African Violets and Gesneriads: streps, 1 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
Everyone grows a different way with success............I was told by the president of our AV society that when you devein a leaf you never get as strong and healthy of plants that you get with wedges...........is it the truth? I don't know...............

I am growing with wedges now to get more growing points..........the stem and the major vein on either side of the leaf stem...........

Here are some chiritas and streps i grew from the leaves........some wedges and some the bottom half of the leaf...........I haven't separated them yet because even tho the baby is bigger than the mama leaf, she is still making more babies............two of the babies have leaves that are over 3 or 4" tall........

***************this is an old picture..........let me find the new one..........

This message was edited Sep 20, 2007 7:36 PM