Methods of violet propagation. Propagation of violets by leaf at home

As soon as someone puts just one violet on the windowsill, the owner will soon have the desire to decorate the entire apartment with similar charming bushes. He will no longer be able to calmly pass by a new variety of violet he saw at a party or in the office - he will definitely ask for the desired leaf or buy it in an online store. It is not at all difficult to propagate this wonderful flower if the planting material is taken from an adult, abundantly flowering and, most importantly, healthy mother plant. There are several ways to propagate violets at home. We will introduce you to them in order.

Propagation of violets by leaf is the simplest, most successful and, therefore, most often used method at home. In the spring, during the active growing season, a middle-aged leaf with a petiole 2 to 5 cm in length is cut from an adult violet from the second or third row of the rosette (under the peduncle). If the cutting is long, cut off the excess with an oblique cut. For some time, about half an hour, the cut cuttings should air dry.

Leaves that are too young or too old are not suitable for propagation, as are the outer ones. Leaves from the center of the rosette are also not suitable, because they have not yet acquired enough strength and nutrients. The leaf should be without defects or damage, juicy, bright green.

You can root the selected leaf or its cuttings both in water and in the substrate. Do not use all kinds of preparations, so-called rooting accelerators, to root violets. They often do harm than good, since violets have too delicate a tissue structure, and the use chemicals may cause burns and subsequent rotting. To prevent fungal infections, treat the cut of the cutting with crushed activated carbon.

How to root a leaf in water

If you decide to root a violet leaf in water, do it this way. Pour settled water at room temperature to a depth of 1 cm into a glass, preferably a dark one with a narrow neck. You will have to maintain the water level in the glass at 1 cm throughout the entire rooting period (top up as it evaporates).

After the roots appear, you should plant the violet stalk in a small pot with good drainage and light loose soil. The seedling needs to be watered frequently so that the substrate does not dry out. You can make a small greenhouse using plastic film. After a month or so, violet babies will appear at the end of the cutting - tiny rosettes of leaves that are ready for planting in normal soil (for Saintpaulias or indoor violets).

How to root a leaf in the ground

If you decide to root the violet leaf directly in the substrate (it is better to use sphagnum moss cut into pieces), do it this way. Treat the cut, slightly air-dried cuttings with crushed activated carbon and plant at an angle of 45 degrees. to a depth of 1 - 2 cm into the moistened substrate, which fills a plastic cup. There should be a drainage hole and a layer of expanded clay or foam at the bottom of the cup. Place this cup in another one, used as a tray. There you will pour warm, settled water to moisten the substrate.

Cover the composition with the cuttings with a plastic bag with holes made in it. This is done to remove condensation from the mini-greenhouse. If you use transparent plastic container with a lid, then, if necessary, the container will need to be ventilated and the substrate will need to be moistened. Choose a place for the greenhouse that is bright and warm. When small leaves of new rosettes appear from the substrate at the end of the cutting, you will understand that rooting has been successful and the seedling is ready to be transplanted into its own small pot with soil suitable for violets.

The rooting of the violet was successful

If several babies hatch at the rooting site, and this happens when you have chosen a strong cutting, replant the babies one by one. The best option For further transplantation of each child, wait until it acquires two or three leaves, is about 3–5 cm in diameter and gains strength. After this, you can separate the violet baby along with its roots from the mother leaf and plant it in the ground.

There are two ways to separate a baby from a cutting:

Carefully remove the leaf cutting from the pot and shake off the soil from the roots. Using your hands, carefully separate each baby from the cutting and other babies. In this case, all children should be seated in separate small cups 4 cm in diameter.
Do not remove the leaf cutting from the pot, but cut off the grown baby, which has already formed roots, with a clean blade (sharp stationery knife) and plant in a separate pot with loose soil, which should contain sphagnum moss and vermiculite. Do not touch the rest of the children - let them continue to develop on the mother's cuttings. When they grow up, you will also separate them from the cuttings and plant them in your own pot.

Make sure that when transplanting children, the growth point of the seedling is not buried. In about a month, or maybe more, your children will have grown so much that the size of their rosette will be three times the diameter of their pot. Now you need to transplant the young plants along with a lump of earth into their permanent pots according to all the rules for transplanting adult plants.

Propagation of violets using a leaf fragment

If you ordered some unusual variety of violet on the Internet, and the leaves arrived in the mail in a deplorable condition - frozen, rotten, broken in half, the stem rotted or broken off - do not be upset. After all, even a small but healthy part of the leaf is suitable for propagation. Every vein can give you children. Halves, quarters and even fragments of cuttings with one sq. take root well and produce offspring. cm leaf plate. Babies can appear from all the veins found in the substrate. They are, however, smaller and weaker than those children obtained in a different way. And they grow a little slower. Therefore, this method is used only when it is not possible to root a whole healthy leaf with a cutting, when you have no choice, and you are afraid of losing a rare variety that is special to you.

If you only have a rotten leaf, try to cut out the rotten area with a clean blade, touching the healthy part of the leaf. Wash the leaf in a solution of potassium permanganate to stop the rotting process. Now cut out fragments from the healthy part of the leaf blade so that the piece remains with a vein, albeit not a central one, but a lateral one, but this will be one of the conditions for successful rooting. It happens that leaf blades without cuttings, planted in this way, produce children faster, and their number is greater.

How to cut out sheet fragments correctly

The main thing is to cut the violet leaf with a very clean and sharp blade or stationery knife. If there was rot on the leaf blade, the blade should be disinfected after each cut (for example, dipped in a glass with manganese or wiped with alcohol). All lines should, if possible, be carried out with minimal damage to the lateral veins.

You can divide the entire leaf into segments and plant each segment in a mini-greenhouse. Each segment will produce its own children - rosettes of leaves.

You can cut each leaf so that you first cut out the central vein, and then cut each half of the leaf into three parts. Each piece should have a side vein running from the center vein to the edge of the leaf.

You can cut two or three strips from the healthiest part of the leaf, each with two veins. There is a high probability that babies will appear from each vein of the leaf.

A fragment cut along the veins from the upper third of the leaf also takes root quickly and successfully. In this case, each vein forms a daughter rosette, and their total quantity there are more.

If the variety has wavy edges, simply trim the excess curls in a circle and then work with the flat surface of the leaf as needed

You can cut the sheet in half. Place the top part of the fragment along the cut into the substrate. The lower half of the leaf can be rooted in turn - you will have more children from one leaf.

If your cutting is rotten, cut it to the healthy part of the leaf so that from the central vein you get a homemade small cutting - a stalk, about 1 cm in length. You will root it in the substrate.

No matter how you cut your leaf, after this operation you need to leave all the fragments in the air alone for 15 - 20 minutes so that the sections are covered with film, and only then you can start planting them in the ground.

prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate pink color, lower the fragments prepared for planting into it for 20 minutes;
remove from the solution and thoroughly dip the edges of the cuts into crushed activated carbon;
Dry for 10 - 15 minutes, and only after that place each fragment in an individual greenhouse.

As a greenhouse for future violets, you can use two 50 ml and one 100 ml cups with different areas bottom. In one, with drainage holes, with polystyrene foam as drainage and sphagnum moss as a substrate, the fragment will take root, use the second 50 ml glass as a tray in which there will always be water. (There should be space between the cups for this water). You can cover these cups with a large 100 ml glass to create a mini-greenhouse. Don't forget to ventilate it occasionally to remove excess condensation. To make babies appear faster, we recommend lighting the greenhouse.

Reproduction of violets using stepsons

Sometimes, due to the high nitrogen content in the soil, small shoots appear in the axils of the violet leaves. These are the stepsons of the violet, in other words, daughter rosettes. Stepchildren spoil the appearance of the plant and are usually removed.

If you need this stepchild to propagate your violet, do so. Wait for four to five leaves to appear on the left stepson. Now that the stepson has become like a baby, it can be cut out from the mother’s rosette of leaves and rooted in a loose, damp substrate (wet sphagnum moss will do) in any container with a lid. After successful rooting, when the young rosette begins to grow, transplant it into your small pot according to all the rules. The whole process will take about two months. As a result, you will have a new varietal violet.

You can plant other stepsons in the same way. If they are not needed, remove them immediately so as not to spoil the decorative effect of your Saintpaulia. If necessary, plant them one by one as they grow.

Violet propagation using root shoots

Sometimes, adult violets, growing, form basal rosettes. Often, these children interfere with development mother bush. In such cases, they should be separated and transplanted into separate pots (or simply removed). It is best to carry out the procedure for separating daughter rosettes in the summer - then the mother plant will be able to restore its strength and prepare for the coming of winter.

So, you decided to propagate your violet with the help of a baby. To do this, proceed as follows:

Carefully dig out the daughter rosette (baby) from the ground with some sharp, clean object. Try not to damage the mother bush.
If the baby has few roots, but a lot of leaves, remove some of the leaves to make rooting easier.
Place the baby in a small (5x5) pot with loose substrate, similar in composition to the soil in the mother pot.
Moisten the soil moderately.
Cover the pot with a jar or polyethylene to create a microclimate.
Place the mini-greenhouse in a warm place with plenty of diffused light.
Ventilate Saintpaulia every day and moisten the soil if necessary.

After a week or two, the shelter can be removed, the baby should strengthen herself and begin an independent life.

How to grow violets from seeds

The first indoor violets (Saintpaulias) were grown from seeds of wild specimens back in 1892. Currently, there are about 16 thousand varieties of this wonderful flower. It turned out that propagation of violets using a leaf or its fragment is much more likely to lead to success than propagation by seeds, since it is extremely difficult to preserve tiny seedlings obtained from seeds and provide them with suitable conditions for existence.

To germinate seeds, use containers with lids no more than 5 cm deep. The substrate must be loose and consist of peat and sand. It is poured into a container in a layer of up to 4 cm and moistened. Seeds must be planted as follows. Place them evenly on the damp surface of the substrate, at a distance of 2 cm from each other. Close the lid. Maintain the temperature in the greenhouse at about 22 degrees. in the afternoon and about 18 degrees. at night. If necessary, ventilate the container and moisten the substrate using a fine spray bottle with warm, settled water.

The seeds germinate quickly and amicably. After 20 days you can already see tiny leaves on them. If you are in a hurry to transplant them, proceed with caution, as root system seedlings are thread-like and very weak. You may accidentally destroy it. Grow the transplanted specimens in mini greenhouses, under a lid, until they become stronger and grow to a size suitable for transplanting into small independent pots.

Propagation of violets using peduncles

Experienced flower growers and breeders propagate violets using this method. But for the reproduction of violets - chimeras - this is almost the only possible option, since with other methods their decorative features are lost.

Select a blooming or already faded flower with large stipules from the mother bush. Don't take buds, they won't fit. Cut out the flower stalk with a clean, sharp blade or knife. Air dry for 10-15 minutes, treat the cut with crushed activated carbon. It is better to root in a greenhouse at high humidity. As a substrate, use a mixture of chopped sphagnum moss and perlite. You will see that the peduncle has taken root when a young rosette appears near the stipule. Wait a little until it develops well, only then can it be transplanted into a pot with Saintpaulia soil.

Conclusion

We introduced you to all the ways to propagate indoor violets at home. We're sure you'll want to try them. After all, the more of these wonderful flowers there are in your apartment, the cleaner the air in it will be, the more pleasant the atmosphere. Friends visiting will admire the blooming bouquets of charming violets and praise the hostess for her hard work and excellent taste.

Experienced flower growers who are seriously involved in growing violets claim that their passion began from the moment the very first beautiful flower appeared on the windowsill. Immediately the desire came to expand the collection, purchase other varieties, or get new rosettes from the existing plant.

Our article is addressed to those who have just become interested in these plants and do not yet know how to root a violet leaf. Usually at home these beautiful flowers They are propagated precisely by leaves cut from an adult plant that attracts their attention. This is the simplest and most common way of growing young rosettes, which is quite easy to master even for beginners in floriculture who have recently become interested in this amazing crop.

When are violets propagated?

The most favorable time for reproduction is summer and spring, when plants have enough light and heat. But in case of urgent need, when, for example, planting a violet from a leaf is the only way to save a rare variety, experienced florist can carry out its plans even during short daylight hours.

Selecting a sheet

To understand how to properly root a violet leaf, you first need to decide what the planting material should be. In other words, we will talk about how to choose a leaf for propagation. If he is sick or weak, you will not be able to raise strong, profusely blooming offspring. That is why, before rooting a violet leaf in the ground or in water, you need to be very careful in choosing it.

Experienced gardeners do not recommend using leaves from the lower tier closest to the ground for propagation. Firstly, they are the oldest, most likely already weakened, and secondly, such leaf blades can be populated by fungal spores and bacteria. You should choose a cutting from the second, or better yet, from the third tier, where the leaves are already well formed, they have reached the size of an adult plant, and have pronounced turgor.

Why does the leaf seem limp?

You can plant two or three leaves in one cup, but they must be of the same variety. As in the case when cuttings with emerging roots were planted in the soil, the soil is moistened and the glass is placed in the greenhouse. To prevent mold from appearing on the soil, the plants are periodically ventilated, but at the same time protected from drafts and too cold air.

Many beginners are interested in how to root a violet leaf in peat tablets, and whether this method gives a good result. Yes, due to the nutritious and loose substrate, the plants in this case quickly produce roots and young rosettes. And the principle of planting remains the same as when planting in the ground.

Conditions for growing violets from leaves

How to root a violet leaf? What does a young plant need? The most important condition for the success of this process is constant attention to this tiny plant, which must be provided with:

light nutritious soil;
stable temperature;
daylight hours at least 12 hours;
uniform and regular watering;
humidity and protection from drafts.

Violets feel very comfortable on shelves equipped with additional lighting, which provides plants with conditions for growth even in the autumn-winter period.

Socket separation

When a violet leaf takes root, several tiny rosettes with a diameter of three to five centimeters are formed at its base. This indicates that it is time to plant the plants. The children are divided in such a way that each rosette has at least a pair of leaves with a well-developed growing point and several roots.

In order for the separation to take place in the most gentle way, it is necessary:

moisten the soil well;
remove the plant along with the soil clod;
Carefully clean the roots from the soil.

For children that do not have enough roots, it is better to plant them not in the ground, but in a mixture of soil and perlite, like a leaf cutting. Such a plant must be placed in a greenhouse for two weeks.

The grown rosettes are planted in a permanent place when their diameter is approximately twice the size of the previous pot. Plants will require containers with a diameter of up to six centimeters. Transplantation is carried out using the transshipment method, preserving the earthen lump. New soil add around the circumference and to the bottom.

Most often, its propagation is meant using a leaf. This method is simpler and easier than others. Even a beginner will not have any difficulty following all the steps step by step, especially if you are guided by the photo of the procedure and the master class in the video.

How to choose the right leaf

Now in the world there are at least 500 of the most different varieties violets. But breeders still do not miss the opportunity to experiment. They are bringing out new varieties to the delight of lovers and collectors of these flowers. If you are delighted with any of the many varieties (or maybe even more than one) and want to decorate your home with this delicate plant or give it to friends, master the leaf propagation technique. According to gardeners, this method is more convenient than propagating crops using cuttings, peduncles or stepsons. In addition, it is suitable for almost all varieties of violets, with some exceptions.

Attention! This variety of violets, such as chimeras (they have flowers with striped petals), is propagated at home exclusively by stepsons or peduncles.

The optimal time for propagating plants in this way is spring and autumn. In many ways, a successful result depends on the correctly chosen leaf. To do this, carefully examine the violet rosette. You will see that leaves grow from it in rows. Next comes the choice:

The most convenient way to propagate violets is by rooting leaves.

Leave the first row from the bottom alone: the offspring from these leaves will have to wait a long time.
Do not take propagation material from the middle of the rosette. This can damage the growth point.
Pay attention to the second and third rows from the bottom. Young, strong leaves grow there, which are very suitable for propagation. But not just any sheet will do. Before cutting it, make sure that the plate:

healthy, without signs of disease or pest infestation;
brightly colored;
elastic (keeps its shape well);
has no damage: stains, scratches, dots, creases, etc.

Preparing for violet propagation

A carefully selected leaf can be plucked by hand or trimmed using a knife, pruning shears or blade. The second method is preferable: it is considered less painful for the plant. The instrument must be disinfected before the procedure. The cut should be made at an angle of 45C. In place of the leaf there should be a “stump” about 0.5 cm long, but more is possible. It is sprinkled with crushed activated carbon and left for a quarter of an hour.

The size of the cuttings on the leaf is also important. It should not exceed 4 cm. Less is acceptable, more requires correction. Trim the excess, observing all technology requirements. Before planting, make sure the cutting area is not dry. If this happens, cut off a small part again under acute angle.

Advice. If you received a violet leaf while visiting or at work, and it withered on the way home, do not despair. For 2 hours, place the future planting material in warm water with potassium permanganate, and then dry.

Rooting a leaf in water and soil. Step by step description

Both methods have pros and cons, but in general they are very simple and understandable even to an inexperienced gardener. To root leaves in water, you need:

Rooting a leaf in water

Prepare containers: one for each specimen. These can be plastic glasses or bottles of liquid medicines (iodine, hydrogen peroxide, etc.).
Pour boiled water into them.
Drop an activated carbon tablet into each container. This measure will help avoid rotting planting material.
Place the leaves so that they are immersed in water by a maximum of 1 cm.
Place containers in a warm place, but not sunny place. Add water as needed.

After a while, roots will appear. When they reach a length of 1 cm, you can transplant the leaf into the ground. The method of propagation in water allows you to monitor the formation and development of the root system - after all, in a transparent container it is visible. Replanting to a permanent location must be done very carefully so as not to damage the roots.

Violet roots before planting in the ground

To root a leaf in the ground:

Make holes in the bottom of a plastic glass.
Lay drainage - a layer of polystyrene foam.
Pour soil.
Plant the leaf, deepening it no more than 1 cm. Root the cutting at an acute angle; if necessary, support it with a match or toothpick.
Insert the glass into another one, slightly larger in size (no need to make holes in it).
Water the violet and put it in a warm place where the sun does not reach. If the air in the room is very dry, you can make a “greenhouse”: cover the glass with a transparent bag. The leaves need to be watered periodically and, if desired, ventilated.

It happens that a plate rooted in the ground begins to wither. You need to carefully remove it and see if it has rotted. This is the disadvantage of the procedure for growing violets in the ground - that the roots are hidden from observation. But they immediately find themselves in their “native” environment and do not need additional adaptation.

If the cutting rots in water or soil, cut off the damaged tissue and start the propagation process again. If everything is done correctly, you can expect the “baby” to appear in 1-1.5 months. Try both methods to see which one is more convenient for you.

How to grow a violet from a leaf: video

Saintpaulias or indoor violets are one of the most common house flowers. And how can these miniature beauties fail to please the eye with their variety of shapes and shades! However, Saintpaulia owners know that these flowers are quite capricious and whimsical in caring for them. What to do if you want to start a small garden, but don’t know how to grow violets? Our article will not only tell you how to grow violets at home, but will also reveal some secrets of caring for them.

There are several ways to propagate Saintpaulia: growing from seeds, stepsons, peduncles and rooting cuttings. For the first, as a rule, preference is given to growing flowers from seeds. The seeds are pre-treated: moistened and mixed with charcoal and sand. Then the seeds are immersed in and planted in a container with a lid.

If you don’t mind trimming the flower, you can grow Saintpaulia from stepsons - cutting off the “head” of the plant or peduncle and then rooting it. However, why such sacrifices when it is possible to grow a violet?

Leaf selection

First of all, you need to think about how to choose the right leaf to grow. A good cutting is the key to a productive result. It is not recommended to select weak or unhealthy leaves, otherwise there may be no offspring at all or they will not be viable. Leaves from the lower tier of Saintpaulia are also not suitable, since they are old and prone to the spread of bacteria and fungi due to their proximity to the soil.

For propagation, cuttings of the second and third rows with fully formed leaves are ideal required size. The cuttings should be strong and rich green in color. If you ordered leaves from the store and they have lost their appearance, place them in warm boiled water for a few minutes. You can add a few drops of potassium permanganate. In this way you will disinfect the sheet and return it to its previous shape.

Step-by-step instructions for rooting

There are two ways to propagate violets using cuttings: by growing the roots in water and by rooting the leaf directly into the ground. The first way is somewhat more complicated, but flower growers note that it is better for the leaves to take root if they are first germinated in water.

Let's consider this method in more detail:

Separate a healthy large leaf from the bush, preferably using a sterile knife. Cut the cutting diagonally, wash the cut and place in a container with boiled water. The leaf should not be deeply immersed in water, otherwise it will rot.
After a few weeks, roots will begin to appear from the cutting site. When the roots become approximately 2 cm long, you can transplant the cuttings into the ground. To breed violets, it is better to use a substrate with drainage. You can also put pebbles or shells at the bottom of the pot.
Before planting, moisten the soil, make a small hole, carefully place the leaf, cover and lightly press the soil.
Cover the container with the violet with something to form an impromptu greenhouse.
After a month, remove the greenhouse.
When the “babies” sprout next to the mother cuttings, moisten the soil well, pull out the young plants along with lumps of earth, separate them and plant them. You need to plant strong young shoots with dark green leaves. Each young plant should have at least a pair of leaves.

The second method of propagating Saintpaulia is carried out in the same way, only without first placing the cuttings in water. You should also water the seedling abundantly and ensure the temperature is above average.

The flower will take about a year to grow from a small shoot to the size of an average violet of this variety.

Further care

As you understand, the matter does not end with successful breeding: you need Saintpaulia. One of the most important conditions proper care for violets – comfortable temperature and light conditions. On average, the temperature should be between 17–22 degrees. It all depends on your plant. Significant sharp fluctuations temperature.

Saintpaulias need plenty of light. It is better to choose a shaded, sunny place that will provide diffused rays of light on the flower. If natural room lighting is not enough, you can use fluorescent lamps.

You should also take care of sufficient air humidity: indoor violets are oppressed by excessively dry air, which is why they get sick. Caring for a plant means, first of all, watering it. It is important not only to underfill, but also not to overfill. Before everyone

Violets (Saintpaulias) are delicate, tremulous flowers that leave no one indifferent. There are several known methods for propagating these indoor plants, but the most accessible of them is rooting the leaf in the ground or in water. If you have patience and follow simple rules and recommendations, you will soon be able to grow a new plant at home from a tiny leaf.

Saintpaulias can be propagated by seeds, leaves, leaf segments, lateral rosettes or stepsons, peduncles and even in vitro (in vitro). Brief description listed breeding methods presented in the following table.

Not all methods of propagating violets are easy to implement at home.

Methods for propagating violets:

Reproduction method	Features of reproduction
Seeds	Tiny violet seeds are planted in the ground and carefully cared for
Leaves	The leaf is cut from the mother plant and root in water or soil
By sheet segments	The leaf is cut from the mother plant, divided into parts, each of which is planted in the ground.
Stepchildren or side rosettes	Stepchildren or side rosettes are separated from the bush and planted in the ground
Peduncles	Peduncles with small green leaves are bent to the ground, or cut off and rooted
In vitro	Sheet divided into many tiny segments and rooted in a nutrient medium

The simplest and in an accessible way The propagation of violets is propagation by leaves. Even a novice florist can cope with this method.

When to propagate correctly

At artificial lighting Saintpaulias can be grown and propagated all year round. But the most favorable period for producing offspring is spring and summer, when plants receive enough heat and light.

Many flower growers, in order to save a rare variety, are able to propagate violet by leaf in the cold season when it’s raining or a snowstorm is blowing outside.

How to propagate violets step by step

The propagation process of violets consists of five successive stages, the characteristics of which are presented in the following table.

The order of violet propagation by leaf:

If you dilute the flower correctly, Saintpaulia will give you healthy offspring.

Selecting a leaf to transplant and grow

Saintpaulia will successfully reproduce at home, depending on the quality of the planting material. If the leaf turns out to be limp, damaged or diseased, then it will be more difficult to obtain healthy offspring from it.

The leaf for transplantation must be healthy in order to produce good offspring.

Cut cuttings must meet the following requirements:

it must be healthy, strong and elastic;
it must have a bright color characteristic of the species;
there should be no stains or damage on the sheet plate.

If the cut leaf is a little wilted, immerse it for a couple of hours in clean, warm, boiled water, tinted with a few crystals of potassium permanganate. Then let it dry and cut it off at a level of 3-4 cm from the base of the leaf plate

Cutting off a leaf

The leaf can be broken off from the plant, but it is better to cut it off with a knife, scalpel or other sharp instrument. The cut should be made at an angle to increase the working area of the cutting on which roots are formed.

The cut sheet should be rinsed warm water and well dry for 15 minutes.

The length of the stump remaining on the plant after separating the leaf should be no shorter than 5 mm. The cut area must be treated with crushed activated carbon.

Next step: root the leaf - plant it in water or soil

The Saintpaulia leaf can be rooted in water or in soil.

To root a cutting in water, we need a dark glass vessel with a narrow neck, for example, a medicine bottle. We proceed as follows:

pour either distilled water or ordinary water with activated carbon into the bottle;
fix the cutting on the container using a paper sheet;
dip the tip of the cutting into water no deeper than 10 mm;
remove the bottle with the cutting from direct sunlight;
We regularly add settled water to the bottle so that the cutting is not dry.

Rooting in water does not last forever - at some point you will have to transplant the flower into the ground

After 2-4 weeks from the moment the cutting is planted in water, roots will appear on it. After the roots grow to 1-2 cm, the cuttings need to be transplanted into a plastic cup with drainage and soil

If the cutting is rotten, remove it from the water. cut diagonally to a healthy place, treat the cut with activated carbon and dry for 30 minutes, and renew the water in the bottle.

To root the cuttings in the ground, you will need a small container in the form plastic cup or a pot with drainage holes in the bottom. We proceed like this:

pour drainage made of polystyrene foam or expanded clay onto the bottom of the container;
top up the drainage light, loose soil;
make a hole in the middle of the soil and pour perlite mixed with soil into it,
we deepen the cutting into the ground 1.5 cm and carefully cover it with soil;
water the cuttings as the soil dries.

Rooting of a leaf in soil is always faster than in water

In an earthen substrate, leaves take root much faster than in water, but it will not be possible to record the moment the roots appear. In water, leaves take root more slowly, but the gardener can observe the process of root emergence in all its glory

At what time can a baby violet appear?

On average, new leaves (babies) appear within 1.5 to 3 months, depending on the quality of the soil and home conditions.

How to plant new leaves

When young leaves (babies) with a diameter of 4-5 cm appear at the base of the cutting, they need to be transplanted into separate cups or small pots. To do this, you need to remove the sheet with the babies from the container, shake off some of the earth and carefully separate the children so that each tiny leaf has roots.

If not all children are ready for transplanting, it is necessary to separate the largest ones for planting.

Children of variegated violets can be planted only when their color begins to predominate green. The abundance of green pigment indicates a sufficient level of chlorophyll necessary for successful rooting and development of a young plant

Children are planted in the same way as cuttings. It is better not to shake off the soil from their roots. kids with strong roots can be planted immediately into an earthen substrate, with weak ones - into a hole with a mixture of moss and perlite.

For better survival of plants, it is best to place them for a couple of weeks under a greenhouse made from a plastic bag.

Planting young rosettes in a new pot

At the next stage, young rosettes that have outgrown the diameter of the pot by 1.5-2 times are transplanted into larger flowerpots. During transshipment, the soil from the roots is not shaken off, but the plant with a lump of earth is simply placed in a new, more spacious pot, and the voids are filled with soil.

When transshipping, do not forget that the new flowerpot must be larger size than old

Once a sufficient number of new leaves have formed, the juvenile (baby) leaves are removed. If the stem is exposed, it can be cover with earth or deepen the violet into the ground without covering the petioles of the lower leaves.

Home conditions for growing violets: soil, room temperature, rooting

In order for a violet leaf (regular or mini) to quickly take root and subsequently turn into a lush, strong and healthy bush, the conditions listed in the following table must be observed.

Violets take root well in the lungs, nutrient soil, which you can make yourself from sand, peat and leaf soil(1:1:4), or buy in a store.

At self-production substrate, observe the specified proportions

The air temperature in the room for growing violets should be at 22◦C-26◦C, and the air humidity should be at least 50-60%. Otherwise, you won’t be able to successfully plant the flower.

Violet is necessary water regularly with settled water and, if necessary, feed with special fertilizers for Saintpaulias.

If you follow the conditions listed in the table, you can grow a strong and healthy plant from a small cutting.

Watering violets after transplanting

Violets should not be watered immediately after transplanting. It is better to leave them for a day for the earth to completely settle. If the soil in the pot is too dry, pour some water into the tray. After 30 minutes, remove excess water from the pan.

Top watering

This method involves watering the plant on top of the ground, under the leaves. For this, it is best to use a watering can with a long, thin spout. Under no circumstances should water get on the leaves, much less in the center of the rosette.

When watering from above, it is important that water does not fall into the center of the outlet

If this does happen, put the flower in a warm, dark place until it dries completely.

Watering into a tray

To water the tray, drainage holes must be made in the bottom of the pot. The soil should be light and permeable. Too dense soil will not be able to quickly become saturated with water, and part of the soil in the pot will remain dry. Ideally, within 30-40 minutes, the soil ball should be completely moistened, to the very top of the pot.

Wick watering

This method of watering is called hydroponics. Its essence is as follows. A cord is pulled through the pot, the end of which is placed in a vessel with water. Water saturates the cord and wets the earthen ball from below.

Wick irrigation is easy to implement and is popular among gardeners

Thus, you will have to tinker with the propagation of violets, but if you do everything correctly, the plant will delight you with good health, attractive appearance and amazing, delicate flowers.