Don't repot newly bought flowers, and the yellow leaves and dead branches will die again in a few days

Qingming Festival is approaching, and the weather will get warmer after the festival. At this time, flowers and plants will soon enter a crazy growth period. Now is the most suitable time to repot. Repotting too late will hinder the growth of plants, causing yellow leaves and fallen leaves, and even the whole plant may die!

Repotting Gardenia

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Recently many people have bought gardenias, but if the pot is filled with yellow mud when you buy it, the leaves may droop within a few days, so it is best to repot it once!

Steps:

1. Support the flower pot with one hand, and with the other hand gently take the gardenia out of the pot.

2. If the roots and soil are tangled together, soak the root soil block with water. After it softens, clean off the soil. This is what is called washing the roots.

3. After cleaning the soil off the roots, put them in a ventilated place to dry for a while, then trim off excess weak roots and old roots.

4. Prepare soil for planting the gardenia. You can use 6 parts humus soil plus 4 parts sandy soil. This kind of soil is slightly acidic and very breathable.

5. A gardenia that has just been potted is relatively fragile, so it is best to water it by the soaking method. Put the flower pot in a basin with water, leave it for 10 minutes, then take it out.

6. Put the gardenia in a semi-shaded position, and do not expose it to strong light. Cover it with a plastic bag, open it once in the morning and evening to spray water, until new leaves grow, then remove the bag.

Repotting Succulents

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Succulent pots are generally relatively small. If they are not repotted for more than two years, the roots in the pot may already be fully grown, which will affect the growth of the succulent. In addition, succulents with pests and black rot should also be repotted to prevent secondary infection!

Steps:

1. Use tweezers to poke along the edge of the pot to loosen the soil at the edge, then gently take the succulent out. In the picture below, you can see that the roots of this pot of succulents are already so dense that no air can pass through, which is not good for root respiration and makes root rot likely.

2. Loosen the soil around the roots, and use sterilized scissors to trim off all excess roots. After trimming, put it in a cool place to dry the wounds.

3. Prepare a pot a little larger than the original one. First spread a layer of ceramsite, then add a little slightly moist succulent-specific soil. Then place the succulent in the center of the pot and slowly fill in soil and press it firm.

4. A newly potted succulent has a period of adapting to the pot. Since the soil is wet when potting, you can withhold water during this period. Wait until a week later, when the soil feels completely dry, then water.

Repotting Kalanchoe

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Kalanchoe is tough and loves to grow, so it basically needs repotting 1 to 2 times a year. If your kalanchoe has not yet finished blooming, you can wait until the flowers fade before repotting!

Steps:

1. Before repotting kalanchoe, withhold water for a period of time. Repotting in wet soil easily damages the roots.

2. Kalanchoe has relatively few roots, so there is no need to trim the roots, and the original soil can be kept. Just put it directly into the new pot and fill in soil.

3. The newly added soil can be mixed with some compound fertilizer. Decide according to the size of the pot. Generally, the amount used at one time should not exceed 8 granules.

4. After planting, water once. The water temperature is best close to room temperature, and it should be watered thoroughly.

5. If the kalanchoe branches are long, you can trim them when repotting, and insert the branches into the pot. The survival rate is basically 100%!

Repotting Orchids

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The fleshy roots of orchids easily fill the pot. If side shoots grow, the pot becomes even more crowded. Only by repotting in time will there be space for growth!

Steps:

1. Use a screwdriver to make a circle along the flower pot so that the soil separates from the pot, then take the orchid out.

2. Loosen the soil around the roots, shake the roots, and clean off some of the soil on the roots.

3. Trim off the shriveled empty roots, rotten roots, and relatively weak roots.

4. After trimming, soak the roots in carbendazim solution for 10 to 15 minutes to disinfect, then take them out to dry.

5. After the roots dry, plant them in a new pot. Water with root-setting water the next day. This makes root rot less likely.

Repotting Chinese Roses

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Potted Chinese roses generally need repotting once every 1 to 2 years, because the nutrients in the pot are relatively limited. If not repotted for a long time, the Chinese rose will bloom less, or even not bloom at all!

Steps:

1. Chinese roses grow relatively fast, so when repotting, the new pot is best 1 time larger than the original pot.

2. After adding some breathable large-particle planting material to the bottom of the pot, sprinkle a thin layer of soil, then add some base fertilizer, such as fermented sheep manure pellets. Do not use too much when applying.

3. After adding the base fertilizer, continue filling with soil. From time to time, you can put the Chinese rose in its original pot into the new pot to see the difference between the original pot's soil surface and the new pot. When they are level, stop filling with soil.

4. Take the Chinese rose out of the pot. Note that you should not water before repotting. Repotting when the soil is on the drier side makes it less likely to damage the roots.

5. Put the Chinese rose in the middle of the new pot, and while filling in flower soil, gently press it firm with your hands. Especially the flower soil along the edge of the pot must be pressed firm.

6. After filling in the soil, water thoroughly with root-setting water. If water starts flowing from the bottom of the pot within 15 seconds and finishes draining within 1 minute, that proves that the soil in the pot has fairly good water permeability.

7. After repotting the Chinese rose, do not put it in the sun first. Keep it in a semi-shaded position for 10 to 15 days. After the Chinese rose adapts for a period of time, return to normal care.

That is all for the little knowledge about repotting.

While the weather is neither too cold nor too hot,

hurry up and repot your flowers!