repotting/transplanting succulents
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Comments (6)Thanks for the replies so far. The 5 or so times I've gone to go take good note of the exact varieties vs condition, I've meandered off track without mission accomplished (computer upstairs; plants outside; incomplete journaling!). I planted "many" varieties and am not very familiar with any in particular. Several of the older seeds didn't germinate... I'm getting names mixed up. What I can remember are the 2 that I have re-potted. 'Sweet Valentine' (hmm, or was that another red?!?). Most look ok, though it seems that they've grown or moved a little more out of the ground again (i.e. crown not down as far as I thought I put it). A couple of the stems below the crown/leaves (is there a specific name for that?) kind of disintegrated into nearly nothing. Maybe due to a few intermittent bouts of a bit of dehydration mixed with wet? I was hoping this sort of thing wouldn't be frequent (eg if some fungal or other troublesome organism caused more difficulty under more soil than some "ideal"). But several appear perky enough.... I maybe need to feed them a bit more too (so far only liquid seaweed at sowing & repotting, and liquid fish fertilizer at repotting). The other is 'Little Gem' - so far most look quite good, though these weren't the lankiest at repotting anyway. We seldom get weather such as yours ppod, but I'm planning to do more sowing of some varieties that claim to be more summer-suited than others. Sadly some of my mustards are bolting, not sure if that's heat or day length or what. I sowed some 'Big Red' mustard recently indoors under fluoro lights, and the stem below the cotyledons are really long (over an inch already, with no or only 1 set true leaves yet). They seem quite wispy to re-pot, but seems like I should try soon. I'll try to come back with more details, but at the rate I'm going, they may soon run out of steam. Do appreciate any chiming in....See MoreTo water or not to water JUST transplanted succulent?
Comments (11)Avoiding the tendency to gravitate toward watering your plants on a schedule grows increasingly important as your soil's water retention increases. More specifically, it becomes more critical as the amount of perched water the soil holds increases. On the opposite end, if your soil holds no or almost no perched water, watering on a schedule is fine for a high % of plants, as long as that schedule is such that you're not watering too infrequently. I've been watering on a common sense sort of schedule for a lot of years with no problems. In the winter, I have about a dozen plants in very small pots that get watered every 2 days, the rest, including succulents, get watered every 4 days. I'm not promoting watering on a schedule, just making the point that you CAN, when you remove the cause of concern when you water on a schedule - perched water. You DO need to keep a mental picture in mind when you water soon after repotting. It's important that the soil is moist where the roots are. Often, I'll repot a plant with an intentionally flat root system. Since ALL the roots are in the upper inch or two of soil, the first fraction of the soil to dry out, it's very important that I water as often as needed until the plant's roots colonize the deeper part of the soil, so I might water daily for a week or two - until the plant gets its feet under it. It's really hard to beat the gritty mix for houseplants, and succulents in particular seem to really like it. Al...See Morewhen to repot seedling transplants? please help!
Comments (5)I do germinate tomatoes in a flat container. I use mushroom plastic containers which I put holes in the bottom. When the tomatoes have their second true leaves I transplant them into 16 oz glasses sinking them up to the leaves. Tomatoes--no other plant--will grow roots all along the stem. Mine stay in these until they either get too big for the pot or are planted out. This would usually depend on when they were planted but most times they stay in the 16 oz. glasses. I don't like transplanting too much because every time you do you set the plant bach a couple of weeks. I do the same with peppers but I don't sink them down. I gave up planting anything in the cabbage family because I got tired of fighting the cabbage worm...See Moretransplanting/repoting
Comments (2)The scientific name is your hibiscus is probably Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, since they're the ones that are trained into a tree shape. Being tied shouldn't inhibit it's growth as long as the string isn't too tight. The clay pot is fine also. It could be root bound. I know mine don't bloom as much when they're root bound. If that's the case, you can either pot up or do a root trim on it. As far as making it bushier, I don't know if it will ever revert back to a bushier form, but perhaps pruning back some of the bigger branches may induce growth near the bottom. The below site is where I get a lot of information on blooming, pruning, etc. Good luck! Barb Here is a link that might be useful: Queen of the Tropics...See MoreAkerman Flooring, LLC (NH)zn5
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