Results of 12/12/04 Inspection
Mood:  celebratory
Here are the results of my inspection of the AV leaves conducted on 12/12/04. The following definitions are used:
Long roots=Roots >1? or longer.
Medium roots=Roots between <1? and >1/4?.
Short roots=Roots <1/4?.
Many=More than 5.
Few=5 or less.
Bottom=Roots growing out of bottom of stem along cut edge.
Side=Roots growing along whole side of stem.
Babies=Little leaves growing out of the stem of the original parent leaf.
Notes in italics are notes that are either interesting or different from most AV leaves.

For the first 24 leaves (in water and in paper towels), I was able to inspect the roots on each leaf. For leaves 25-60 I was unwilling to remove the leaves from the soil mixtures, so my observations were limited to anything showing on or above the soil.

STALK SUSPENDED IN WATER ONLY
1-2 long roots, many short roots, bottom. 6 babies (about 1/4? long) protruding from bottom underwater.
2-LEAF DEAD.
3-2 long roots, many medium roots, bottom. 3 medium roots growing on middle of stem on top of plastic, suspected due to sitting water along slit in plastic.
4-LEAF DEAD.
5-2 long roots, many medium roots, bottom. 6 babies (about 1/4? long) protruding from bottom underwater.
6-3 VERY long roots, many short roots, bottom.
7-6 long roots, many medium roots, bottom. 8 babies (about 1/4? long) protruding from bottom underwater. Leaf is limp and turning brown.
8-5 long roots, many medium roots, bottom. Leaf is limp and turning brown.
9-4 long roots, many medium roots, bottom. 3 babies (about 1/4? long) protruding from bottom underwater.
10-4 long roots, many medium roots, bottom.
11-1 long root, many short roots, bottom.
12-2 long roots, many short roots, bottom.

STALK PLACED IN DAMP PAPER TOWEL
13-6 long roots, few short roots, bottom.
14-5 long roots, few short roots, bottom. 8 babies (1 about ?? long, 7 about 1/8? long).
15-Few medium roots, many short roots, side. Large amount of mold on bottom of stem, pinched off bottom ?? of stem. Leaf is very limp.
16-Many long roots, side. Light slightly limp.
17-Few long roots, bottom. 4 babies (about ?? long) protruding from bottom.
18-4 long roots, few short roots, bottom. 8 babies (about ?? long) protruding from bottom.
19-Many short roots, side. Leaf is very limp and turning brown.
20-LEAF DEAD.
21-2 long roots, few short roots, bottom. 1 baby (about ?? long).
22-3 long root, few short roots, bottom. 5 babies (about 1/8? long) protruding from bottom. During the process of changing the paper towel, the roots stuck to the paper towel and were torn off the leaf. I attempted to put them back on the leaf in the faint hope that they will reattach and grow, however, this leaf is in the process of being removed from this experiment.
23-2 long roots, many short roots, side. Leaf is very limp.
24-Many short roots, side. Leaf is very limp.

STALK BURIED IN A 50% PEAT MOSS/50% PERLITE MIXTURE
25-No babies.
26-LEAF DEAD.
27-No babies.
28-No babies.
29-No babies.
30-No babies.
31-No babies.
32-No babies.
33-2 babies protruding from soil (about ?? diameter leaves).
34-No babies.
35-No babies. 3 short roots ?? above soil on stem, suspected due to rooting compound on stem.
36-No babies.

STALK BURIED IN AFRICAN VIOLET POTTING SOIL
37-No babies.
38-No babies.
39-No babies.
40-LEAF DEAD.
41-No babies.
42-No babies.
43-No babies.
44-No babies.
45-No babies.
46-No babies.
47-No babies.
48-No babies.

STALK BURIED IN NORMAL POTTING SOIL
49-No babies.
50-No babies.
51-LEAF DEAD.
52-2 babies protruding from soil (about ?? diameter leaves). Although leaf is still strong enough to stand upright, it is turning brown at the top.
53-No babies.
54-No babies.
55-No babies.
56-No babies.
57-No babies.
58-No babies.
59-No babies.
60-No babies.

NOTES:
-The paper towels used for AV?s 13-24 were changed out due to the presence of mold.
-Due to the large number of babies present, I am going to increase my inspection frequency to weekly. I will also change the format of my data post to include only the number of babies. Any BIG change in the root system will be put in italics in future posts.
-In the first post, I stated that I was recording temperatures. After 2 weeks, I stopped recording temperatures due to the fact that nobody will copy this experiment so closely as to account for temperatures. Now I only try to maintain the temperature above 60F. I am using the heater in the garage aimed at the shelves for 7 ? hours each night in order to keep temperatures above 60F.

CONCLUSIONS (AND REASONING)
-No new conclusions this inspection, just confirmation of the conclusions stated in the last post.