African Violets and Gesneriads: I have 2 questions for the more experienced grower, 1 by maureenpm00

maureenpm00 wrote:
Here are the questions.

The top right is Rob's love bite. When I got it from him, although it did look healthy, the leaves were curling up. I took it out of the box looking like this so I figured that's what the leaves are supposed to look like.

Now that it's growing, I'm wondering if this is normal. The leaves feel brittle and they curve up a lot. I don't think this is normal, is it? I've tried emailing Rob's violets but can't find their email address anywhere, I might have to call them on my lunch time during work.

I went to Dr. Optimara and couldn't figure out what it was.

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Here's my other question.
How do I get these plants to absorb water? They only have 1 small hole in the bottom of the cup, so they don't seem to be sucking it up. When I water from the top it doesn't seem to be soaking into the potting mix. If it does, it goes extremely slow and I don't think the water is getting to the bottom.

Any ideas? Should I repot in my own mix that I have?


Thanks everyone
Here's a pic where you can really get a good view of the curled up leaves....
(wow, now that I"m looking at it, the tips of the leaves are drying up too.....oh no......