African Violet Care

Pink African Violet in Bloom

African Violets are beautiful, easy to grow houseplants! With just weekly care, these plants can bloom almost year-round! African Violet colors can range from deep violet purple, to pink, and to white!

Water: Water African Violets once a week. African Violets are prone to root rot so be careful not to overwater. Watering with warm water may also help encourage blooming

Light: African Violets need bright indirect light. The best place to grow them indoors is on a window sill. Too little light may keep your violet from blooming.

Fertilizer: Fertilizer your African Violet once a week with a liquid 0.5-1-0.5 fertilizer. I use Miracle Gro Blooming Houseplant Food.

Best Fertilizer for African Violets

Pot: Keep African Violets in a smaller pot. They will usually come from the nursery in a 4-inch pot. Either  use another 4-inch pot when repotting it, or you can size up to a 5-6-inch pot if it appears to be out-growing its original pot. Repotting your African Violet in too big of a pot can stress it out and make it stop flowering or make it hard for it to start flowering.

Blooming: To keep you Violet blooming almost year-round, fertilize once a week with a liquid fertilizer. Also, make sure your violet receives adequate sunlight. Things that will stop your African Violet from blooming are inadequate fertilizer, poor watering, too big of a pot, and inadequate light. If your African Violet will not bloom, be patient. It can take a while for an African Violet to produce blooms, but if you keep giving it adequate care, it will bloom. If your blooms die on your violet, it might not be from bad care. African Violets will need to spend some time without blooms.

Blooms Staring on African Violet

Propagation: African Violets are very easy to propagate from cuttings; however, it does take a while.

1. Cut off a stem from the outer edge of your African Violet.

African Violet Cutting in Bag

2. Fill a 4-inch pot with dirt

3. Put the stem in the soil until about 1/2 inch of it is in the dirt.

4. Water the stem until it is moist.

5. Stick the entire pot in a plastic bag.

6. Place it in moderate sunlight.

7. Wait until it resembles a small African Violet plant until you remove it from the bag. This process can take several months to almost a year until you have a decent looking African Violet plant.

Cutting Beginning to Sprout

Cutting 6 Months Later

 Good Luck!

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