Repotting African violets

I was gifted a sprouting mother leaf of an African violet from a dear friend. Turns out that the mother leaf sprouted six new plants. When they had grown for awhile, I separated them out into individual temporary pots, but was unsure where to go next. When cleaning up the back porch I found six little pots that I loved, but didn’t have a use for, so they were sitting outside. Huzzah! I cleaned them up and bought liners so I could bottom water the violets.

Photo description: clear liners for small white and green ceramic pots

The liners didn’t go all the way to the bottom of the pots, so I found some watering wicking rope to help keep the water from pooling on the bottom.

Photo description: small section of water wick placed in the bottom of the pot liner

Then I repotted all the plants into their new homes.

Photo description: new pot with liner on left, old temporary pot on right, red dots on the counter are a reflection of the grow lights shining above

When it comes time to water, I’ll lift out the liner and put water in the bottom of the pot. The technique has been working well for my snake plant!

Terrarium redo

The mossarium I made in a case was not doing well. I tried adding a plant light and it was too much for some of the moss. After six months of steady decline, I decided to clean out the container and put in something else. I have a young African violet that I received from a friend that currently fits.

Photo description: small African violet sitting in a leaf shaped tea light saucer on a variety of rocks and stones inside a closed glass terrarium