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title: "Good Morning, I had a question concerning propagating my African…"
description: "Good Morning, I had a question concerning propagating my African Violet - what did I do wrong? I put this leaf in here months ago but there aren’t any…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "MK"
published: "2024-06-25T14:42:26.100669Z"
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# Good Morning, I had a question concerning propagating my African…

_Posted by MK on 2024-06-25_

Good Morning,

I had a question concerning propagating my African Violet - what did I do wrong?  
I put this leaf in here months ago but there aren’t any additional leaves coming up - the leaf just keeps getting bigger.  
Do I need to trim the bottom of the leaf and cover that with dirt? I’ve done this correctly before. Now when I do it, they die except for this last time. TIA

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## 8 comments

### Chrissy commented on 2024-06-25

Did the leaf have a node at the end? I don’t think it can re-root without one.

### Josie commented on 2024-06-25

African violets don’t have nodes. Any time I have propagated from a leaf it’s taken at least 3-4 months before it does anything at all, if the leaf isn’t dying then your probably fine and it’s just working in rooting and growing to support a new sprout, just have to wait it out.

### MK commented on 2024-06-25

Thank you!

### MK commented on 2024-06-26

Would I still need to keep the plant covered in plastic at this point?

#### Josie replied on 2024-06-26

Not sure, I don’t cover my props though.

### Cassanova commented on 2024-06-28

You usually need more than one leaf to properly propagate with a node

### MK commented on 2024-07-25

Success @ ~ 3mths.

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### MK commented on 2024-07-25

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