Advice needed. Just repotted my two dying avocados in Tapla's 5-1-1
Atheen - 7a - in Maryland, USA
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Atheen - 7a - in Maryland, USA
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Need some general advice on repotting 1 1/2ft cluster
Comments (2)I hope it is one of the 'Schick hybrids' Its' a little yellow, I would take each of those out one by one, remove the soil and replace it in what ever England uses for cactus. Call Warren Withers phone # 1788 571900 a cactus grower, so is Gordon Rowley. You have excellent cacti growers in England. After you take them out wash off all of the soil. Start them in slightly damp soil and don't water for about 2 weeks. Use chicken grit,I think it was a #5 mixed with cactus mix of 10% only. Now top dress to keep the soil away from the body of the plant. If hot an dry (low humidity) water in the summer once a week, I have never seen Mamm. grow well as in England. Call Harry Mays he was our cacti repsentative in England for years. All of my regards to my friends in England, here is a product that may be still available in England Seramis www.seramis.co.uk this product was suggested for houseplants and has been tested on Haworthia, that lose their roots. Great for starting new cuttings, leaves, etc. I give up, it's too late to continue. Norma...See More1st 5-1-1 potting...advice for next time?
Comments (12)Thanks Rob. I picked up a bag of the peat moss I showed a picture of but haven't used it yet. Day 5 and plant looks about the same. I guess that's good. No dying or yellow leaves...yet Top always seems dry, but I wait to water until the bottom terra-cotta looks dry, about every other day. Watering with about 1 gallon of 1/4 strength FP to soak everything. Water drains like my bowels dealing with Montezuma's Revenge :O...See MoreRepotted some plants in 5-1-1
Comments (28)Found this cute little guy at the 99cent store and just had to rescue him. Roots were a big scorched, i washed and trimmed the roots a bit and gave it a new 5-1-1 home. Poor guy, dug it up after a week and a half to repot. Just as I had hoped, fresh new root growth was spotted. This will be its pot for the time being, until it becomes wildly overgrown and in need of another transplant. I find this 5-1-1 concoction fascinating....See MoreFiddle Leaf Fig FLF Droopy after 5-1-1 soil repot - will it make it?
Comments (19)Pictures would help a lot; include the whole plant and one of the pot and soil. What did you do when you put it in the 17 inch pot? Put the existing rootball in the pot and surround it with fresh soil or remove the old soil and replace it? What kind of soil was it in and what kind of fresh soil was it? Was it rootbound? It's possible the new pot is too big, making the soil stay very wet for too long, causing roots to suffocate for lack of air to pull oxygen from. If so, the easiest remedy would be to put it back in the old pot and wait until June to repot in a faster draining highly aerated soil that would be harder to overwater. Meanwhile, check out the posts upthread about watering, using a dowel to check soil moisture, and the kinds of soil and light conditions lyratas do best in, and start to water only when the soil at the bottom is the pot is dry. Lenore...See MoreAtheen - 7a - in Maryland, USA
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