violets

I have removed all the old petioles that were rooting in plastic sub-irrigated containers, and gently separated out the baby African Violet plants. Eight in all, which got potted up into their own spaces. In the tiny clay pots with juice-jug lids as drip trays, for now. They look lovely lined up on the windowsill near the old, parent plant.

The oldest one, sprawling and huge, was starting to look very poorly with yellowing older leaves below and what appears to be a grey fuzz spreading in the crown. I'm probably going to have to throw that one out, but in an attempt to save have trimmed off all the offending foliage, cut out the crown, and am letting it dry out more between waterings. If it dies, no great loss as the plenty of offspring are looking healthy and growing fast now.