Two sides of changing Basin

To give plants more living space, changing pots is not a panacea. Changing pots also has two sides. If you don't understand it, it is easy to hurt plants.

Benefits of changing pots: by changing pots, plants can grow in a new environment, have greater living space and absorb more nutrients, which can promote it; That is why most plants grow better after changing pots.

Risk of changing pots: as long as any plant changes soil through animal roots, in order to restore growth, it is necessary to slow down the seedlings again and adapt to the new environment. No matter how well it grew before, it will be in vain and need to start again; After changing the basin, if the external conditions are inappropriate, such as high temperature and cold, it will affect its survival, and even directly let it die.

Precautions for changing Basin

1. More soil. When changing pots, bring more soil to the roots of plants as much as possible to avoid bare roots as much as possible; This is because transplanting with soil is easier to survive than bare root transplanting.

2. Don't hurt the root. When changing pots, if the original flowerpot is a soft plastic pot (or paper cup), it is recommended to cut it, so as not to hurt the plant roots.

3. Don't change often. Do not change pots continuously in a short time. For general plants, the interval between two pot changes should be at least half a year or even longer; However, for plants in seedling raising, there are special circumstances. Depending on the growth of seedlings, they can be changed after they grow up in a circle. This can be changed often.

4. Cut off the water first. Watering needs to be stopped 3-5 days before changing pots. Too humid environment is not conducive to changing pots.

Basin changing season

1. It is most suitable in spring and autumn; If it is a "winter type" plant dormant in summer, winter is also suitable.

2. But in any case, never change the pot for it during the high temperature period in midsummer. In case of high temperature after changing the pot, it will not only affect the slow seedling, but also make it die faster.

Changing pots depends on growth

1. It is most suitable to be carried out in the dormancy period and early growth stage of plants. Changing pots in these two stages has little effect on plant growth.

2. It is not suitable to carry out in the vigorous growth period, flower bud period, flowering period and fruiting period of plants. Changing pots in this period will affect the growth and make them miss the growth period; Or let the flowering plants miss the flowering period, resulting in serious consequences.

3. Do not change the plants in the slow seedling stage, because the flower roots are damaged. Changing them again at this time will cause secondary damage and prolong the slow seedling stage indefinitely (if they can recover in a few days, they are forced to delay to more than ten days or more). If the pot changing season is not appropriate, they may even die directly in the midsummer season.