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title: "Do you guys have African Violets? My newest rescue Please share if…"
description: "Do you guys have African Violets? My newest rescue Please share if you do. I love to see others with them. People look at me weird when I buy them at the…"
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author: "Tellie"
published: "2023-06-27T22:15:22.231Z"
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# Do you guys have African Violets? My newest rescue Please share if…

_Posted by Tellie on 2023-06-27_

Do you guys have African Violets?  
My newest rescue  
Please share if you do. I love to see others with them.  
People look at me weird when I buy them at the store. 😂 they really aren’t that hard.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z2B7kTs6ufIy2O5NurADba3zGv2JQOTvYvXGk_Uw430/7ffb6599f1af4579961dfb73d5e6f41e.webp?size=large)

## 12 comments

### Kiwiana Plantluv commented on 2023-06-27

Here’s ours in the window I got for Mother’s Day a year ago

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z27huy4j7ncPdxwW6LCQVYglfIiwg5i8qmzjIav36EE/cfd06aeec7c74502b2bff373ce9b64e6.webp?size=large)

#### Tellie replied on 2023-06-27

Beautiful 🤩  
My others are on my page!

### Meg commented on 2023-06-27

I love mine!!!!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-LTAwzBzkLNG5k4IR3lSNihLB8aP8YKWfhLfUWUW7rs/d4e9d92752b4439ea43e8410a45f00e1.webp?size=large)

#### Tellie replied on 2023-06-27

Very Beautiful! 🤩

### Rose commented on 2023-06-28

I have a variegated one!

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#### Tellie replied on 2023-06-28

Never seen one in person yet! Very Beautiful!

### Plant mamaZ commented on 2023-06-28

Your violet is BEAUTIFUL! What are your tips on these? I rescued one now I can’t get her to bloom again 😭

#### Tellie replied on 2023-06-28

Everything I use.

Pot on Amazon:  
VEBAVO African Violet Pots 6 Inches Ceramic

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Z2B7kTs6ufIy2O5NurADba3zGv2JQOTvYvXGk_Uw430/ff353cdf07014c689b47a0dffb6d827e.webp?size=large)

### Tellie commented on 2023-06-28

I use a self watering pot. Amazon, Esty, eBay sells them. I got a few pots at my local nursery. I use Schultz fertilizer every water. 7 drops in winter. 10 if it’s leafing. Leafing means it’s going to bloom soon. I’ll post pictures of their pots. They get bright light all day. No sun. I prune when they die.  
My other violets are on my page. The white one is first to bloom this year!

#### Plant mamaZ replied on 2023-06-28

Omg thank you so so so much!! I do not fertilize her every watering! Your plants are so beautiful! I always steer clear of the self water pots bc of root rot but I feel like she needs it to keep the soil moist. Thank you for all your help my violets thank you too lol! 🩷🩷

#### Sarah replied on 2023-06-28

I had a thriving AV in the same setup - self watering clay pot and fertilizing with Schultz. It thrived for years until it suddenly wasn’t. I found an AV group and discovered I was over fertilizing. I was using the every-watering ratio, but wicking plants should get half that as it’s not being flushed out of the soil. I think my clay pot was clogging up too. I ended up having to decapitate it and replant.

The AV group also said that when wicking/self-watering, the percentage of perlite should be much higher.

#### Tellie replied on 2023-06-28

The repot me soil is that way. That’s why I like it so much. All my violets thrive in it.  
I don’t water with fertilizer every water. Only in growing season. Winter I only do once a month.  
In those pots my watering is about every 2 weeks.

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