CARE OF YOUR AVRIGAL TICLE? 
LiGHT - Place your violets where they get good light at all timcs but not much 
direct sunlight in the summer months. In winter when the sunilicht is not as 
strong they will need more. When healthy plants have light, vellowish foliage 
they are probably getting too much sun. Very dark green foliage and lack of 
flowers means they are not getting enough light. 
WATERING - NEVER use cold water. Use water that is lukewarm or at least as 
Wari as room temperature. If you water from the eB yais be careful to remove 
the plant from the water when the soil shows »oist on top. If left too lony 
in water the soil gets soggy and roots will be demased. Fart of the ti 
least they should be watered from the top because they shovld have som 
leaching of the soil to remove excess soluble salts. The plants need to have 
the foliage sprayed occa asionally with lukewarm water ana it does n3dt spot ine 
foliage if no sun hits the foliaye until the plant is thoroughly dried off. 
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THIPERATURE ~- The average house temperature of 70 ~ 72 degrees ts very 
satisfactory but they will do good anywhere between 60 to SC degrees but 
they like the temperature to be aS even as possable. Sudden chanves of 
tempeeature or strong drafts of air will cause the flowers to crop. In cold 
weather keep eee awe oe from unprotected windows at night or when temperature 
could go below 60 degrees 
HUMIDITY ~ Many times the humidity in the home is too low for Violets to blom 
well and to increase it place the plants om a saucer or tray oF pebbles, sand 
or chicken grit and keep weter in trey but sot enoust so thet the vot is in 
the water. Humidity is‘often higher in the lcitchen than in other rooms. 
sO0Ii + African Violets need a light well drained soil. A good soil mixture 
may be made up of light garden soil, sand, loaf~mold, peat and rottbes manure. 
This should be sterilized. 
FERTILIZERS - The plants should have a feed about every two veeks of am 
good complete fertilizer, following the directions on the package. 
WHEN’ YOUR PLANTS FAIL TC BLOCM «+ It may be that they have been si win into 
a pot that is a little too large and it will take a little time for ¢ roots %o 
develop but usually they neca more licht than you sre giving thom, id Ca 
feeds of fertilizer, teas water Letting them get a little dry between water- 
ings and when the plant gets too full of leaves or crowns they should be thin- 
ned out by removing some of the ovtside crowns or repotting, or just thinning 
out some of the leaves. 
PROPAGATING «= in propagating violets frea leaves USE a hare knife or razor 
blade and cut off the leaf stsm leaving about one inch of vhe stem and place 
in vermiculite or sterilized sand wo to the loaf abe keep moist until small 
plants come and are large enough to pot up in sual), pots. Single crown plants 
usually look better and bloom better than plants with more then one crown. 
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