This little gal is the last of my mom's African violets since her death. It has been doing better in the last four years since I inherited it, but I cannot get it doing well enough to bloom. It's potted in a small self watering pot with African violet-specific media, sits on top of a hydration tray, sits in a southeast facing window with trees that shade it as the sun rises. I occasionally use Jack's African violet fertilizer (not a lot and not often), I have repotted it once (same pot, and did the stem scraping method to promote new root growth because it seemed like it was very wobbly in the pot as if it were hanging on just by one or two roots—but it seems to be right back to that wobbly state since then). I will admit a few times I have let it get drier than I should, so that is a point of inconsistency.
What else can I do? Different kind of pot? Improve in one of the areas of care? I would love to see this little thing thrive, and would be super upset if it ever dies.
by Measure-Thrice
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Truly the only reasons African Violets don’t bloom are light and how much time they’re spending building roots. While people say “root bound” it really doesn’t need that. It needs balance. If the pot you have it in is too big for it, it will try to fill the pot. No clue why it’s “wobbly” unless it’s still planted too high balancing on a longer neck. Maybe a picture for the side would help?
PS: It needs fertilized weekly in a weaker solution of AV fertilizer.