African Violets and Gesneriads: Making your plugs into nice plants, 1 by SilverTigris

SilverTigris wrote:
That is the best way, but you can start your AVs in water. It's harder and takes longer as you have to accustom the new plantlets to being out in fresh air after growing in water, but growing them in water can be done. ;) I've got 2 different Propagation projects going on right now. 1st one is in a small 6 oz cup that came from my dog's Dogster dessert treat, and the other is in a pan of water out in the open with no cover and I'm just making sure to keep the roots covered with water . Granted it should be in a covered container with water creating like a greenhouse or hydroponic effect, but figured I'd try something new and start in water get hte roots going then move to a small cup or egg create see what happens. Especially since I have some shredded and completely ground up coconut hair soil that should work really well for the AVs as they hold more water and it is bacteria free. I've got one of my other AVs transplanted in the Coconut-hair "soil" and it seems to love it. I did add some of my beach stones to it just incase it may get too dense like regular soil, but I haven't noticed any bad changes to my AV at all.