African Violets and Gesneriads: Any suggestions for discouraging suckering?, 1 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
If your plant seems to have more than one crown, or if you see a little "rosette" of leaves coming from the main stem... that's a sucker! Trailers sucker a lot and are supposed to... other AVs should have just one crown, but if you like the look of your multi-crowned plant, there's no need to chop at it (unless you want to show it).

Just above the big leaf at the bottom of this photo of 'Rob's Cherry Soda', you can see a small sucker forming.