To: Tax-chick; fanfan; Monkey Face; redhead
They’re in special, multi-piece, glazed ceramic pots.If they're like what my gramma made, those would be the bowl-shaped ones with a removable pot that sets into it so the water can drain all the way through the pot and out into the bottom of the bowl. The pot sits up an inch or more, so the plants get all the water they want need but the roots aren't left soaking in a pool of it all the time.
IIRC, African violets do not do well if their roots get left to soak. As a tropical, they like the water to run through, and then go away, leaving the soil moist but breathable.
2,134 posted on
05/31/2008 2:44:11 PM PDT by
HKMk23
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To: HKMk23
That sounds right. Tropical plants require lots of Nurture. We’re talking about a greenhouse; Bill wants iguanas.
2,137 posted on
05/31/2008 2:46:01 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
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To: HKMk23; Monkey Face
IIRC, African violets do not do well if their roots get left to soak. As a tropical, they like the water to run through, and then go away, leaving the soil moist but breathable.That is exactly how my Mom grows them, 2 part ceramic....pot and platter.
2,141 posted on
05/31/2008 2:49:50 PM PDT by
fanfan
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