African Violets and Gesneriads: Where to place leaves, 0 by Plantcrazii

Plantcrazii wrote:
Okay, I think I got it now. I was mostly talking about the leaves in the pots. So I do not wick these, add warm water to them in the shoe box, wait 30 minutes and then pour the rest out. The pots with plants that are wicked are given water for about 30 minutes then the rest is poured off. So if I understand this correctly, most things, even with wicks, are given water and then after about 30 minutes the excess water is poured off.

I have been using the trays with the 72 different compartments. I was pouring water in the bottom and letting it sit. This is the reason that I got the algae, because mine stayed wet all the time. So this time I am not going to do that. I am switching to the little 3 oz cups, now that I finally found them. I think that this will work much better for me.

Thank you so much for all of your help. I think I am finally understanding this now. I can hardly wait until I get some babies of my own. And thank you all for being so patient with me. I really do appreciate it.

One more question if I may. If the leaves measure 6 inches across, then you put it in a 2 inch pot? Is this correct? Most of my pots are 2¼, 2½, and 3 inches across. I want to make sure that I put them in the correct pot size. And if the leaves measure 4 inches across I put it in 1 to 1½ inch pot. That is really small for them to sit in. What gets me about the small ones are that I can't keep them from falling over. How do you all deal with this? So this is sort of opposite of what I do with my succulents and cacti. The AV will be a lot wider across the pot than my other plants are. This will take some getting used to but I will make it work. I want to be a great AV mom like you guys are. Here is a photo of an AV that I bought today, one of my favorite ones.

JesseK