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Author Garden: Are these suckers on my African Violet? Amany Dream Gardener Member # 7481 posted                       Ok, I'm new to AVs. That means I may not always know what I'm looking at. Do I have suckers? If so, are they large enough to pot? Or are these a part of my plant's growth that should be left alone? http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h144/AmanyB/Suckers/Picture022.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h144/AmanyB/Suckers/Picture028.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h144/AmanyB/Suckers/Picture027.jpg Plants: 143 | From: Detroit, Michigan | Registered: Dec 2005  |  Seeded: 69.136.143.227 JV Critter Keeper Member # 3405 posted                       Amany I also am new to AV's Barleychown is the resident expert on them. She can tell you I looked but could not tell anything. Just want to welcome you to the forum. Jimmy * * * * Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says. Keep it organic GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops! Plants: 4113 | From: Irving,Tx. | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 65.68.199.129 Sorathien Dream Gardener Member # 6878 posted                       it is very hard to sepparate babies off an african violet. i've snapped the whole top of a plant off the roots trying to do it. they are very fragile. i would not bother. if you want another plant, try rooting a single leaf. Plants: 144 | From: Washington | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 67.185.117.202 Amany Dream Gardener Member # 7481 posted                       I certainly don't want to cause any damage. I'd rather just remove the leaves. First I want to make sure that what I have are suckers. Thanks Jimmy. I've been lurking around here for a few months now. Because plants have become a recent hobby (obsession?), and I don't know a lot about them, I haven't had much to contribute. But you good folks are certainly teaching me. Plants: 143 | From: Detroit, Michigan | Registered: Dec 2005  |  Seeded: 206.181.246.34 dodge Garden Pro! Member # 6964 posted                       SUCKERS ON THE AV PLANTS...... I THINK THE SUCKERS ............ARE US!!! DODGE * * * * ''''Those who live in the Lord Never See Each Other For The Last Time!'''' Plants: 3279 | From: Rural - Western Pennsylvania | Registered: Oct 2005  |  Seeded: 198.77.40.99 mrsmessy Super Gardener Member # 6123 posted                       I think maybe what you think of as suckers are just little AV's forming. You can leave them, they don't hurt anything and make the plant look fuller until they are actually large enough to separate without doing any damage. Take a look through the past threads for some of the AV ones - Barleychown has posted some good ones. * * * * Bev Plants: 720 | From: Georgia | Registered: Jul 2005  |  Seeded: 205.188.116.9 barleychown AV Queen Member # 1392 posted                       Hi there! Sorry I didn't see this post sooner. Yes, those are suckers! Good eye. Now, you need to decide what you want to do with them? Do you want to remove them to make a new plant, or do you just want to remove them to promote better growth on the main stem? * * * * We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are. Plants: 6287 | From: S. Lane Co., Oregon | Registered: Aug 2003  |  Seeded: 69.1.116.184 Amany Dream Gardener Member # 7481 posted                       Hi Barley! No apology is necessary. I would like to remove them to make another plant. I don't want to harm the mommy plant though. Plants: 143 | From: Detroit, Michigan | Registered: Dec 2005  |  Seeded: 69.136.143.227 greenut Gardener Member # 8537 posted                       Don't worry about them. If you want another plant, just clip off an outer leaf with a little stem, stick in some fresh soil with some rootone and in a couple weeks you'll have a baby AV. Always remember never to run water on AV leaves and water from the bottom only and you'll be rewarded with beautiful blooms several times a year. Plants: 4 | From: Hastings, MI, USA | Registered: Apr 2006  |  Seeded: 4.225.245.182

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