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Growing and care of African violet plants in pots indoor/outdoor in USA

The African violet plant is a native African perennial plant that people consider a houseplant. In my experience, it is good for indoor decoration but needs some attention in odd climate conditions. 

These plants are easy to grow in Southern parts of the USA too. 

Don't worry if it is not a Native American plant, I'll help you to grow it in your pots. 

African violet growing in pots

African violet plants are easy to grow in pots and more effective to take care of in separate areas. It can live 40 to 50 years in a life. The best thing about this plant is that for decoration purposes, you can grow it indoors. 

growing African violet plants in pots in USA

Now, let's being with its identification and features, then we'll understand the growing process. 

Properties of African violet plant

The African violet plant leaves are round-shaped with very small cutting patterns at their boundaries. These leaves can become 4 inches bigger but remain in the same color throughout the growing in dark green color. Different varieties can have different colors of leaves but not different than dark green to light green. 

It produces dark shiny violet color flowers at the top. A single plant can have multiple buds and they will turn into blooming flowers. These flowers contain a pair of yellow seeds in the mid. 

In enough moisture and humidity, these flower petals look shiny and smooth.

Requirements to grow

Apart from growing conditions, you need a proper setup for gardening African violet including tools, particular soil, fertilizers, temperature, etc. 

  • Tools required

You need only basic tools to grow African violet plants in pots. Small cultivator, spraying bottle, soil filter, etc. 

  • Containers

For initial growth, you can follow seeding with small nursery containers. These containers can be of plastic, rubber, or wooden. 

For post-germination growth and later growth, you need bigger containers for transplantation. Containers should be lightweight and easily portable. The overall depth of the pots should be 8 to 10 inches.

  • Materials required 

You only need organic materials to prepare an enough fertile soil mixture. It is always comfortable for African violet plants to grow in slightly acidic and drain soil. 

With garden soil, you need organic compost/vermicompost, sand, etc. 

  • Climate and temperature 

For African violet plants, we need high humidity and bright and moderate sunlight. In the daytime, better to keep it in light sunlight spots. It can't handle too intense sunlight or shade. 

We can grow it in warm climates easily with moderate temperatures. It should be between 62 F to 85 F for blooming flowers and keep growing naturally. Humidity shouldn't vary drastically during its mid-growth and flower blooming. It is good to keep it grow it above 40% humidity. 

Process of growing it in pots

I'm here to guide you step by step that how to grow African violet in pots. Don't worry, I'll suggest you and will give you caring tips as well in various seasons. Follow the steps below- 

Step 1- Prepare a soil mixture first with 1:1:1 of loamy or garden soil, compost, and sand respectively. Spray some water to make it moist. Fill it in the nursery pots and gently pinch the seeds in every soil cup. If moisture is very low in the soil then spray more water on these. Remember, don't wet the soil.

Step 2- Keep the plants in bright sunlight and let them develop roots. After a couple of weeks, seeds will start germination/sprouting in these cups. 

Step 3- After 2 to 4 weeks, plants will start sprouting so let them grow about 3 to 5 inches. It will take a couple of more weeks. During this period, don't fertilize or irrigate your plants. 

Step 4- Now, you can transplant 3 to 5 inches plants in bigger and wider pots. Take the same size or bigger pots I've suggested above.

Step 5- Prepare a new soil mixture this time for bigger pots. Take 2:2:1 of garden soil, compost, and sand. Mix them well. Spray some water. Fil it in the new pots. 

Step 6- Make the soil wet with young plants so you can easily pick them up from the small nursery cups. 

Step 7- Now, use a small cultivator tool to make space for the roots of young plants in bigger pots. This should be about 4 inches deep. Repeat this in every single pot. 

Step 8- Put the plants in these spaces in bigger pots and cover them with the same soil mixture. Spray some water and keep them in bright sunlight. 

Thus you can do your seeding to transplantation of African violet plants from seeds. 

Now, let's understand how to take care of your plants in various seasons.

Care of African violet plants

African plant care is a bigger task than growing and propagating it from seeds in pots. There are different challenges in the summer and winter seasons. So you need particular steps to follow to take care of plants. 

Summer care for African violet

I've got a couple of African violet plants. I found that they don't hesitate in a natural change in weather and humidity. But when temperature falls suddenly or humidity varies continuously, African violet plants need some attention and care during this period. The following tips may help you in summer- 

  • If the temperature is too hot outside, you can shift them indoors or at a place where you can maintain humidity artificially or naturally. 
  • Keep the plants away from the glass windows in summer during the afternoon period. If this work feels very annoying, then shift these where you can manage humidity and bright sunlight throughout the season.
  • Irrigate the African violet plants whenever you find the soil is dry. You can also spray some water in the air to provide comfort to the plants.
  • Fertilization of African violet plants is not necessary every month. Use organic compost when buds start to appear on the plants.

Winter care for African violet

In winter, African violet plants slow down their growth if you keep them outside. 

To provide them with comfortable conditions, you need some shifting and arrangements for them- 

  • Keep your African violet plants indoors during winter if there are due or overcast conditions. If you get sunlight in the daytime, then you can keep them outside without hesitation. 
  • I'll suggest you shift the plants to open areas inside the house instead of bedrooms. It looks nice for decoration but for better growth, you need to make a shift. 
  • Increase the irrigation duration in winter for African violet plants. It will not low down the soil temperature so plants will keep away from diseases and fungi. 
  • Fertilization in winter is not a necessary thing to do for African violet plants. If you see plant leaves changing color, then provide the sunlight for at least a few hours a day. 

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