Krimson princess hoya repotting adventure
Let's see how much my #krimsonprincesshoya throws a fit after a #repot. As they say, if your Hoya is happy DON'T TOUCH IT, but I did.
I got this as a cutting and chopped and propped it in a big pot without drainage 🥴. It started cranking out new leaves the last month or two so obviously I needed to leave it alone.
But I knew this winter I wanted to sun stress it, and the pot was not only wrong but too big to put in the window well. I've been having to rotate like crazy to get touches of pink.
So I did it. Here goes nothing!
#repotseason #propagation #propdontshop #hoya #hoyahangout #hoyaheads
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🌱 #MaineGang
🌱 #ThePlantMompy
I got this as a cutting and chopped and propped it in a big pot without drainage 🥴. It started cranking out new leaves the last month or two so obviously I needed to leave it alone.
But I knew this winter I wanted to sun stress it, and the pot was not only wrong but too big to put in the window well. I've been having to rotate like crazy to get touches of pink.
So I did it. Here goes nothing!
#repotseason #propagation #propdontshop #hoya #hoyahangout #hoyaheads
🌱 #NewEnglandGregGang
🌱 #MaineGang
🌱 #ThePlantMompy
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 month ago
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I would have done the same thing. Honestly, I’m knocking on wood, but I have never had a plant decline awfully after repotting. I always assumed they would be chill in their new pot and new soil with plenty of room to grow!… 😅 Then I get on Greg and people are like “repot = big stress”…. 🤪 Ooops!…. 🥺😅 #themoreyouknow
@BeesZenGarden I definitely have had mixed results. Hoyas are just notorious for getting mad when you disturb their happy places 🙄
@PlantMompy Yikes, it’s good to know since I just started getting hoyas!!… 🤦🏻♀️😥😂 One is already giving me trouble and I hadn’t even repotted her!… But I stand corrected, I did have a fail after repotting: my spider plants! Not the ones I would have expected trouble from!!… 😅
@PlantMompy Honestly, I’m more scared of leaving a plant in a pot without drainage and killing it by overwatering than anything else!…
@jaysjungle I have another that I gave a bath to the other day and the soil looked AWFUL, so of course it's also putting out it's first new leaves in far too long instead of it's constant flowering. Like. Why do they do this?
@BeesZenGarden isn't that always the way! I repotted some spiders earlier this year and they gave me a hard time, now that you're mentioning it 🤔
@BeesZenGarden isn't that always the way! I repotted some spiders earlier this year and they gave me a hard time, now that you're mentioning it 🤔
@BeesZenGarden this spring I realized that cute pots without drainage could be cover pots and I don't have to actually PLANT things in them. 🤯😂
@PlantMompy love how you arranged your photos to show off how you posted it. Thank you for that! You did an amazing job! Happy growing! 💕💕💯💯💚💚🌱🌱
@PlantMompy I repotted my hoya australis and she's livid.. now I'm afraid to re-pot any of my Hoyas 🫣🤣 @BeesZenGarden I repotted my Spider and she peed for two weeks, oh these plant kids throwing fits just because we plant moms, want to improve their conditions. 🥵
@PlantMompy they definitely like to be "tight in their pot". Mine has roots coming out the bottom, and is still in the peat moss soil from HD (think this was a Vigoro brand)
Thanks @BeesZenGarden! She's a little rough, but that's how I like my Hoya! 😆
Thanks @BeesZenGarden! She's a little rough, but that's how I like my Hoya! 😆
@tattedscientist yup! My two oldest got repots this year but I couldn't tell you how long it had been before that!
