African Violets and Gesneriads: My New African Violet, 1 by SilverTigris

SilverTigris wrote:
Well I might as well update this thread...I took some time and found some nice 5" Terra Cotta Clay pots for $1. I puchased 2 and mixed up some soil and beach pebbles (aka beach sand that looks nothing like the beach sand I'm use to) and repotted 2 of my AVs. One is the one that I originally started this thread with and the other is my "Rita" NOID may or may not be Optimara AV with the white frilly blooms with pink thumb prints on the bottom 3 or 4 petals of each bloom. Since I repotting them they definitely seem to be much happier, especially my poor little beauty that has yet to bloom again since being left out in the cold this winter and being replanted in a pot that was WAY too big for her. She has perked up much more since I repotted her again and have been fertilizing her and has put out several new healthy leaves and I want to prune off some of the "battle-worn" leaves but dare not do so until she has gotten quite a few nice big leaves on her. Here is the pictures I took of both plants right after I repotted them in the 5" clay pots.