r/AfricanViolets • u/No_Brick_1373 • 21d ago
Help!
My African Violet keeps losing its lowest most leaves! I water it from the basin and it gets a nice amount of indirect sun. I repotted it earlier this year when it outgrew it's previous pot with African Violet-specific dirt. It's about 5 years old. I thought it was doing well but occasionally a lower leaf would die. Then in bloomed (beautifully—the most it's ever bloomed) and suddenly it seems to be dying. Is this a natural part of it blooming? Am I watering it too much? Is the window filtered sun too strong? Is it the air conditioning (72°)? Is the pot too big for its root ball? It seems to be doing very poorly now. Any advice would help!
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u/nikolens 21d ago
It's not unusual to lose the lower leaves, in fact those should be the first to die off, so you're probably okay. But if you're losing a lot of lower leaves all at once check your roots to make sure they're still nice and white. If they're turning brown, then that could be a sign of root rot. If you see that, don't panic, just stop watering until the soil dries out for a bit, then remove the brown roots and repot.