How to transplant a flower in another pot

Real lovers of indoor flowers are well aware of the role of the annual transplant. This is a fresh food, space for the roots, disease prevention. Newbies often underestimate the importance of this procedure. Or do it wrong, which does harm instead of good.

How to transplant a flower in another pot? Now tell.

General recommendations

The flower is transplanted when a clod of land is as dry as possible. Some sources recommend abundantly water the plant before changing the location. Well, yes, water it. And then you will long and stubbornly pick out the earthen clod of the old pot, swollen with moisture. Yes, with the help of a knife, a hammer and a well-known mother.

Do not torture yourself and the plant, do not water it before planting. Indeed, in dry land it is much easier to see all the old and diseased roots.And in the wet they will merge with the total healthy mass in color. And so much dirt you will deliver so much that later you will renounce to replant.

Choosing a pot. If the flower rose slightly above the soil surface. If roots can be seen from the drain hole or on the surface of the earth. If your pet is stunted. That is sure to transplant it into a pot, whose diameter is 1.5-3 cm larger than the old one.

We try to choose the material of the vessel as it was before the transplant. New pots pour boiling water. Old thoroughly washed with a stiff brush in a solution of potassium permanganate or phytosporine.

Leave old soil

It depends on the condition of the flower and the soil itself. The flower shows signs of disease, sluggish, flimsy. The substrate smells unpleasantly old or moldy, there is a white patina. These are signs that the soil must be replaced completely.

The flower feels great, but does not grow further. The soil has a pleasant smell of fresh earth, characteristic color. So, we do not change the soil, but simply add it.

Drainage

For arrangement of drainage are well suited:

• broken shards
• expanded clay
• gravel
• sand
• granite or marble crumb

And it is strictly forbidden to use when arranging drainage:

• eggshell
• limestone
• moss, peat

These materials are strongly compressed and do not perform the function assigned to them.

Step-by-step transplant

So. A new pot, knife or fork, drainage, some sand, water, gloves, a wooden stick, and scissors were prepared. Pour drainage material with a thickness of about 1-1.5 cm into the container. In some more, see the recommendation for certain colors. Be sure to ensure that the pebbles cover the hole at the bottom of the pot, but do not plug it tightly. Leave it open - the substrate will fall out. Shut up - nowhere will drain excess fluid.

From above we pour the pure calcined sand. About 0.5-0.8 cm. This is also part of the normal drainage system. Then impose a primer. Not more than 3 cm. Its composition must meet certain requirements. How - learn, depending on what kind of plant gathered to transplant.

Now we need to get a flower from the old tank. In no case do not pull the plant! Try to pry earthen room with a fork. Putting the pot on its side, after prying it is easy to pull the flower along with the soil as a whole. If you still managed to water the flower before transplanting, congratulations! Moral hemorrhoids you earn yourself. Take a knife and pick it along the walls of the container. It is possible that the magic mention of some words of the great and powerful will help you.

If it does not work, then take the flower with one hand so that the central stem lies between your middle and ring finger. The second hold the pot by the bottom. Turn the structure upside down and shake slightly. Does not give in? Gently tap the container against the edge of the table. The whole earthy ball should fall into your hand. None? It means not today. Dry the soil until the next time.

Now do not shake the soil lump, so as not to damage the roots. We arm ourselves again with a fork and remove the old shards and sand. We cut off old or diseased roots with scissors. If you need a complete replacement of the substrate, then again with a fork carefully pick off its maximum part.And gently wash the roots or tuber in a solution of phytosporin or potassium permanganate.

Then put the flower in the prepared new pot. Use a wooden stick to spread the roots over the entire surface, evenly and gently. If the growing point is much lower than the sides of the pot, then pull out the flower. Sprinkle some more earth and try on the plant again. Growth point at bump level? Wonderful.

Next, you need to carefully pour the soil to the roots of the flower in small handfuls. Gradually and from all sides. If necessary, press down with your fingers so that your pet does not mock like in the wind.

After a sufficient amount of soil has been poured, you can water the flower. After 2 hours to see, it may be necessary to add some more soil. If she slipped heavily.

Now we put the flower for a week in partial shade for good survival. You can pour it with any stimulator of root formation during this time or spray it with any anti-stress medication (epin, zircon).

How to transplant a flower if it is huge

It happens that transplanting requires a large plant or pot already giant. Where are more? Nowhere.Such flowers are not transplanted. If you loosen such a colossus - it is likely to break the stems or cut the leaves.

With peace of mind carefully remove the upper 6-8 cm of the substrate. Carefully loosen wooden stick to the maximum possible depth of the container. Add 4 cm of fresh soil. We mix with the fact that previously naryhlili. Be careful not to tear the root system.

Now you can fill the fresh soil to the top, as it was before. Watering with settled water and not dragging anywhere. Let him stand still, you did not touch the flower itself. Only replaced the top layer.

Council Before the next watering, check the soil level. It may have to pour a little more.

Useful tips

1. Be sure to repot the flower you just bought at the store. The soil in which he grew up there, the shipping. It is not intended for long meals and normal growth.
2. Some plants begin to bloom only when the pot becomes too small. Consider it. Otherwise, together with a transplant in a larger capacity, deprive yourself of flowers. But to deprive the new sensations such a plant is impossible.What to do? Simply transplant the flower into a pot of the same size, but completely replace the substrate.
3. It is strictly forbidden to add fertilizer to the new soil! It can burn the root system completely. First, let the flower take root and become accustomed. And only then can you begin to make feeding in the usual way. It is desirable at first to slightly reduce the dose, because in the fresh soil there is a certain amount of nutrients.

How to transplant a flower in another pot? As you can see, everything is very simple. A little bit of caution and more accuracy. And a whole sea of ​​love. Then the transplant will be fine and painless. And do not worry, you will succeed!

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