This is a special thank you to Allison for all of the beautiful african violets that she sent me. I have not been home much the past couple of days. We have been running errands trying to get DH ready for his trip to CA. So we did not get home until after midnight last night. But I did get chance to open my box from Allison and I sat there just ooing and aahing as I unwrapped them. My DH got the biggest kick out of watching me open all of them. But my camera batteries were dead so I have no photos yet. But they are so pretty. And they were packaged so well that there was not even one broken leaf. I was so happy with them.
Thank you so much Allison. You sure do know how to bring a big smile to my face and not only make my day, but make my whole week. Thanks again.
Jesse
Special thank you to Allison
Oh Jesse I am so Happy they got there ok and you like them !
I'll Dmail you FC info and Russian plant info later :))
Enjoy !
Ok. Thanks a lot Allison.
Jesse
Jesse, where will he be in Cali?
I know you will enjoy your babies. Ali grows with such love and care for each one. And she remembers exactly who gets which plants and which ones are suckering or budding! Amazing!
They are all special little babies!
He will be in Irvine, CA this time. The office was in Temecula but has just moved to Irvine. I could have gone with him but I chose not to this time in hopes that I can go back with him again in July so that I can go to the roundup at DrDons. I went to that one last year and really enjoyed it and so I want to go back this year. His boss still lives near Temecula, in Wildomar I think. I'm guessing DH will be staying in a hotel this year since they recently sold the corporate house.
Yes, I agree. Allison is totally amazing. She sent me such nice plants. I can't wait to take photos of them. My camera is not charging like it should be so I guess I'll have to take the charger I bought back and buy more batteries. But when I get some batteries, I will be sharing photos with all of you. She even sent me a mini that is in full bloom. That sure was a surprise. It is adorable. It is called Mini Papa and is so pretty.
I think I am going to need a crash course in suckers pretty soon. I do not understand how to determine what they are yet but some of my leaves that have started producing babies are going to have some suckers I think. Then I will need to learn what to do with them. I'm sure there are a lot of you that can teach me.
Thanks,
Jesse
Jesse
I fount this on VV group and thought it was really nice.
Make sure your srcoll dpwn and read it all :))
Sharing the Suckers!
http://groups.msn.com/TheVioletVoice/growingmethods.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=26485&all_topics=1
And more great info !
picture of a Sucker
http://www.rachelsreflections.com/crown.htm
Rooting and Starting Suckers
http://www.rachelsreflections.com/violets3.htm#rooting%20and%20starting%20suckers
I have always loved suckers ! They have often given me the chance to share a lot of African violets with others :))
Oh Bummer, too bad I'm not closer to Irvine! I would have had your DH over for dinner!
Jesse oops gues I should have posted here ! You have Dmail with all your plant names and leaves info from First Class ! Sorry it took me so long. Many , many babies and flowers for you ! Enjoy.
Allison
That is okay Allison. I did not expect you go to all that trouble for me. I will be so glad when I get my FC program.
Thanks,
Jesse
You will love FC Jesse ! I use mine everyday. I also don't mine looking them up for people either :))
Russian's Ab's some others are not on there .
SOON a lot of Russians Av's are to be registered so then they can be Showed !
Here is a picture of the beauties that Allison sent to me. I will take individual photos as soon as I can.
Jesse
Allison,
I noticed in the ones that you sent me that the wicks that they had in them are not the same type of yarn that I use. What exactly is it that you use?
Jesse
Some have mason string if its yellow or pink .I like this best . Some have yarn. And if it;s green hubby bought
it when he could find yarn. All work
Keep them either under lights or windowsills but make sure none the plants leaves touch each other they need room to grow and for good air circulation. All of them have been growing under lights 12-16 hours a day,
Oh do not worry, I will keep them under lights. That is what I have been doing. I did not know about giving them room to grow though. Thanks for telling me that. I think I like the mason string better. I will have to get me some of that.
Thanks,
Jesse
Oh yes very important to keep your plants spaced given them room to grow , plus not touching , helps give them room for air circulation so important , OK to grow in natural light but same goes spacing is important,
Okay, I will definitely remember that when I arrange all of mine tomorrow. I had no idea that that was important. Thank you so much for letting me know.
Jesse
your welcome glad I could help !