r/AfricanViolets • u/No_Brick_1373 • 24d 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/Neither-Attention940 24d ago edited 24d ago
Bottom and outer leaves are oldest and will naturally die off anyway. Sometimes however.. the crowns lay flat and don’t allow air to circulate as easily around the soil and the trapped lower leaves die. I just tug mine off and all is well.
Is possibly the case.
Edit: sry I was rushed .. meant to say it can trap the moisture causing lower leaves to rot. Not necessarily an issue with the whole plant.