African Violets and Gesneriads: Looks like I am back into African Violets-Just bought 7, 1 by Sally0

Sally0 wrote:
Sally - I use the larger pellets for the African Violets. I carefully rinse and get off as much of the dirt as possible. AVs are much tougher plants than they look. Then I pot them up and stick them in the bag for about a week and I have them on a heat mat. When I took them out of the bag, the plants didn't even look fazed. They were still blooming. The pellets do soak up the water from the reservoir and they stay damp. What I love about this method with the African Violets is that I don't have to be careful about watering and that they don't have to be root bound to bloom. They are now out of the bag and doing great. They don't look any different then when I got them. A good site to visit is firstrays.com. This is where I buy my supplies and he actually started the s/h. There is also a forum there.