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multiple african violets in the same pot????
I have a little over half a dozen african violets, each in a 10 cm
plastic pot. I know putting plants in a pot that is too large is as risky as putting them in one that is too small. I have several large oval shaped pots, which are about 25cm x 50 cm, and about 12 cm high. I am wondering if they will do well planted together in one or two of these large pots. How close together should the plants be? Putting begonias in these pots did not work well at all, and I am not sure why. If there is a risk that the african violets won't do well together, then I'd just as soon leave them in individual pots and see if I can find something else that will do well in these pots. I have another, more general, question. I know tubers are an adaptation to help a plant to survive times of stress. Can plants such as Sinningia speciosa, cyclamen, and tuberous begonias, be force into dormancy without killing them? If so, how? And can they be forced to break dormancy without killing them? If so, how? I have one reference that says that many modern cultivars have tubers that are too small for there to be significant survival of dormancy, and it claims that it isn't worth keeping them after their blooms have faded. I am wondering if it isn't possible to trim the flowers at some point so that production from the leaves would go to growing the tubers instead of producing more flowers, and whether or not, if one is successful in forcing dormancy and redireccting production to the tubers, the tubers will retain their size if allowed to bloom freely. Surely a more prolonged period of vegetative growth would result in much bigger tubers and thus good survival of dormancy. Cheers, Ted |
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multiple african violets in the same pot????
Don't do it. Part of the beauty of an African violet is the symmetrical circle
of leaves with the clusters of flowers in the center. Also, the faster growing varieties would choke the more delicate ones. If you want several plants in one pot, use something else. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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multiple african violets in the same pot????
If so, how? I have
one reference that says that many modern cultivars have tubers that are too small for there to be significant survival of dormancy, and it claims that it isn't worth keeping them after their blooms have faded. I'm no cyclamen expert, but I know from living in pre-war Lebananon that truly wild cyclamen will form tubers big as basketballs, and can be cut up into smaller pieces and bloom in a year. OTOH I had some minature US "florists' cyclamens" potted and outside in northern California for a number of years, and they just kept getting bigger and bigger, produced seeds, etc., and now are growing outside in a friend's garden in the same area and blooming. zemedelec |
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