African Violets and Gesneriads: AV Babies- Need Help Separating From Mom, 1 by SilverTigris

SilverTigris wrote:
Syrumani,

The mama leaves weren't cut they were pinched off the mother plant. I left about an inch of stem on each leaf and didn't cut the top of the leaf at all. I didn't end up cutting any part of the leaf itself, the leaf was broken when my makeshift "greenhouse" fell off my plant table outside. When that happened I unwrapped everything (aka took the plasic wrap off the top of the plastic tub) to make sure everything was okay. That is when I discovered the babies growing behind the momma leaves and also ended up with part of the momma leaf being broken due to the fall off the table. I then took each momma leaf and place them in the center of a new cup so that no matter which way the pups/babies decide to grow they won't end up against the side of the cup like the other babies/pups.

The bigger babies I've been able to separate 1 of them from the clump but have not been able to separate the others and don't think I'll be able to unless I physically cut them apart or break them off of each other. They are still being domed to make sure they stay moist for now, but I have been acclimating them to the lower humidity of the area I live. However, I don't think it will be hard to do since the humidity in East Central Florida (near the Space Center) is fairly high right now. We've been dealing with really high humidity lately, which is normal for where I live.

Here's a picture I Took of how the babies were growing when I discovered them after the fall discovered that the momma leaf had broke.