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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comMy beautiful AV is dying and I’ve done everything I know to do. It was happy until winter. Also, the outside of the pot has developed a white substance like flaky dried toothpaste. What is that? This is a self-watering pot. I plan to re-pot today and see what happens.
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1 Comment To "African violets"
#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 02/26/2017 @ 8:02 am
The build up on the outside of your pot or the soil surface is likely excess salts; either from conditioned water or over fertilizing.
Use distilled water for your African Violets.
Here is an article to refresh you on the care requirements.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/african-violet/african-violet-care.htm [1]