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Do you grow a vintage violent any differently than say a regular african...

I have aquired my first vintage violet and am wondering if you grow the vintage any differently than say other african violets ? Im just making sure I dont want to do anything to harm it . Thanks in...

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Hello.  I've always used the same exact method.  Maybe other do something different, if they do I'd sure like to know too.  So which new vintage did you get?

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I believe that a vintage violet by definition is any cultivar that has been in existence for 25 years or longer.  I've always treated my vintage violets the same as my other standards.  Same...

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It is called Nortex snowkist haven .

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Re: Do you grow a vintage violent any differently than say a regular african...

If anything, I've noticed that some of my vintage violets are less picky about conditions. Tommie Lou, for example, seems much more cold tolerant than a lot of the newer varieties.

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You're right.  I have Double Black Cherry that's really tough.  Come to think of it, the vintage one's that I have is really tolerant of bad things that happens to them, drying out, over-fertilized,...

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Re: Do you grow a vintage violent any differently than say a regular african...

Cathy, You do have another V.V. Canadian moonlight (CA. 247, 1979) 

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Re: Do you grow a vintage violent any differently than say a regular african...

no shari sorry the one I did get died . I talked to the elderly lady at the flea market and she told me that they are hard to come by and she did not know where to get one at all .

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Re: Do you grow a vintage violent any differently than say a regular african...

sorry to hear this Cathy,,, did she say if she still grows it? I would suppose if anyone who knows any members of the Toronto african violet society it might be found there.

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I can ask, when next we meet (Nov 8) But I am likely to forget, between now and then. Please send me an e-mail 1 or 2 days before, and remind me Cheers. Arthur. .  

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Re: Do you grow a vintage violent any differently than say a regular african...

well my vintage bit the dust and I tried everything to make it happy but sadly it still went to the great violet haven in the sky ...I hope to get another vintage at some time but this one just did...

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