Another Long Neck?                                                                this page last updated 13/07/2009


This lady had been telling me for awhile now that she had a violet and was going to give it to me because it was not blooming anymore.  I asked her about the lighting,  the watering, fertilizing etc. and she told me she had been treating it the same since she got it.  She was wondering what kind of violet it was as there was some kind of rooted thing like a bulge or "corm" beside it.   She finally remembered it this past week and brought it to me.  When she left I went to look at it and this is what I found.

 

 

 

 


 
 I am trying to show you how the stem circled on the surface of the soil.
Well I think the pictures tell the story. This plant grew a long neck and the outer leaves were taken off as they dried and died.   The ?stem? collapsed with the weight of the plant and being as it was not watered properly,  it was trying to make do with what it was offered and began re-rooting itself.  Needless to say all the stem needed to be cut off  and dusted with a rooting hormone and planted in  a 2-1/2" pot with one part each of vermiculite,. perlite  and  peat.   
I have been reading email on VioletReflections that lead me to believe that most people do not know that Stim Root comes in three strengths.  One for woody cuttings, one for soft wood cuttings etc.  You must be sure to purchase and use the right one.

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