Never Buy Another African Violet: The Propagation Guide

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Fill your home with colorful African Violets without spending a fortune. Learn how to easily propagate new plants from leaf cuttings and expand your collection.

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African violets offer various propagation methods:

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Leaf Cuttings The most common method. Take a healthy leaf, cut at an angle, and insert the stem into moist perlite or vermiculite. Keep the medium consistently moist and provide bright, indirect light. New plantlets will sprout from the base.

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Division Ideal for mature plants with multiple crowns. Gently separate these crowns, ensuring each has roots, and pot them individually.

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Suckers/Offsets Occasionally, small plantlets will emerge from the main plant’s base. Carefully separate and pot these to create new plants.

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Seeds A less common but viable method. Be patient, as seed-grown plants take longer to mature and flower.

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Follow along to learn more about how to grow African Violets.

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