African Violets and Gesneriads: August Photos, 0 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
Connie, do you think you are keeping them too hot with a dome and the lights on? Jim or someone else speak up..........but I find with my little ones, I keep the domes off when the lights are on and then dome them when the lights are off. (it just gets so hot under the domes under the lights).

Something else might be...........keep them on matting......just damp matting.........I don't let my baby streps dry out like I do my stable big ones..........

Plus.......here is a biggie I hadn't thought of..........streps like to be pot bound especially when they are little things.......they always ship in a 2 1/4" pot or maybe even a 2 1/2" pot...........that is waaaaaaay too big for a small strep to thrive..........

Let me take a couple of pictures and show you how long I leave mine in solo cups or 1" pots before moving them up..................and when I do move up, I just go one size up.........the minute I get streps from a vendor, I pot down in size immediately..............

Here is a strep I grew from leaf and she is just now ready to be moved up from this tiny 1" pot to a 2 1/4" pot..........or less if I can find a smaller pot.........