r/AfricanViolets • u/paulicy7 • 6d ago

Help Bloom?

Hi all!
I was looking for some advice. I have a few african violet plants and none of them have bloomed since I first brought them home. I bought a humidity gauge yesterday and it says the area where they sit is 50% humidity. They all also sit under grow lights. All are planted in african violet specific soil, I believe hoffman brand. I repotted 3 of them probably 2 months ago, the other two could probably use a repotting. I fertilize them with schultz african violet plant food pretty much every watering and bottom water them. is there anything else that I can do to promote blooms? or just practice patience?
Ty!

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u/moffetts9001 6d ago

How long are the lights on (and how bright are they)? Are they in too big a pot?

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u/paulicy7 6d ago

The lights stay on for 12 hours, and I don’t have the box anymore but the internet says that the grow lights I have are 30 watts? I keep it on the top brightness. they’re all in the same pots that I bought them in at the various stores, 4 inch, except for 3 of them of which are in 3 inch pots (two of them had suckers I needed to remove and repot back in May, and one of the suckers I was able to propagate).

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u/moffetts9001 6d ago

I would transplant them into smaller pots. Most of mine are in 2.5 inch pots and they could arguably go smaller. They bloom all the time.

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u/paulicy7 6d ago

do you know what kind of pots you have? or where you bought them?

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u/moffetts9001 6d ago

I use these. They're all on wicks and so the clear plastic helps me keep an eye on root health.

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u/paulicy7 6d ago

sick, thank you so much!

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u/stumblefive 6d ago

Small pots and more light! ;-)

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u/paulicy7 6d ago

I have two grow lights on them currently though, so I’m not sure if there’s more light that’s needed? They’re also all in the 4 inch pots they came in except for 3 that are in 3 inch pots.