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barleychown:
So, you started an african violet leaf, it rooted, and now you have babies!

First, this is a picture of "mouse ears", a newly emerged baby...



Here's one of a little older baby...



And a tray full of rooted leaves. Can you spot the babies?

barleychown:
Now, when the a few of the baby's leaves get AT LEAST the size of a dime, it's time to separate them and give them their own pot.

Here's a pot full of babies...the mother leaf was removed a few weeks ago. You have two choices with the mother leaf...you can either cut it away when the babies are of good size, and let them continue to grow for another week or two, OR you can separate the mother leaf and babies all at the same time, and use the mother leaf again. It's up to you.

barleychown:


Looks like a big clump, right?



But, if you slowly start to sort the leaves, and trace them back to where they begin from, you can start to see how many babies you have...

barleychown:
If you start to tug very gently, the baby and it's roots will start to pull away from the rest...



Continue separating babies, and tugging them apart...



Until you get them all separate...

barleychown:
Make sure you label and date the pot the baby will be going into, and then plant it...



The dime is there for leaf size comparisons...




This group of babies is actually a little smaller than I normally separate them, but I needed a model.

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