Are'nt these Succulents?

[Phil_SK]

Mine was fixed (in firefox) by installing a dictionary: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo ... tionary-2/

[Rika]

I'm very interested in growing rosulate violets. However, none of the seeds I bought ever germinated. Any trick to that?

[Darren S]

Alpine growers have been attempting these and mostly failing for decades. Sometimes one appears at an Alpine show in flower but very rarely.

To germinate the seed you need to soak it for 24 hours in a 500ppm solution of Gibberellic acid (GA3) (you can sometimes buy it on ebay) then put the seeds in damp filter paper in the fridge for several weeks until the roots show, then pot them up. I have done this with a few species and it works well. Rosulate viola seem to be one of the few plants with an absolute requirement for Gibberellic acid for germination.

They are, however, extremely difficult to get past the cotyledon stage and they need maximum light at all times or they will etiolate badly. Sadly, if you overdo it with the GA3 this just makes the etiolation worse.

[habanerocat]

I'm very interested in growing rosulate violets. However, none of the seeds I bought ever germinated. Any trick to that?

Certainly nice plants. Never came across them before.

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[habanerocat]

Mine was fixed (in firefox) by installing a dictionary: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo ... tionary-2/

Thanks for the link. I had tried loading a dictionary before but must have been a different link. Worked this time.

Thanks again.

[Tony R]

Thanks Phil.
Dictionary is great - works a treat - does not recognise DaveW though, wants to change him to Waved

[DaveW]

My hair used to be waved at one time Tony, but it waved goodbye some time ago.

I have all the spellchecker turned on, but still it does not work. However I found this:-

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2584 ... -10-a.html

[Tony R]

My hair used to be waved at one time Tony, but it waved goodbye some time ago.

Mine too!