Exacum affine
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sow / plantFlowering
Guides
- Growing Persian Violet From Seed: Germination, Transplanting seedlings and Raising Strong Young Plants
- Persian Violet Care Indoors: Light, Water and the Room It Actually Needs
- How to Keep a Persian Violet Flowering Longer: Deadheading, Light and Cool Air
- Persian Violet Through the Year: What to Do From Sowing to the End of Flowering
- Persian Violet Problems: Base Rot, Gray Mold, Whitefly and Bud Drop
Pests and diseases (4)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Gray Mold
Disease
Water-soaked brown lesions form on flowers, fruit and leaves, densely covered by a fuzzy gray mold. Fruit rots and drops, and decay continues in storage after harvest.
Necrotic MottleCrown BlightStunt Disease