I had this African violet for quite a while and it was all wilting and dying. Our credit union president at work has several beautiful blooming violets in his office. I asked him how he gets them to grow so good. He said I should put mine inside a bigger container and put the water in the outside container. Here it is three months later starting to bloom and looking pretty healthy. My Mom always had such beautiful African violets and now I will too. I guess you just have to listen to the growing secrets.