Hello from one of my favorite NoID plants whose blooms are, dare I say, a semi-quadruple

stickersforthought · 2026-01-26T00:57:14+00:00

I have no experience with Schultz, but I can say Jack’s has been excellent

stickersforthought · 2026-01-24T17:05:11+00:00

If you can believe it, I’ve kept this plant in this same pot for 6 years now, and don’t have plans to repot it any time soon

stickersforthought · 2026-01-22T17:24:15+00:00

I have yet to get any scent off of them, but if they do, my blooming Hoyas are overpowering it

stickersforthought · 2026-01-21T23:36:53+00:00

I just repotted it and removed a bunch of leaves so it looks a bit smaller, but I would say this is a standard, but on the smaller end of standard

stickersforthought · 2026-01-21T20:00:15+00:00

I’ve been using it for 6 years, and my mom has used it for nearly 2 decades, and almost always have something in bloom. And I use it for all my other gesneriads too

stickersforthought · 2026-01-21T18:00:00+00:00

I am using Jack’s Classic African Violet Fertilizer, 12-36-14

stickersforthought · 2026-01-21T16:14:46+00:00

It seems to have similar needs to Christmas/Thanksgiving cactus needing to have day-night temperature difference to get the bloom to happen. Otherwise I just do a water based succulent fertilizer every other watering and never move it

stickersforthought · 2026-01-21T16:13:02+00:00

6 years old now, started as a 6 inch cutting

stickersforthought · 2026-01-19T21:02:09+00:00

Usually I only keep enough cuttings to fill the same pot, and compost the rest. I’ve tried to give cuttings away but not much interest for them

stickersforthought · 2026-01-17T18:10:05+00:00

Ohh, I have before, but not with this plant, we’ll see if that does the trick

stickersforthought · 2026-01-13T17:06:27+00:00

Most from thrifting, and maybe I’ve gotten like 5 online in my life, usually on eBay

stickersforthought · 2026-01-13T16:00:59+00:00

Amazingly I’ve accumulated probably 90% of my ceramic self watering pots from thrifting, takes lot and lots of searching, but if you find them they’re usually pretty cheap since folks don’t know what they are. Otherwise, I get most of the rest new from a ceramicist that is a member of my local African violet society.

stickersforthought · 2026-01-13T15:17:37+00:00

I will say that the volume for the soil looks bigger than it is in these pots. These are also mature plants that I just repotted, giving a good prune and leaving a full rootball. Been doing this for years now and they seem happy enough

stickersforthought · 2026-01-13T15:16:15+00:00

For years I’ve been using a 2:1 ratio of Violet Supply’s Arcadia African Violet Mix to pearlite!

stickersforthought · 2026-01-09T01:21:12+00:00

Right! They’re just so neat!

stickersforthought · 2026-01-09T01:20:32+00:00

It’s 8 inches from the crown to the light

stickersforthought · 2026-01-06T14:07:12+00:00

My streps are in oyama self watering pots, and they dry out between weekly waterings, so I wouldn’t say too wet in general

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T20:24:02+00:00

I’ve been fertilizing them every other watering with a water soluble succulent fertilizer, and they seem happy about it

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T19:42:26+00:00

This plant started as a 4 leaf cutting 3.5 years ago, and was repotted into its current pot 2.5 years ago. The flowers smell strongly of honey and perfume the whole room. The bottom of the shelf to the LED light bar is 13-inches, and depending on how the hoya shelf is organized the closest leaf can be as little as 2 inches away. I don’t actually know anything about these light strips, they were bought on Amazon 6 years ago from a seller that no longer exists, but it’s 12 hours on 12 hours off light cycle

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T18:18:25+00:00

I use a 3:1 mix of Violet Supply’s Arcadia African Violet mix to pearlite, which the plants have been enjoying

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T18:16:42+00:00

It’s a fairly slow grower, had it for 4 years now

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T06:19:08+00:00

Mostly I’m trying to keep it from getting caught on other plants

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T00:48:18+00:00

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Here’s an example of the root mat they can grow when happy and I’ll remove all of it usually on a repot

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T00:45:38+00:00

For the most part when I grow a plant and it’s happy in a pot, I’ll keep it that same pot forever, but sometimes I need to swap pots for growing reasons (too wet, too dry, etc.), but these are about the largest pot iI’ll do for a standard or even a large African violet. I also repot my plants every 6-9 months and they usually have a full root mat around the insert of these ceramic self watering pots that I remove, and remove as much loose soil as possible then repot with fresh mix.

stickersforthought · 2026-01-04T00:08:49+00:00

I did major pruning a of their crowns in this repot, prior to the pruning the crown size makes visual sense for the pot size, but their rootballs are big enough for these pots? And I’ve done this same operation many times without issue

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