All of my plants are grown on individual reservoirs with a synthetic wick inserted in the pot. I have grown plants by top watering, bottom watering, texas-style, etc and have found that individually wicking each plant is the easiest and most suitable for my growing environment. My plants are given a dilute fertilizer solution of 1/8 tsp per gallon and a half of water with 1 tsp of Physan 20 and 2 drops of Superthrive as well. My lights are on for 10 hours a day. The soil mix is ProMix BX with perlite and dolomite lime added. I buy it from my club because I do not have the space to store the ingredients. Here are two photos of Leading Lady (Lyons) just for fun. This plant has beautiful large blossoms.
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