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Q. Will the blooms of side plants, or suckers, 
be as large as those of the parent plant, if they 
are removed and rooted? Mrs. M. E. P., Arkansas 
City, Kansas. 
A. Yes. 
Q. Leaves rub off at the edge of the pot. 
What to do? Mrs. V. P., Tie Plant, Miss. 
A. Rubbed appearance due to accumulations 
of mineral salts on the rim of the pot, which if 
not attended to, will cause the eventual disin- 
tegration of the leaf. Cover the rim of the pot 
with aluminum foil. 
Q. Plants bloom fine summer and fall. Now 
make tiny buds most of which drop before open- 
ing. Definitely no humidity problem. What's 
wrong? Mrs. P. J., Webb City, Missouri. 
A. Have run into this before and am as 
stumped today as I was the other twenty-two 
times. It isnt’ gas. It isn’t soil mixture. You say 
yourself it isn’t humidity. It isn’t lack of sun- 
light. Had a case like this here in Jonesboro and 
we tried simply everything. Friend in question 
finally gave up and “rests” the plants in the cellar 
until spring every year. Might be some queer 
combination of circumstances, but just what it is, 
I don’t know. You all got any ideas? 
Q. Just can’t get my violets to bloom, though 
they are pretty and green. A neighbor lady told 
me I had male plants and they never would bloom. 
Mrs. R. H., Kenton, Ohio. 
A. Your neighbor is full of prunes. There is 
no “maleness” or “femalesness” to African Violets. 
Cut down on your fertilizer. Get more light to 
your plants. Add sand if necessary to get a 
granular, loamy quality to your potting soil. 
Planning a move? Mrs. H.W.B., of West 
Plains, Missouri, relates how she moved fifty 
grown plants and six thousand 
small ones (that’s what she said!) 
in cold weather, without losing or Ven (0, Sees w) 
damaging a one. She let them get Q 
very dry. Didn’t water for ten y 0 
days Then she slipped the plants ? 
into brown grocery bags. Bags ae 
were then put into cardboard 
boxes as close together as they a 
would fit, put in the car for the 
journey. Only casualty: the blooms fell off, but 
plants are now growing more. 
Yours, 
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