For spring and summer household chores, many forget about indoor flowers. But most of them need careful care and transplantation during this period. How do you know that a transplant is needed and how to do it correctly?
To make sure you need a transplant, do this. Turn the plant with a pre-moistened earth lump on your left hand, with which you hold this lump from falling out. With your right hand, hold the pot and tap its edges against the edge of the table so that the earth moves away, from the walls and the earthy lump freely comes out of the dishes.
Examine the removed lump carefully. If it is densely intertwined with roots and forms a thick felt on the surface, as well as if the earth is acidic, the plant must be transplanted. It is also necessary to transplant if the land is very depleted, the plant gives almost no growth, the tips of the leaves dry out, the roots came out of the drain hole. If, when examining the coma and roots, these signs are not found, the dishes for the plant can not be changed, the flower is placed in the same pot.
Do not try to transplant flowers from a small pot directly to a large one. A container that is too spacious is not at all good for your plant. Its roots do not have time to assimilate all the water supplied during irrigation in such a voluminous vessel, and the earth inevitably turns sour. A pot is considered suitable for planting if the previous container fits freely into it.
Before transplanting, be sure to wash new pots with hot water and scald with boiling water (but this does not apply to plastic dishes that are only washed). Also pour boiling water over tubs for large plants. It is a good idea to soak the pots in a mild superphosphate solution before planting: this will neutralize the lime in the pot walls.
Take special care of good drainage. It is required to drain excess water during irrigation. If drainage is not done, gradually all the pores of the earth will be filled with water, all the air will be displaced and the plant will die. Place shards, small gravel or rubble, broken red brick at the bottom of the pot as drainage. Then add a layer of nutrient soil, compact it, and on top of this layer add a small mound of soil.
After removing the lump from the old dish, gently loosen the stick between the roots to remove some of the old earth. Then, with a sharp knife, cut off the tips of the long roots around the coma and sprinkle all cuts with finely ground charcoal.
In plants that have only thick roots and do not form lobes, such as palms, bulbous, orchids, the roots must be protected and only damaged and decayed roots must be cut out.
Place the lump with roots in the pot to such a depth that the root collar is 3 cm below the top edge of the container. Fill the gaps between the lump and the walls of the pot with earth, evenly and gently pushing it down with a peg. At the same time, hold the plant in the middle of the pot with your left hand. Water the flowers immediately after transplanting, place them in a dark, cool place for 7-10 days and spray regularly while it takes root.
