Friends, Here is my yearly reminder about the Best Variety List. Thanks for your help in responding...and if members of other AV groups could forward the same...
Floyd
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Apr 3, 2008 3:50 pm
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Good morning, everyone, HELP!! This has been discussed before, but I never really became involved because my daughter has always been here to water my plants...
Hi, Barb, Yes! What you suggested will work just fine. However, you should take off the blossoms when you cover with plastic so that they don't rot and rot...
Hi I am new to this group & would like to introduce myself. I live in eastern TN & love AV's. Would like to learn more about how to successfully grow them and...
Welcome Mary! Camille in San Antonio "M. Dube'" <eggsact2002@...> wrote: Hi I am new to this group & would like to introduce myself. I live in eastern TN...
Hello, Mary, Welcome to the group! It sounds as though you have the right idea about how to get started! You will enjoy a violet club meeting and make some...
Hi, everyone ~ I'd like to invite you to a judged African violet and related gesneriads show and sale in Portland, OR on Saturday, April 26. Sponsored by:...
I sowed some seeds about 4 months ago using a variegated mother. Within 3 weeks I got the first sprouts. I plucked them out of the seedling cup and added a...
Hi Dale! I had a similar experience with my last variegated cross and have since learned to keep all of my seed beds moist for several months after the first...
I wonder if some of them are just seasonal sprouters- depending on what their species parent or parentage was? I sowed a batch of Calico Print seedlings late...
Duh! I just realized Dale, you were speaking of AV seedlings. Why is it I see your name and automatically think of variegated streps ;o) Sky ... From:...
Sky, it's true that variegated streps can sprout 3 months later than their solid green siblings. Lately I've lacked enthusiasm for hybridizing variegated...
Janet, I also learned my lesson and use only distilled or R/O water to keep the seed beds moist. If one uses fertilizer in the water, then that increases the...
Yeah, I thought I had it all figured out. By crossing a var. with a multiflora species I would get a var. multiflora and could then work on bloom size because...
Just to let everyone know that Sharon Holtzman who hybridized the Newtown series of violets passed away yesterday. She will be missed by all violet lovers. ...
I am so sorry to hear that. Thank you for letting us know Brenda. Sky Just to let everyone know that Sharon Holtzman who hybridized the Newtown series of...
It seems an appropriate time to tell the story about how I came to have Newtown Grape Suzette. I saw a photo of it somewhere after it had been shown- perhaps...
I did not know Sharon, but that is such a nice story. I'm sure she will be missed by many, and I am sorry I missed the chace to know her. Thank you for...
Hello, I did not know Sharon, either, but I wanted to say that it is one of the nice things about avconnectionn that people can share their reminiscences about...
How many generations have you guys gone? I'm assuming flowers count isn't a straight recessive or yiu could get what you wa t in 2 generations. If there are...
Hi, everyone ~ In previous years I've had requests for the list of commercials planning on selling at the AVSA convention. We're just about 5 weeks away from...
Oshkosh Violet Society 28th annual show & sale May 3, 10am-4:30pm May 4, 9:30am-3:00pm St.Josaphat Church Hall(corner of Spruce St. & Congress Ave.) Oshkosh,...
The Quad Cities AVS had their annual show and sale this past week-end with beautiful entries. Even after promising myself I would not BUY more I fell for the...
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