Fall Violet Voice Hopefuls
August has begun and now its time to prepare for the Violet Voice Virtual Show in November.The first step in the schedule is to select the violets I hope to grow into show potentials. So I spent the...
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Jon, you've got a beautiful stable of violets to work with. This will be fun to follow. Good luck with all of them. I'd say you're half way there already. Bonnie
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Jon,You might consider making some plastic plant holders if you like working with them. See Newbie's Nook for instructions. These help hold up the foliage. However, when you take them off, many...
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Today a couple of the violets received a small amount of grooming. Dixie Celebration: Removed three leavesSmokey Moon: Placed a stake to move fill in small gap. Also thinking about removing the...
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Jon... THANKS for this post! I did groom, disbud, and repot some plants for the November Show... but forgot to take photos or post an update! Your plants look NICE! Not to say anything about your...
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8/24 This week has been an emotional rollercoaster. Life just gets tough sometimes you know? So thankfully most of the show hopefuls needed re-potting. Spent two days potting up violets into three...
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Jon, I'm sorry this has been a tough week. I understand. It is wonderful to be able to escape into the violet world isn't it. I hope that things will begin getting better for you and yours. Sending...
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Bonnie, that is just right: good wishes and positive energy! :) Jon, hang in there.... my gram always said: nothing worth doing is easy! :) And I do believe the efforts you put into something benefits...
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Lets get the bads news out of the way first: Lost some of the show hopefuls and project plants. Been experiencing bouts of spontaneous crown rot. Following is a list of plants recently lostSenks...
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Very nice, Jon! So sorry you've lost a couple of plants to crown rot. :( Hopefully, you'll be able to re-root the crowns you did save! :) Barbara
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Jon, even without flowers Woodland Sprite looks wonderful!!! The little pink blush on the Noid trailer is very charming...has it bloomed for you yet? I was wondering the color of the flower. I'm so...
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I love the leaves on Woodland Sprite. I was really tempted by that one on MrsJohn's list because of your pictures, but I finally decided I don't have the space for it right now. Your little NOID...
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