African Violets and Gesneriads: My babies, 1 by jmp24

jmp24 wrote:
Ok Gail, will leave the covers on for now!

Another "problem" - this is Rob's Cool Fruit. Hard to see in the pic, but the bottom rows of foliage are growing downwards, while the center is growing up - and there in between I see some little suckers forming. Is this common for this plant? I prefer to keep it as a little rosette, but the shape has really changed...should I nip the suckers off while they are still small?

Also, did this happen because I removed a few leaves that were not looking good, or are some plants just prone to growing this way?