African Violet Baby!!

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my mother’s Chanticleer African Violet that was dying from Root Rot. Along with my granddaughter, Zoe, and my husband, I decided to try to root some of the leaves.

It has been hard just looking each day to see if anything was happening. The old saying my grandmother used to tell us about “A Watched Pot Never Boils” is so true. My stepfather kept telling me it would take a while to be patient. Ugh, easier said than done. Also, I need help looking at dry soil. But my stepfather told me again to let it go to the dry side. I did, watering only once in a while. I would put the lid on the cupcake tray during the day and take it off at night. Still, nothing was happening. Until this week, when I went in to put the lid back on, two tiny baby leaves were popping up in front of one of the leaves!!! Success!! I noticed that all the leaves still seemed firm, so I hope I will soon see more babies!! I am so excited that one of my African Violet leaves finally had a baby pop up.

I will be keeping it in this Dixie Cup for a long while and will share how it looks going forward. Plus, as I am going to think positively, I want to share when others start popping up! Wish me luck that more African Violet Babies appear!