African Violets and Gesneriads: How to divide?, 1 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Yes, the plant I mentioned is in a 6 inch pot (inner pot diameter).

It's unlikely you'll ever have to move a standard AV to anything larger than a 6 inch pot, and most of them lead happy lives in 4 inch pots. Excess soil around the rootball can get soggy and lead to problems, so it's a good idea to not put your AV into a larger pot than it needs at the time. Most experts seem to think that a good rule of thumb is to have the diameter of the plant equal to three times the diameter of the pot (so a 12 inch plant would need only a 4 inch pot), but my plants are generally more like only twice the diameter of their pots.

Here's "Big Blue" (a noid), a photo from a while back when it still had a single crown...