I panicked 😅
Okay, I just bought this beauty today. Haven't even put it in soil yet because holy cow, I hate spiders, lol. Anyway, I sprayed it down completely with a water/alcohol mix because that's all I have on hand. There was definitely a spidermite, I saw it trying to hide in the soil when I started spraying. So I shook off all the dirt from the store pot, noticed the stems were growing very awkwardly so I just separated them wherever they decided to break apart from each other. Each section has a decent amount of roots still attached. I rinsed each section with running water to clean the roots and leaves as best I could, used a small brush to get between leaves, etc. Now she is laying out to dry on a paper plate in a shady spot that gets indirect light. All the roots on the stem pieces are very dark and even some of the stems are a little darker above the roots. Should I trim these roots and try to start fresh growth? Or do they look viable? How soon can I get it into a new pot? And how soon do I water after getting it resituated in the new pot?
0ft to light, direct
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
5
I would say fragile and thin like paper, not mushy.
