Various mistakes in care lead to rotting of the roots of Saintpaulia. This disease can lead to the death of the entire plant. How to save your favorite violet in a simple way?
Every lover of this magnificent plant has at least once faced such a problem that overnight the violet drops the lower leaves. At first glance, it seems that the plant needs watering. In the future, the leaves become lethargic, their structure and color change. They become wet and gray. This means that the plant got sick and the roots began to rot.
How to save and how to help? You can try to dry the soil and regulate watering, you can transplant it into a new land, you can "chew" drugs and try to treat root rot. But if the plant does not recover, then the likelihood that it will die is high. The easiest way would be this.
The top of the diseased plant is cut off above the diseased wilted leaves. The lower row of healthy leaves at the cut cutting is cut off and the crown (apical part) is lowered into water and rooted. It is important that the water does not touch the lower leaves of the cutting, and the tip of the stem is immersed in water no more than 1 … 1.5 cm. The rooted cut cutting is planted in new soil.
Healthy leaves torn off from the cutting can be tried to root in the usual way. As practice shows, such a radical method works reliably.
The main reasons that lead to the death of roots in Saintpaulias are: watering with cold water, heavy soil structure, a large pot, poor drainage, stagnant air or poor ventilation, a sudden change in temperature, excess fertilizer in the soil, cooling of the roots, draft, etc.
