# Question about African Violet soil/feeding

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**Created:** [May 29, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-african-violet-soil-feeding/689574 "2014-05-29T17:55:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-african-violet-soil-feeding/689574/1 "2014-05-29T17:55:14Z")

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Spent the early part of my day cleaning out my shed. What a horrible job, dirty, dusty, cobwebby, and a little buggy too!

I for some reason possess both African Violet soil, and fertilizer. I’m not sure where it came from, but I’m not about to take up cultivation of an African Violet and am wondering if I can use either of these products.

Like, what other plants could I likely use them with successfully, do you think?

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-african-violet-soil-feeding/689574/2 "2014-05-30T02:14:52Z")

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Warning: I aint no botanist, but I do have around a dozen African violets.

Here’s my two cents:  
The soil: anything that requires some aeration. Or just throw it in your yard, it’ll do fine.

The fertilizer: almost certainly any flowering plant. You’d need to check the label though in terms of how effective it would be with other plants. Again, if you don’t want it, just toss it on any ol’ outdoor garden, it can’t hurt.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-african-violet-soil-feeding/689574/3 "2014-05-30T03:42:31Z")

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Pretty much, exactly the info I was looking for, Thanks so much!