African Violets and Gesneriads: June Flowers, 1 by viostrep

viostrep wrote:
Hi Nicole and GL ,


Ya it does help with shelf space I just hang them on the shelf or hanging baskets , plant holders , whatever is up gets a zip bag to hang out with , it is what the phrase just hanging out refers to :) I label the bags , put soil about a 1/3 rd of the way and wet it ahead of time and squeeze out any excess after it sits for a while so the wet is even , then I squeeze out any excess , hold the bag in my palm while I place the leaves in , put some air in make a hole under the zip part so it doesn't tear and then use an S hook to hang it , after the leaves get rooted ( which you can see ) I open the bags so when the babiesstart to come or if it looks too wet , I water as needed and when the babies come they have room and as soon as I want to I pot them up and wala they are ready for whatever I want to do with them , they seem to root faster in bags not sure why but they do and then I use my up places and I can root more , I have a couple of pics so will post them , may not show too well but I am sure you get the idea , I do use rooting powder , some people say it takes longer to get babies cause the leaf is making more roots but I haven't found this to be true , if anything the leaves do better just because they have a good root system and the babies are strong , but this is just what I think :) My mix is the same in the bags as I use to root in pots , soil , vermiculite , and pearlite , I know different mixes work better for different people :) will look for a pic .

Connie Lynn