heres my last 2 new violets blooming,
the first one is pirates gold
2 new violets blooming
and this one is a mini called oneida
now these mini do you have to put them in a bigger pot are do they stay in the little pot
I don't know but they surely are 'purty'!!!!
gail
I think if it's a mini, it probably should stay in the small pot, but I'm not real sure. Allison would know!
edited to say: They are both Beautiful .... I love that mini one!
This message was edited Mar 18, 2007 5:53 PM
Oh how lovely Eunice! So thats what Pirates Gold looks like in bloom?WOW mine is still small.After seeing yours I am really anxious to see mine bloom.Wish there was some type of rapid grow treatment you could give av's so they would grow full size in one week so I could see them bloom quicker.LOL Is Oneida a Chimera? That is really pretty too. I always read never to put a mini in any larger pot than 2 or 2 1/2 inches.Thats how I grow mine and they all do well.Maybe someone else with more experience will chime in so we know for sure.Thanks for sharing your beauties with us : )
Nancy
I'm lovin the mini. I have a few leaves down of some mini's and semi-mini's, and I can't wait until the start to put up leaves.
all i know is its a optimara mini i have 4 of them ( little jewels)
( maya), (otawa) and the one i showed in bloom,the pot looks like its getting to little.
this isn,t a violet my hubby brings in tonight
Beautiful!
And yes, that's right about the minis... they vary a bit in just how big they grow, but a 1 1/2 inch to 2 1/2 inch pot should be just right for most varieties... I've got a couple of semi-minis in 3 inch pots, and there are micro-minis that would likely never outgrow a 1 inch pot.
But staying in the small pot doesn't mean the mini shouldn't be repotted, and minis probably need repotting more frequently than standard AVs. Growers often use a mix that stays very wet, as opposed to the light half-perlite mix a lot of folks have good luck with, so repotting a new AV is a good idea anyway.
I know the rule of thumb for up-potting is that the rosette of leaves should be 3 times the diameter of the pot, but I also go by the size of the rootball... a big crown of leaves with a little rootball will get a smaller pot and then be moved up to the size that the leaves suggest once the roots have a chance to fill in, and a little crown of leaves (or one that I've stripped down) with a big rootball won't get crammed into a tiny pot...
Trailing minis are a bit different -- if you grow them like ground covers they'll spread out pretty wide... but you do have to be careful about not exceeding a 1 to 2 inch pot depth with them. Rob has some good culture tips on growing trailing minis in shallow pots. Up=pot trailing minis gradually, too. Don't move them from a 2 inch pot to a shallow 6 inch pot, or they will have too much moist potting mix around their roots.
My goal in repotting a violet is to put it in a slightly bigger pot if it has grown larger, but I try to be careful about looking at the size of the rootball... you don't want to have a small rootball in a large pot, or the moisture in the mix will be more than the roots can take up, and sitting in a soggy pot causes problems. That's also why suckers or crown cuttings or new plantlets with tiny roots can do better planted in mix that's just barely moist, with some sort of arrangement to keep a little extra humidity around the leaves.
I just tried looking up "Oneida" to see if it's a mini or a semi-mini, but the only one in the FC database is a large standard (with blue flowers).
critterologist
wow!!! thats some great infomation.i printed it all out.
now i went to www.optimara.com and found a series called ( the little indian series) and its there called ( little oneida girl)
Beautiful starfly!!!
Critter, loved all your useful info!!!!
Debbie
Good! I wasn't feeling very alert last night when I wrote that out, so I'm glad the explanation came out clearly, LOL.
'Optimara Little Oneida Girl' isn't in FC either, but there were a dozen or more others registered from the "Little Indian" series, and all of those are semiminiatures. So your plant may eventually want a 3 inch pot. But if you follow the "plant diameter = 3 times the pot diameter" guideline, the plant should be 6" across before it outgrows a 2 inch pot. Is it in a 2 inch pot now?
I've got a couple of semiminis in 3 inch pots that look very happy.... they are not 9 inches across, more like 6 inches, but they were looking very rootbound in 2 inch pots so they got moved up. I guess I don't follow that "3 times" guideline.... I think the purpose of that guideline is mostly to keep people from putting little rootballs into big pots. ?
critterologist
not sure the size of pot it,s only 2 inches tall and under it it says 6.5 and the violet thats in it is about 5 inches across it looks really happy
but this one looks like its growing more leaves under it
several of mine have leaves growing under it...what does that mean???? someone told us suckers and to get rid of them....one friend ruined her plant.....another friend said to wait and plant the little plant growing....????????????? i don't understand it...someone help us, please...
Look what greeted me when I got home! This is my first bloom tthat wasn't on the AV when I brought it home from the store.
heres 2 new streps i got today,when i seen (texas hot chili )on our bingo game )i had to have it ,
bluebird sent me a free one named (bristol,s hug me)
there not looking to good right now but they will
*Giggle* I wonder if anyone else got any "have to haves" from my list.