@@ИринаНикитина-м1э Здравтствуйте, Ирина! Приятно познакомиться! Меня зовут Инна, родом из Украины, а если идти по следам ДНК, предки из Литвы. Училась в МГУ когда-то, очень давно, филолог - очень приятно, что удалось сохранить чистоту произношения, живя в Штатах более 20-ти лет. Любовь к фиалкам у меня сохранилась еще с детства, рада, что могу их выращивать здесь и делиться их красотой с другими!
@@grayturtleviolets Инна, очень приятно познакомиться! Я рада, что Вы нашли себя в другой стране и у Вас есть время и желание на хобби! А мои корни с Волги, историческая родина - Самара! Инна, а можно вопрос? А где Вы берете русские и украинские сорта? Вот видела у Вас Лебецкой ЛЕ Злато Скифов( у меня тоже сейчас цветёт😊) Это Вы привезли из России или в США можно свободно купить? Извините, если я навязчива, но очень хочется узнать. Спасибо !🌸🍃
@@ИринаНикитина-м1э Я тоже рада знакомству! Здесь у нас русские и украинские сорта можно купить в онлайн магазине Пола Сорано: lyndonlyon.com/ и Ральфа Робинсона: www.violetbarn.com/store/russian-hybrids.html, а также на eBay. Увлечение сенполиями и правда не знает границ!
Thank you for your June video - I always enjoy your monthly bloom reviews. May I ask a question: why are you growing Peppermint Girl in the closed cup? Did you find that particular plant needs extra humidity? I think you grow most of your AVs in open room air.
So glad you like them, thank you! Peppermint Girl is one of my most recent arrivals, so keeping it domed to isolate from other plants, just in case. It's a very young starter plant, so extra humidity helps while it's acclimating to the new home.
Your blooms are beautiful! I am waiting on my leaves to propagate. I different this time because I don’t have a lot of light/sun in my house. I don’t have a light either.🥲🥲
So glad you like them, thank you! Hope your leaves produce healthy babies soon! Try positioning them in a way that they get some indirect natural sunlight, diffused through a sheer curtain, I used to grow some of mine that way and they did ok. Happy growing!
Such a beautiful collection! I was just perusing the Violet Barn and Lyndon Lyons websites to see if they had some violets that I’ve been looking for! Just curious what lights you use on your shelves, and where you purchased them. I just recently discovered your channel, so happy I did! We had our first club meeting after 19 months due to Covid! It was so wonderful seeing everyone again. Lovely kitty! ❤️
Appreciate your feedback! It was amazing to reconnect with my club after such a long hiatus, indeed! The kitty always needs to be in the center of action, she is so sassy, lol! Check out my lights and stands setup video: ruclips.net/video/axTu2oq2Uy4/видео.html - it has links to the light fixtures and other helpful info. Happy growing!
Thank you! The cat just had to be in the middle of the filming action - I am lucky she is not interested in my African Violets, so those are safe, for now, lol!
Scales AV is very hard to find, I’ve been looking for over a year. It appears to me that you don’t remove the sucker leaves on most of your miniature or semi miniature plants. I have over 150 mini and semi minis and I try to de-sucker them often. Some of the minis are sucker factories and I have had to throw them away because they got out control. Just one big mound of suckers. Robs June Bug and Dolores Sugar Candy come to mind. As always , your violets are beautiful. Wish I could share pics of mine. Some of my favorites is trailer Lilli Pilli and DoDo Bird as well as many others. Take care of those babies and keep the videos coming.
Love Rob's DoDo bird, such a good bloomer! It took me a while to get a hold of Scales, too - I got mine on eBay, I've seen it on there recently, worth checking out! This is my moving year, so my plants have been growing wild, lol! Hope to get them all groomed once we settle down. Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate your feedback!
I love Primadona 🐈🐈🐈 where I can purchase her 😊 ? All your AV are fantastic, my wish list is growing, but it’s quite difficult get them here in Australia.
Lol, she is not for sale, otherwise would've been happy to share! ))) Thank you so much for your feedback, so glad you like them! I can recommend Violet Barn, ordered from them a few times, they are amazing - check out their international shipping: www.violetbarn.com/store/international-d5.html
Great question! I used to use hydrogen peroxide, about 1-2 teaspoons per gallon of wicking water when I first started using wick watering method - it helped somewhat, but not completely, so I just wash the wicking containers periodically, to keep them clean. Some growers use copper pennies to slow down the algae growth - copper has biostatic properties incompatible with algae, so worth trying.
Greeting from Canada …Beautiful plants I have a question have you ever had any problem with mites??? Do you know how to deal with, I’m having that problem 😢 Thanks
Thanks so much! So sorry about the mites! I haven't experienced it myself, personally, just heard how other growers deal with them, in the African Violet Nerds Facebook group - there are several types of miticides that they mentioned, Forbid being one of them, if I remember it correctly. I heard mites become especially active during hot summer weather.
Thank you for your quick response. You are the one who got me interested in violets. You explain in such detail. I have 7 in bloom at the moment
Oh, I am so glad! They are truly very special plants - enjoy the blooms and happy growing!
Thanks for sharing with us, I have more than 120 African violets l love it oll...
That's great, my collection keeps growing too - every single one of them is beautiful in their own way!
Your violets are always beautiful. It was wonderful seeing you at the meeting Saturday. Laura
Aww, thank you so much, Laura! It was great seeing you, too, and reuniting with everyone else!
Очень красиво! 🌸🍃💐👍👏👏
Спасибо большое, мне очень приятно!
Я поняла, что Вы русская, когда сказали Константин Морев😊😊😊 На Ваш канал попала только сегодня и не знаю как Вас зовут, я Ирина из города Владимира 🌹🍃
@@ИринаНикитина-м1э Здравтствуйте, Ирина! Приятно познакомиться! Меня зовут Инна, родом из Украины, а если идти по следам ДНК, предки из Литвы. Училась в МГУ когда-то, очень давно, филолог - очень приятно, что удалось сохранить чистоту произношения, живя в Штатах более 20-ти лет. Любовь к фиалкам у меня сохранилась еще с детства, рада, что могу их выращивать здесь и делиться их красотой с другими!
@@grayturtleviolets Инна, очень приятно познакомиться! Я рада, что Вы нашли себя в другой стране и у Вас есть время и желание на хобби! А мои корни с Волги, историческая родина - Самара! Инна, а можно вопрос? А где Вы берете русские и украинские сорта? Вот видела у Вас Лебецкой ЛЕ Злато Скифов( у меня тоже сейчас цветёт😊) Это Вы привезли из России или в США можно свободно купить? Извините, если я навязчива, но очень хочется узнать. Спасибо !🌸🍃
@@ИринаНикитина-м1э Я тоже рада знакомству! Здесь у нас русские и украинские сорта можно купить в онлайн магазине Пола Сорано: lyndonlyon.com/ и Ральфа Робинсона: www.violetbarn.com/store/russian-hybrids.html, а также на eBay. Увлечение сенполиями и правда не знает границ!
I have tried the wicked watering and it's working well for me thanks for those information.
So glad it worked for you! Happy to share!
Thank you for your June video - I always enjoy your monthly bloom reviews. May I ask a question: why are you growing Peppermint Girl in the closed cup? Did you find that particular plant needs extra humidity? I think you grow most of your AVs in open room air.
So glad you like them, thank you! Peppermint Girl is one of my most recent arrivals, so keeping it domed to isolate from other plants, just in case. It's a very young starter plant, so extra humidity helps while it's acclimating to the new home.
I wondered same thing.
Your blooms are beautiful! I am waiting on my leaves to propagate. I different this time because I don’t have a lot of light/sun in my house. I don’t have a light either.🥲🥲
So glad you like them, thank you! Hope your leaves produce healthy babies soon! Try positioning them in a way that they get some indirect natural sunlight, diffused through a sheer curtain, I used to grow some of mine that way and they did ok. Happy growing!
Such a beautiful collection! I was just perusing the Violet Barn and Lyndon Lyons websites to see if they had some violets that I’ve been looking for! Just curious what lights you use on your shelves, and where you purchased them. I just recently discovered your channel, so happy I did! We had our first club meeting after 19 months due to Covid! It was so wonderful seeing everyone again. Lovely kitty! ❤️
Appreciate your feedback! It was amazing to reconnect with my club after such a long hiatus, indeed! The kitty always needs to be in the center of action, she is so sassy, lol! Check out my lights and stands setup video: ruclips.net/video/axTu2oq2Uy4/видео.html - it has links to the light fixtures and other helpful info. Happy growing!
Gorgeous Horton mini. 😍🌸Stay cool 😎👍
Thank you! So glad you like them! Have a great summer!
Great flowers and a wonderful cat. Thanks!
Thank you! The cat just had to be in the middle of the filming action - I am lucky she is not interested in my African Violets, so those are safe, for now, lol!
Scales AV is very hard to find, I’ve been looking for over a year. It appears to me that you don’t remove the sucker leaves on most of your miniature or semi miniature plants. I have over 150 mini and semi minis and I try to de-sucker them often. Some of the minis are sucker factories and I have had to throw them away because they got out control. Just one big mound of suckers. Robs June Bug and Dolores Sugar Candy come to mind. As always , your violets are beautiful. Wish I could share pics of mine. Some of my favorites is trailer Lilli Pilli and DoDo Bird as well as many others. Take care of those babies and keep the videos coming.
Love Rob's DoDo bird, such a good bloomer! It took me a while to get a hold of Scales, too - I got mine on eBay, I've seen it on there recently, worth checking out! This is my moving year, so my plants have been growing wild, lol! Hope to get them all groomed once we settle down. Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate your feedback!
Your violets are beautiful!!
So glad you like them! Thank you for watching!
I love Primadona 🐈🐈🐈 where I can purchase her 😊 ? All your AV are fantastic, my wish list is growing, but it’s quite difficult get them here in Australia.
Lol, she is not for sale, otherwise would've been happy to share! ))) Thank you so much for your feedback, so glad you like them! I can recommend Violet Barn, ordered from them a few times, they are amazing - check out their international shipping: www.violetbarn.com/store/international-d5.html
I have a question for you. How do you control the algae in your wick water? Thank you
Great question! I used to use hydrogen peroxide, about 1-2 teaspoons per gallon of wicking water when I first started using wick watering method - it helped somewhat, but not completely, so I just wash the wicking containers periodically, to keep them clean. Some growers use copper pennies to slow down the algae growth - copper has biostatic properties incompatible with algae, so worth trying.
Greeting from Canada …Beautiful plants I have a question have you ever had any problem with mites???
Do you know how to deal with, I’m having that problem 😢
Thanks
Thanks so much! So sorry about the mites! I haven't experienced it myself, personally, just heard how other growers deal with them, in the African Violet Nerds Facebook group - there are several types of miticides that they mentioned, Forbid being one of them, if I remember it correctly. I heard mites become especially active during hot summer weather.
Thank you 😃