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How to transplant potted flowers correctly

'02.06.2021'

Source: Prelest.com

How to transplant potted flowers in pots, what is required for this - every florist needs to know this. Requirements for the conditions of growing flowers, propagated and grown at home, are not as complicated as the exotic ones bought in the store. Each houseplant needs a transplant at a certain period of growth. For such works, there are basic rules.

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Time and rules for transplanting indoor plants

In the spring, all the plants wake up and begin to develop, writes Prelest.com. It is time to transplant indoor plants. Flowers bought in the store can be transplanted a month after the purchase, or you can do this work in a few months. Household adapted young plants are transplanted every year (better in spring), three-year-olds in two or three years.

Potting soil can be replaced by:

  • partially - the top soil layer is removed 4-5 centimeter deep;
  • partly with transshipment of a plant;
  • completely.

Partial replacement of land is carried out every six months, especially in containers with large plants. The top layer is gently removed, without damaging the thin surface roots of the flower, filled with new soil, suitable in composition. The surface is watered with settled water at room temperature.

The safest and most root-friendly way is transshipment. The capricious flower requires replanting in this way. At any time of the year, plants with roots peeping out of the soil or out of drainage holes roll over. The earthen clod is a little dried, the pot presses slightly, the clod with roots is drawn out and rolled over into a new pot on 2 a centimeter wider than before. Along the edges of a coma with roots, the new soil is filled up, compacted, watered.

Full replacement of the land is carried out when nutrients are depleted. Many doubt: whether to touch the rhizome during transplantation. Definitely worth it. To do this, the plant is removed completely from the pot, washed, inspected the roots. Damaged, dried, diseased filaments of roots are removed. Capacity is chosen more than the previous pot on 3-5 centimeters. The mixture of soil should be selected according to the composition under the form of a flower.

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Transplantation of purchased plants

For transplanting purchased plants have their own subtleties. Before selling the land is saturated with food for lush growth and flowering. The supply lasts for several months, so do not rush to transfer to a new land. It is necessary to find and read all about the purchased flower, its nutrient requirements, soil composition, amount of watering.

The first month of the new plant should adapt to the conditions of the new housing. If the flower is bought on sale, you need to inspect the root system. To do this, carefully remove from the pot and inspect a prominent part of the root system. If there are damaged roots, remove them and treat the places of removal with charcoal (powder) or other means of protection.

The plant is placed back in the pot or container wider in volume, the nutrient soil is filled. The soil is made at home or purchased in the store ready mix. After transplanting, water the flower and place it in a transparent bag or cover it with a transparent packing cap from the cake.

Selection of dishes and soil for transplanting indoor plants

After adaptation, some plants very quickly grow the root system; another transplant will be required. The condition for this is peeping roots in the drainage holes of the pot. Without the replenishment of new soil, the flower will suffer from a lack of nutrients that will affect the appearance. This does not apply to epiphytic plants that do not need nutrients from the soil.

Pot Selection

The pot is selected in size, volume. The material from which the container is made is taken into account. Its size is chosen wider and deeper by centimeter 4-5. Calculate the volume of the required pot can be added when transplanting 10% to the former.

Plastic pots are light, they can be transplanted plants of small size, as well as young shoots for reproduction. Tall plants should be transplanted into clay or ceramic containers that are heavy and resistant. Clay and ceramic pots should be well washed, rinsed with boiling water, soak overnight.

Composition of soil mixture

The earth is selected according to the composition for each plant; it must be sufficiently loose and nutritious. You can buy a ready-made mix in a specialized shop, or you can cook it at home. The main components are land, sand, peat, nutrients. For the basis of used turf, leaf, coniferous or soil from the compost heap.

Sod land is taken in spring in areas where wild grasses or legumes are grown. To do this, remove the shovel ball 10 sod thick centimeters, cut into cubes. The cubes are folded with grass inside, in a container or wrapped in a film. During the year, the soil must be turned over at least once, covered for the winter. In the spring of next year it can be used.

For leafy land, you need to go to a forest or forest belt, where linden, maple, and acacia grow. The soil from the oak or chestnut is not worth taking, it contains a lot of substances that are unsuitable for transplanting indoor plants. Leaf land can be prepared by yourself, if you have your own land. Fallen leaves gather in a pile, hide from drying out.

The thickness of the layer should be 1-1,5 meter, mixed with pieces of bark and thin branches. During the year, a bunch of need to turn over several times for uniformity, cover for the winter. A year later, it is suitable for use.

Coniferous soil is collected under the trees, along with pieces of bark and twigs. It is mixed throughout the year, hiding for the winter. It is used for flowers that, in terms of indicators, love the soil with a high content of acidity. Land similar in use is collected in the heather germination zone.

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The soil from the home compost heap is taken only well-rotted, after a year or two from the time of laying the heap. This valuable organic fertilizer makes up a small part in the components of the transfer land.

For transplanting indoor plants need to create a certain composition of the soil. At home, this can be done by looking at the desired dosage on the sites.

Before planting or transplanting a flower, the soil must be decontaminated.

  1. To do this, you can use a container with small holes in the bottom. Put the soil into it and spill boiling water.
  2. If the soil is harvested in the summer, you can fry it in the bright sun under glass, covered with black film.
  3. You can also use drugs that destroy bacteria and fungi, saturate the earth with beneficial microorganisms.
  4. The soil harvested in the fall, frozen in severe frosts, sent out in a thin layer on any plane.
  5. You can fry the earth in the oven, but it will lose some nutrients.

Do not use for disinfecting chemicals, this method can harm not only the flowers, but also living in the apartment.

For the looseness of the soil, roasted coarse-grained sand, pieces of charcoal, foam, bark are added. In what proportions and how to properly compose the components of the soil, you can read on the site on floriculture.

Flower transplantation

  1. Work begins with the preparation of the pot, soil, water for irrigation, drainage, tools. Further step by step, transplanting plants:
  2. The first step is to prepare the pot. A clay or ceramic pot is soaked overnight before planting. Plastic washed, dried.
  3. At the bottom of the container, drainage is poured with a layer of 2 centimeters (expanded clay, brick, pieces of a broken pot).
  4. The plant is taken out, the roots are inspected for damage or disease.
  5. Carefully cleaned the roots of the upper earthen coma. There is required, the roots are shortened. For this, part of the root system is removed with shears or scissors, treated with charcoal powder.
  6. The soil is poured into the pot, a layer of 2 centimeters, the roots of the flower are placed. The depth of landing should be the same as before the transplant. Fill all gaps with wet soil.
  7. The ground around the trunk is pounded by fingers, it is filled up.

The flower is watered according to some rules:

  • if the plant does not like moisture - the planting was done in a wet soil, it will be necessary to water it through the 3-4 of the day in the pan;
  • a flower that has shortened or pruned damaged roots is watered after 5-6 days (wounds on the roots must heal). Every day you can only freshen the leaves with a spray.

If everything is done correctly, the flower will become more magnificent and will thank for the beautiful flowering.

Lunar calendar grower

Flower growers are interested in, why use the lunar calendar for plant care, is there a difference in the transplant dates? Using the influence of the lunar cycle, you can reduce the stress state of the flower during transplantation. For the time of transplantation, the sap flow time is used during the growing phase of the moon. The root system at this time is not so vulnerable, calmly transfers the transplant, will develop in the new soil, build up its system.

If the plant has thrown color buds, even with a favorable arrangement of the phases of the moon, it is not worth replanting.

Also, do not touch it in the rest period, in winter. There are exceptions in case of breakage of the trunk or the pot, if insects are pests in the soil. According to the phases of the lunar calendar, it is advised not only to replant the plant, but to water, multiply and care for it.

Transplant errors

Transplanting pot plants, flower growers make the same common mistakes:

  • repotting work is carried out at the wrong time;
  • wrong size and volume of the pot;
  • the composition of the soil does not fit the flower;
  • landing without drainage;
  • violated the rules of transplantation.

Such errors should be avoided, observe simple rules of care, protect plants from stress during transplantation.

Experienced growers give tips on how to properly transplant potted flowers. You need to use them, treat your flowers with love, talk to them when you leave. Flowers feel a good relationship, bloom and grow more magnificently without causing problems.

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