{"id":24,"date":"2026-06-09T21:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-06-09T21:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:18:43","slug":"trial-run-germinating-some-saintpaulia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/trial-run-germinating-some-saintpaulia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Run: germinating some Saintpaulia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t really used this blog much: here’s a quick update on growing out some Saintpaulia<\/em> seed. I purchased the seeds from\u00a0Passioflora<\/a> and\u00a0Nadeau’s African Violets<\/a> (no connection to me, of course!) I did get a few seeds from yellow varieties from the former. I’m most excited for whatever comes up with RS-Zhar Ptitsa.<\/p>\n

African violet seeds are definitely on the finer side, which makes sowing somewhat fraught. I more or less followed the protocol outlined by Nadeau’s. To a translucent deli container was added about an inch’s depth of peat-based potting soil, packed down firmly with a fist. The potting soil was then moistened with approx 4 tbsp of water. Nadeau says that adequately hydrated peat should have visible condensation 24 h. after closing the container: which I got! The seeds were then transferred onto an index card, folded lengthwise to a shallow ‘V’, and then dispersed from the card to the surface of the peat by gently tapping the paper. This was all done above a sheet of printer paper to catch wayward seeds. Right now, they are sitting under the LED lights I use for most of my Saintpaulia<\/em>. Apparently they need warmth and light to sprout. Nadeau recommends 75 to 80 F: I don’t have A\/C so ambient temperature at this time of year should be perfect \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Here is the jist of the whole operation: not exactly rocket science here\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One thing I will have to remember to do is to use supplemental fertilization for the emerging seedlings. I don’t know how much is really in the potting mix, and the tiny seeds with meager cotyledons don’t have enough nutrition to really fuel the nascent plants. I will use the same spray I use for my orchids.<\/p>\n

In two to three weeks we should see results, and 6 to 7 months, the first blooms. Will keep you guys updated…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t really used this blog much: here’s a quick update on growing out some Saintpaulia seed. I purchased the seeds from\u00a0Passioflora and\u00a0Nadeau’s African Violets (no connection to me, of course!) I did get a few seeds from yellow varieties from the former. I’m most excited for whatever comes up with RS-Zhar Ptitsa. African violet … Continue reading Trial Run: germinating some Saintpaulia?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"description":"{{My first attempt at growing out some Saintpaulia (African Violet) seeds}}","title":"Trial Run: germinating some Saintpaulia? - jakszg"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-av"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jakszg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}