Do I repot? How big of a pot?
Today I see a leaf that looks like it’s rotting, I check the plant because I haven’t watered it since I got it almost a month ago. It shouldn’t be moist at all but the dirt still is. I try to pull the nursery pot out of the cover pot and can barely pull it out? When I do, I see the nursery pot literally stretching over the roots and the rhizomes.
I couldn’t get the plant out of the nursery pot, so I made a slit and it bursts open. I see this inside the pot. There’s about 5 rhizomes the size of golf balls inside this 4” H X 4”W pot. That seems like a lot to me, but I don’t know much about #ZzPlant. Like if they like tight roots etc etc. Any advice is much appreciated.
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I couldn’t get the plant out of the nursery pot, so I made a slit and it bursts open. I see this inside the pot. There’s about 5 rhizomes the size of golf balls inside this 4” H X 4”W pot. That seems like a lot to me, but I don’t know much about #ZzPlant. Like if they like tight roots etc etc. Any advice is much appreciated.
#HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #repotting #ZZzenzi
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What about those rhizomes @TidyTigerpear should they be left in the pot or harvested to make a new plant.
@Stall54Jo yes, thank you! I know tubers, like day lilies, need to be divided every 3 years. I didn’t know if these are like that. I did read the zz plants roots are strong enough to shatter a pot 😬. I would like to avoid that 😂
Absolutely @TheOddAsity I have never replanted corms or rhizomes. I wish you luck with this. One day, I won't have a choice. My ZZ is growing with 3 new stalks this month.
@Stall54Jo yeeaaahh, when I opened up this nursery pot there wasn’t much “dirt”. It was all roots and rhizomes. I placed it into a bigger pot and sprinkled some soil around it until I can get through Christmas and then sit down and look at it. On of the rhizomes feel out of the group and I panicked a bit 😂
I just did this with my money tree that was all roots and very little soil. 2” up is what I did as well. Side note - I cut all of my plants out of their nursery planters like that, when I replant! I think it’s easier that way 🤓