What to do when flowers wilt after repotting? Here's the correct way to handle it

This is day 925 of Lanyao's daily original article

Yesterday Lanyao talked about the method for helping potted roses, a sun-loving woody flower, recover after repotting. Of course, different flowers need different recovery methods. If it's a herbaceous flower, then the recovery method is completely different.

We often hear people say:When helping a plant recover after repotting, you should put the potted plant in a cool, ventilated place and not let it get sun. For herbaceous flowers, it's best to use this kind of recovery method. That's because herbaceous flowers have dense branches and leaves, transpire quickly, and use up water much faster.

And a plant that has just been repotted will have some damage to its root system. If we let it get sun at this time, it can easily lead to insufficient water absorption by the roots, causing the leaves to wilt. In fact, for some larger herbaceous potted flowers, even if we don't let them get sun when repotting, some leaves will still wilt. At this point, we should mist the leaf surfaces and the surrounding environment to replenish water, and be sure not to water the potting soil.

This is because the leaves are short of water not because the potting soil is dry, but because the roots can't absorb water fast enough to keep up with how quickly the plant uses it. If you water repeatedly, the plant's roots will stay in a moist environment for a long time, which very easily causes root rot.

But if misting the leaves still can't help the plant recover, then Lanyao suggests you prune it, cutting off some branches and leaves to reduce the plant's consumption.

At this point, don't feel sorry for it. If you don't prune, the plant itself will also choose to give up some leaves and branches, and in serious cases it may even die. So when we need to make up our minds and make a choice, don't hesitate and don't feel sorry. As the saying goes: as long as the green mountain remains, there's no worry about firewood. As long as it's still alive, with careful care it will grow quickly.So does that mean herbaceous flowers absolutely must not get sun while recovering after repotting?

Lanyao thinks growing flowers is a very flexible matter, and not everything follows a fixed pattern. After all, flowers are living things, and whether to give sun during recovery still needs to be decided based on the plant's condition. If your plant is in very good condition, then giving it sun is fine too. After all, sunlight is the source of power for all things to grow. Without light, plants can't photosynthesize, and without photosynthesis, plants can't produce nutrients. That's like us humans not eating food; with no energy to replenish us, in the end we can only starve to death.

Lanyao's flower-growing methods are rather unconventional, because Lanyao wasn't a horticulture major before either, and only studied it through self-teaching out of love. Lanyao has also killed no fewer than a hundred kinds of flowers and plants. Precisely because of this, what Lanyao shares can all be said to be summaries of practical experience. This is also why everyone says the flower-growing knowledge Lanyao shares is very down-to-earth.

Growing flowers at home is very simple to describe: for people who know how, growing anything is very simple. But it's also very complicated to describe: for people who don't know how, they always kill the plants not long after buying them! This is because they haven't mastered the correct flower-growing methods!

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