We are going to remove a couple of suckers from Lady Baltimore in this project. Suckers usually develope in the first year on a violet, tending to warp the parent if let grow on. They should be removed so the parent plant can get on to the business of developing symmetrically and put on a show in the form of blossoms.
Suckers develop at the crease where the leaf meets the stem.
Lady Baltimore has two good sized suckers now and a few more developing. Use a sharp knife to carefully cut the sucker away from the mother plant. Here is all the extra baggage this poor lady was carrying, and trying to feed. Notice she almost thankfully spreads out so where the sucker was removed is visible only by the cut. She now can put all her energy into herself, for growing and in blooming.