Hi folks , I am a new bie , and just joined to be part of your great list . I
live in the Texas Panhandle and found out about this list from Marge Savage and
the West Texas African Violet Society.
Thanks for allowing me to be a part of a group with such valualble information.
Janice Regier

 

Hi folks , I am a new bie , and just joined to be part of your great list . I live in the Texas Panhandle and found out about this list from Marge Savage and the West Texas African Violet Society.
Thanks for allowing me to be a part of a group with such valualble information.
Janice Regier

TODAY(Beta) •

We hope you'll join us for our annual show and sale in Northern Delaware this
Saturday. It's easily accessible from I-95 and all are welcome. (It's free).

What: A Great Show and Plant Sale

When: Saturday, March 31, 2012

Where: Northern Delaware, Boscov's Department Store – 2nd floor, Christiana Town
Center

Time: 10 AM – 5PM

Sponsor: Delaware African Violet & Gesneriad Society

GPS Address: (if you're driving) 361 West Main Street, Christiana, DE 19702

Sale Highlights: Plants from the Violet Gallery, Optimara, and Gary's
Specialty Plants - he's bringing the new Ladyslipper Streps (Dibley's). Also,
member grown plants at a reasonable price including a large number of unusual
gesneriads (Quentin Schlieder's bringing 100 of his beauties).

For the Kids: Boscov's is sponsoring an Easter Egg Grab beginning at 10 AM and
other Easter activities from 10 AM – 3 PM.  Details at
http://www.boscovs.com/static/about_boscov/stores_locations/christiana.html

For more information (about the show): bborleske@...  (302) 691-8487

Hope to see you there.
Mary Schaeffer

Hello, I have a problem which I would appreciate help with.
I have been using rain water successfully for several years, until about
last summer when we installed a deep well for our lawn irrigation. I had
the water analyzed and got an excellent report. I tested the new well
water on a few AV plants without any ill affects. When it stopped raining
in the fall ( and it hasn't rained much since) I found myself using the
well water for all of my plants and they are loving it with one
exception:  a lot of the new AVs are beginning to halo around the leaves'
edges. I began to sprinkle a few grains of Magnesium Sulphate into the
water of those haloing. The centers and new growth is growing out green
and healthy. However, the old leaves which are haloing don't change,
which means they have to be removed practically to the crown.
Something is missing in the well water that my plants need for green and
healthy leaves.
My question: I'm realizing that I should add something to the water from
the baby stage on to prevent the haloing from the start.
Is there any advice on how to handle this problem? Otherwise the plants
are healthy and growing well.
Thanks, Christel
____________________________________________________________
53 Year Old Mom Looks 33
The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried
http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f72616e1d30d2705789st05vuc

I'm back to growing african violets.....  i have ten plants for starter... which
I got from an old friend of mine who's responsible at introducing these lovely
plants here in the philippines.
Its good start that I had read dealing about av's w/ long necks... I had three
w/ long necks and suckers ... but currently won't have any plans of repotting
them yet since they're are profusely bloomers..

Try this link:

http://optimara.com/doctoroptimara/10121-10304/10300.html

> In a message dated 3/27/2012 7:55:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> collierc1@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Hello, I have a problem which I would appreciate help with.
> I have been  using rain water successfully for several years, until about
> last summer  when we installed a deep well for our lawn irrigation. I had
> the water  analyzed and got an excellent report. I tested the new well
> water on a few  AV plants without any ill affects. When it stopped raining
> in the fall (  and it hasn't rained much since) I found myself using the
> well water for  all of my plants and they are loving it with one
> exception: a lot of the  new AVs are beginning to halo around the leaves'
> edges. I began to sprinkle  a few grains of Magnesium Sulphate into the
> water of those haloing. The  centers and new growth is growing out green
> and healthy. However, the old  leaves which are haloing don't change,
> which means they have to be removed  practically to the crown.
> Something is missing in the well water that my  plants need for green and
> healthy leaves.
> My question: I'm realizing  that I should add something to the water from
> the baby stage on to prevent  the haloing from the start.
> Is there any advice on how to handle this  problem? Otherwise the plants
> are healthy and growing well.
> Thanks,  Christel
> __________________________________________________________
> 53  Year Old Mom Looks 33
> The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox  Doctors Worried
> _http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f72616e1d30d2705789st05vuc_
> (http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f72616e1d30d2705789st05vuc)
>

 

Try this link:

http://optimara.com/doctoroptimara/10121-10304/10300.html

> In a message dated 3/27/2012 7:55:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> collierc1@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Hello, I have a problem which I would appreciate help with.
> I have been using rain water successfully for several years, until about
> last summer when we installed a deep well for our lawn irrigation. I had
> the water analyzed and got an excellent report. I tested the new well
> water on a few AV plants without any ill affects. When it stopped raining
> in the fall ( and it hasn't rained much since) I found myself using the
> well water for all of my plants and they are loving it with one
> exception: a lot of the new AVs are beginning to halo around the leaves'
> edges. I began to sprinkle a few grains of Magnesium Sulphate into the
> water of those haloing. The centers and new growth is growing out green
> and healthy. However, the old leaves which are haloing don't change,
> which means they have to be removed practically to the crown.
> Something is missing in the well water that my plants need for green and
> healthy leaves.
> My question: I'm realizing that I should add something to the water from
> the baby stage on to prevent the haloing from the start.
> Is there any advice on how to handle this problem? Otherwise the plants
> are healthy and growing well.
> Thanks, Christel
> __________________________________________________________
> 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33
> The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried
> _http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f72616e1d30d2705789st05vuc_
> (http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f72616e1d30d2705789st05vuc)
>

 

You're welcome Christel.

Jana in Indiana

--- In avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com, Christel H Collier <collierc1@...> wrote:
>
> WOW! Thank you!  I didn't know this web existed. It states the
> information I'm looking for.  I strongly suspect that my well water is
> the problem. Nothing else changed.
> Christel
>
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:42:42 -0000 "crazycavy1" <CRAZYCAVY@...>
> writes:
>
> Try this link:
>
> http://optimara.com/doctoroptimara/10121-10304/10300.html
>

Thanks so much , for the Welcome.
Is this list not so active ? Or is it just me ? Maybe I am missing out ?
The last post I see is March 12th .
Thanks,
Janice Regier
>
>
>
>
>

 

Thanks so much , for the Welcome.
Is this list not so active ? Or is it just me ? Maybe I am missing out ?
The last post I see is March 12th .
Thanks,
Janice Regier
>
>
>
>
>

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I grow most of my violets under lights.  I have two 48" shop lights (4 tubes)
set up over a 24" X 48" space.  I have seen that many people seem to be using
only two tubes in their plant stands.  It seems to me that 2 tubes would not be
enough light and yet many people are growing beautiful violets with that type of
lighting or am I mistaken.  Also I usually have the lights on for 14 hours per
day.  My violets are growing well with my conditions but it would certainly be
cheaper to use less light.  What are people's observations on how much light and
how long.
Thanks for taking the time to give me some feed back on this.
Wendy

 

I grow most of my violets under lights. I have two 48" shop lights (4 tubes) set up over a 24" X 48" space. I have seen that many people seem to be using only two tubes in their plant stands. It seems to me that 2 tubes would not be enough light and yet many people are growing beautiful violets with that type of lighting or am I mistaken. Also I usually have the lights on for 14 hours per day. My violets are growing well with my conditions but it would certainly be cheaper to use less light. What are people's observations on how much light and how long.
Thanks for taking the time to give me some feed back on this.
Wendy

Morning Wendy

I have four 2light stands in my Violet room , I have them on for 12 hours a day until a couple of month or so before our show and then gradually  set them for 16 hours just before the show. I have been growing them for  almost 25 years this way and have won many awards. You most likely could get more plants under a 4 light stand but as you say the expense is much more. Hope this helps.

-----Original Message-----
From: wcviolets
Sent: Apr 30, 2012 12:42 AM
To: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com
Subject: AVC Lighting question

 

I grow most of my violets under lights. I have two 48" shop lights (4 tubes) set up over a 24" X 48" space. I have seen that many people seem to be using only two tubes in their plant stands. It seems to me that 2 tubes would not be enough light and yet many people are growing beautiful violets with that type of lighting or am I mistaken. Also I usually have the lights on for 14 hours per day. My violets are growing well with my conditions but it would certainly be cheaper to use less light. What are people's observations on how much light and how long.
Thanks for taking the time to give me some feed back on this.
Wendy

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-----Original Message-----
From: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com [mailto:avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of wcviolets
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:43 AM
To: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com
Subject: AVC Lighting question

I grow most of my violets under lights.  I have two 48" shop lights (4
tubes) set up over a 24" X 48" space.  I have seen that many people seem to
be using only two tubes in their plant stands.  It seems to me that 2 tubes
would not be enough light and yet many people are growing beautiful violets
with that type of lighting or am I mistaken.  Also I usually have the lights
on for 14 hours per day.  My violets are growing well with my conditions but
it would certainly be cheaper to use less light.  What are people's
observations on how much light and how long.
Thanks for taking the time to give me some feed back on this.
Wendy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi Wendy & welcome to our group.
You don't mention where you are, I have lived in NY and now have been in FL
for the past 16yrs.

In NY I used regular shop lights with (2) 48" cool white bulbs. Since the
weather was cooler up there I ran my lights 10hrs per day on timers. Just
before a show there was incremental increases to 12hrs then 14hrs. I did
that for more than 20 years and had lovely plants with many awards.

Now in FL I'm using the wide spaced light fixtures but I still use the (2)
48" cool white bulbs on timers. It's hotter down here even with a/c & I
still keep my lights on for 10hrs but do not necessarily increase before
show. My shelves are the same dimensions as yours and my plants are doing
just fine and in constant bloom.

Don't be discouraged...I do hope that you're feeding your plants and
repotting at least once a year. Your plants will "tell" you if you need to
make any adjustments.

Happy Growing & good luck, Martha Spyridon

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From: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com [mailto:avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SAFarnum@...
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 10:08 PM
To: avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: AVC Lighting question

Hello, again,

 

In my setup, it is 8-9 inches from the TOP of the plant to the light fixture.  I grow mainly standards.  I have a couple of miniatures, which I have propped up so that they are about the same distance from the lights.

 

Wishing you good growing!   Sylvia (in Minnesota)

 

In a message dated 5/1/2012 8:54:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, aliforrest1953@... writes:

 

--- On Tue, 5/1/12, Wendy Cooper <wcooper222@...> wrote: From: Wendy Cooper <wcooper222@...> Subject: Re: AVC Lighting question To: "avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com" <avconnectionn@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 7:02 PM   Thanks to all that told me about their growing setups.  I think one of the things I must do is get some warmth in my space as the lights are set up in a cool basement...stays cool most of the summer as well.  I just set up a heating mat to just improve the growing space.  Then I will see what the light needs are.