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Welcome to my Sunroom
- What’s been happening the past 2+ years
- I’m so excited to be back with you after all this time :-)
- Ted Yoder broke the Internet! If you haven’t seen his amazing video, click here.
- You can now subscribe to the podcast here on the website and I encourage you to do so – click the “hamburger” link up in the left corner and the sidebar will open for you!
- You also might want to follow All About African Violets on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. Links for them are up on the top left!
- There are all sort of new things happening – be sure to check out the Show ‘n Tell tab, above, if you’d like to share your growing spaces and plants with All About African Violets.
Tips and Treasures
Questions:
- From Douglas: “I had an AV go through a very long and heavy blooming cycle, and now that it’s over the crown looks stunted. It’s not a pest or disease, I’m guessing it’s from lack of light. Will this recover, or is it time to start a new plant?”
- From a Million People: “When are the old episodes going to be back on the website?????”
A Look at the Stands
- A more in-depth look for our first look in quite some time.
- What’s still here??
- What’s new??
- And YES, if you were looking closely, there WAS a sucker on Fisherman’s Paradise ;-D
Get the Bail Money Ready
It’s spring – there are tons of events coming up! More details on the following shows can be found on the AVSA website on their Events page.
- Dixie African Violet Society, 04/04/2018 to 04/07/2018, Birmingham, AL
- Early Bird Violet Club 04/04/2018 to 04/07/2018, Birmingham, AL
- Minnesota African Violet Society of America, 04/06/2018 to 04/07/2018, Blaine, MN
- Windsor African Violet Society, 04/07/2018 Windsor, CT
- African Violet Club of Morris County, 04/07/2018 to 04/08/2018, Morristown, NJ
- Richmond African Violet Society, 04/13/2018 to 04/15/2018, Richmond, VA
- Thimble Islands AVS, 04/14/2018, Brandford, CT
- Cincinnati AVS and AVS of Dayton, 04/14/2018 to 04/15/2018, Cincinnati, OH
- Metropolitan St. Louis African Violet Council, 04/14/2018 to 04/15/2018, St. Louis, MO
Keep Moving Forward
Thank you for joining me. I’m looking forward to great third season!
Remember, you can leave questions using the “Ask Annie” form in the Show ‘n Tell tab, in the comments below, or on our Facebook page. If I don’t know the answer, I know someone who will :-)
Welcome back! I look forward to sharing tea with you on your sunroom on a regular basis!
Geneva, thank you!
I’m very curious about what you do with powdery mildew. I have had issues with PM on mainly my streps. Nothing I do gets rid of it. I’ve almost decided to just chuck them. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it or once a plant is affected is all lost?
Glad to see you back.
Wendy, thank you! I will discuss Powdery Mildew further on the podcast, but what I’ve just tried is a product called Immunox. And no, powdery mildew is not always a death sentence.
It was great fun seeing what’s on the stands and I look forward to spending a couple Sunday’s a month with you.
Thank you Janice!
Thank-you Annie for resuming your excellent podcast series. I feel like I am not alone in growing my violets. Seeing your amazingly clean and organized growing areas has inspired me to try to clean up my own! ;-) I do have two comments though:
1. I was delighted to see the S. Brevipilosa Mather No.10 and it’s beautiful veining. Up to now I thought that in the species only S.Tongwensis had that lighter veining…. so that was a treat!
2. You mentioned trying Lysol for your powdery mildew on Precious Red. One thing that has worked for me in the past is putting a ceramic dish containing garden sulfur and pouring hot water on the sulfur. The vapours are often enough to kill the mildew spores, something I have found to be more effective than Lysol. In this case, I would even cover this plant and sulfur dish in a dome to maximize the effectiveness.
Looking forward to your next podcast!
Sayeh, thank you! You were not the only person to mention horticultural sulphur. Not having any understanding of chemistry, and based on feedback from a number of other growers, I decided to go with Immunox rather than Lysol. I will be reporting back!
great episode glad you are back
Cathy, Thank you!
Woo hoo! The email notification came in on my phone while I was at church. I couldn’t wait to get home to see you again!!!
:-D You’re cracking me up!
Awesome to have you back! your podcast was one of the resources i valued very much when i first started out. and now, four years later, i am still looking forward to new episodes :)
my stands are a bit more crowded than what would be ideal, but i may actually have a handful of plants to enter in next weeks show in Toronto! the rest are plants i am growing for the club sale, so it’s all good, and more space on the horizon…
My own hybrids are growing steadily, though aren’t much to write home about…. still, if you’re pressed for interesting subjects to talk about – pollinating something, watching the pods grow, and then sowing them – what a journey :)
i even grow a few of the varieties on your stands. should be fun to watch them develop. Cajun’s mckenna trail is heading to the show, whilst champagne pink is starting over from crowns and jersey snowflakes is but a baby (did you give me the idea to order it? hmmm…. )
happy Easter!
Karin
Karin, thank you! And I’m so glad to hear that the podcast helped you while you were learning to grow. Will look forward to you sharing your plants here! And you’re hybridizing! That’s very exciting!
Thank you! Love love love that you are back!
You’re welcome, Sue, and thank you, too. I’m very happy to be back :-)
Only one thing missing. Limit your collection!
:-D You are not the first person to mention this to me :-D
I am so, so happy you have this podcast up and running again. I cannot believe the last time you aired a podcast was in 2015.
I last watched the podcast in Texas and I now live in New York. Growing conditions are indeed different from one one state to the orher. I am growing several othet gesneriads this time around, as well.
Expect I will have lots of questions too!
Hugs Annie :)
Jeff – thank you! I do know what it’s like to be growing in an entirely new climate. It brings its own set of challenges for sure. I hope you’ll ask your questions and give me the opportunity to share – plenty of growers have had to do this.
Annie, It’s great to “see” you again! You are doing an amazing job with Paula’s Fidgety Frankie. Thank you so much for growing it in your conditions and propagating it for me. I am so happy it’s blooming true and doing well for you.
As a hybridizer, I will only be registering plants that do well for show growers. Stay tuned for more hybrids, I am observing over 200 seedlings at the moment and will be doing more crosses.
Thank you, my friend. I’m very honored to be growing Paula’s Fidgety Frankie :-) And I’m very excited to hear that you have so many seedlings waiting in the wings!! Wow!
So happy that you are taking the plunge again! I know everyone is looking forward to them. See you in Buffalo!
Carolee! Thank you so much :-) Looking forward to seeing you in Buffalo, too!!