On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 08:57:14 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:51:00 GMT, animaux
wrote:
Less watering is better than over watering. The single most killer of house
plants is over watering. I always water from the top, unless, as you said, it
is an African violet (which I gave up on).

Victoria
How should one water an African violet?

I bought my first recently, and I've only been watering on top, taking
care not to wet the leaves. I bought it from Franks, and it came in
a plastic container with no holes in the bottom. Should it be
transplanted?

It seems to be thriving -- the flower stems are about 3" tall now.

Swyck

Without a drainage hole the soil could become waterlogged. Definately
transplant it. African violets can be finicky about proper soil, pot,
fertilzer, water and light. I use plastic pots for AFs (clay for all
other plants) so the leaf stem touching the pot does not rot.