African Violets and Gesneriads: Blooms from the past to cheer up January!, 1 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
I just rotate fertilizers and even mix them sometimes............try to use a high nitrogen one time and then go to the high phosphorous one time............now that it is getting close to needing blooms so badly, I may have to use only 12-36-14 all the time.

I read in an article about showing that some people use the hyponex green little sticks in an african violet starting 8 weeks before a show to keep the foliage green and then only fertilize with a high second number every time you water?????????????

I am trying to get this petrocosmea to bloom and it won't!! (lol) I have it in a big 5" pot........but when the leaves touch the top of the pot, they fall off......I hate to go to a 6" bulb pot but I think I will tomorrow.