This is an update post regarding a propagated African Violet that I sought help for in a previous post.
I started this propagation sometime in February. Leaves didn’t sprout until 2-3 months after planting the parent leaf. When they finally did, impatience got the better of me and I repotted it because progress stalled and the plant showed signs of stress on the newly sprouted leaves. This led me to making my first post about this plant where I was then told to downsize to a smaller pot and keep it bagged.
It’s been around 3-4ish months since then and the first pic is now the current state of my propagated violet. The parent leaf finally fully wilted around 1-2 weeks ago and now the violet has even begun to flower.
I was excited to finally pot this thing up since it’s beginning to fill up this solo cup I have it in, but I stopped when I noticed it looks markedly different from the original plant I propagated this one from (second pic). To me it looks like there are actually multiple newly propagated violets in this cup, not just one.
Is this normal, and if so, will I have to separate them when I repot? This is my first African violet propagation so I want to know the best course of action before making a decision.
by IIamenoII
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Yes, it is normal for a leaf prop to produce multiple plants. I’ve had up to 9 and usually no fewer than 2 with an average of 4 plants from one leaf prop.
It is up to you if you want to separate them or not. Most people do separate them. I read a few days ago, but now can’t find it, that AVs used to be grown as clumps. It was Holtcamp (?) that introduced the single crown idea, called biedersomething? Wish I could find where I read it. Best of Luck.
Found it!
>… At that time, Saintpaulias were mostly grown with multiple suckers in one pot. Hermann Holtkamp, Sr. propagated the “Biedermeier” style: a single crown plant, with only one plant per pot. One immediate advantage of this style has been the shortened growing period. In addition, it has resulted in the now familiar rosette, in which the leaves develop in the pattern of a “Biedermeier” flower bouquet. Today, African Violets are grown exclusively in this form.
From : [https://web.archive.org/web/20180718060606/http://www.holtkamp.com/history/index.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20180718060606/http://www.holtkamp.com/history/index.html)