purple_monkfish Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hey there. Well, this afternoon, having recieved my new plastic pots and peat/perlite mix, I decided to replant my hybrid. It seemed to go ok, though we did have to actually cut the old pot away as the poor thing had grown far far too large. It's new pot is far more in proportion however, I have a few questions on what I can do to really increase it's chances of survival. We've put it into a tub of water as it usually sits, but is this enough? Should I soak the soil as well or leave well alone? Anything else I can do to help it out? We tried as best we could to avoid damaging the roots but as with all things, such matters are sort of inevitable when you have trailing root systems with no soil on them. Hopefully they've not been too badly hurt, we kept the original potting medium attached because I was really worried about totally bare rooting it. Anyway, experience and reassurance would be awesome. I worry the poor thing might not tolerate the shock of being repotted despite efforts to make it as stress free as possible. How can I make it a bit happier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Don't worry - they're tough and a healthy adult plant won't suffer any shock. You would have had to do something drastically wrong for it not to survive! Just leave the pot in a couple of centimetres of water, as usual. No special treatment required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligo1964 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hey there. Well, this afternoon, having recieved my new plastic pots and peat/perlite mix, I decided to replant my hybrid. It seemed to go ok, though we did have to actually cut the old pot away as the poor thing had grown far far too large. It's new pot is far more in proportion however, I have a few questions on what I can do to really increase it's chances of survival. We've put it into a tub of water as it usually sits, but is this enough? Should I soak the soil as well or leave well alone? Anything else I can do to help it out? We tried as best we could to avoid damaging the roots but as with all things, such matters are sort of inevitable when you have trailing root systems with no soil on them. Hopefully they've not been too badly hurt, we kept the original potting medium attached because I was really worried about totally bare rooting it. Anyway, experience and reassurance would be awesome. I worry the poor thing might not tolerate the shock of being repotted despite efforts to make it as stress free as possible. How can I make it a bit happier? Sarracenia are remarkably tough; and, provided that you have the appropriate compost, will do just fine. Keep the plants in trays of water and you should have no problems . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple_monkfish Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Thanks for helping ease my worries heh. It IS throwing up new growth but we wont really be able to tell much for a few days as to whether it's happy. We've given it a better chance now though, the old pot was strangling it. So now it should be able to spread out a little more. I'll likely divide it come the end of the year or something, I didn't want to do it this time around because it struck me as more unneccisary stress. When should I do that? Should I leave it till next year or utilise this years dormancy (If I can convince it to go dormant that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Best time for dividing is during dormancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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