African Violets and Gesneriads: June Blooms 2, 0 by bmedel

bmedel wrote:
Well Susan if the reason your boys have a gun cabinet is because they like to hunt then they will fit right in with my guys! My guys are golfers too ..... And we'd have STREPS!! LOL

Nancy it's a real trade off ..... long snowy winters that last forever = mild and very short summers! I'm not sure it's worth it but DH isn't going anywhere! LOL Emily Roberts is my only Kohleria that preforms so beautifully! The rest give me the same two to four blooms at a time.... I use VH 11 most of the time with a shot of the good stuff from Gail about every 6 weeks.

My nearly always cool weather also means it takes for ever for me to get babies up on leaves!! It's spring and I expected some fast turn arounds on the streps leaves I put down ........... but NOT! They're not rotted though so I'll keep waiting ..... and waiting some more.....

I'm doing your mix next time Gail as although mine have rooted in the straight perlite and haven't rotted I think it gets a tad too dry for them before I realize they need some water .... something else that's slowing them down I'm sure.

Any plant I have has to survive in a cool house and on lots of neglect and that bodes well for most of them I guess ....

This is a basic green hoya carnosa that was started from my grandmothers plant. These are it's first ever blooms, I like the contrast with the pine trees outside ....