African Violets and Gesneriads: A new friend, 1 by achoogardner

achoogardner wrote:
I went to the meeting that Lucille invited me to yesterday.There was only four of us there, Lucille, Minnie, Libby and myself. We repotted some AVs that had very long necks. She showed us two different ways to do it. You can either plant the neck in the soil or cut the neck off and plant it in the soil. We also put down some leaves that she had in a baggie with a little bit of water for a month. We were shocked, they were just as crisp and fresh as if they had just been plucked! She told us to cut the stem diagonal(The shorter side being in front) so the babies come up in the front. She puts down two leaves in her solo cups. Lucille certainly knows what she is doing. She gave us all a few plantlets and some leaves. We chatted about AVs and just had a good time.

I brought these home:

plantlet: Maggie Lee

plantlet: NOID epicsia

leaves: Wrangler's Swinging Blues

Here's a pic of them.