Anyone here grow African Violets?

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5. i used to have an addiction

At my peak madness, I had seven 4ft wide x 6 ft tall freestanding wire shelf units with lighting, that included rare AVs. Then, I had my first major attack of cyclamen mites about 5 years ago, and it's been downhill ever since. I did my best to save them using expensive pesticides, but lost most of them. I'm now reduced to two shelves in one shelf unit. It's so sad thinking of all the plants I've lost. I'm rebuilding my collection but going to keep it manageable and concentrate on minis and micro-minis (and perhaps a few chimeras).

Meanwhile, in the basement, a jungle of succulents is emerging! AArghhhh!

Edited to add:
Moral of the story is isolate all new plants from your collection for a couple of months.