My plant was originally in water while it grew roots. Whe...
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Don't panic! It's called transplant shock and it happens to us all 🥰 most plants go a bit sulky when you repot them, but especially props being put in soil for the first time (yours is just being a little more dramatic than most! Lol 😂)
The pot IS a little big, but I wouldn't want to disturb her just yet, wait until she's perked up before moving her. The general rule of thumb is that you want a pot 1-2" wider than your root ball, so she should probably be in just about the smallest pot you can find. For my little props I use 6cm pots (sometimes even smaller! Like a seedling pot depending). Remember the pit size is determined by the football not the size of the leafy bit 🥰
Hope that helps! I'm confident she'll be fine 💚 x
Impatient are fairly hardy (but HATE thrips I've recently discovered! My Congo cockatoo has had to have a major haircut recently because of a thrips infestation 😭). Just give her a few days. When you water her, I would water in a wee circle directly around the stem to be sure her roots are getting the moisture they need, and once she's back standing upright and happy (in a week or so most likely), I would maybe transplant her gently into a much smaller pot 💚
The pot IS a little big, but I wouldn't want to disturb her just yet, wait until she's perked up before moving her. The general rule of thumb is that you want a pot 1-2" wider than your root ball, so she should probably be in just about the smallest pot you can find. For my little props I use 6cm pots (sometimes even smaller! Like a seedling pot depending). Remember the pit size is determined by the football not the size of the leafy bit 🥰
Hope that helps! I'm confident she'll be fine 💚 x
Impatient are fairly hardy (but HATE thrips I've recently discovered! My Congo cockatoo has had to have a major haircut recently because of a thrips infestation 😭). Just give her a few days. When you water her, I would water in a wee circle directly around the stem to be sure her roots are getting the moisture they need, and once she's back standing upright and happy (in a week or so most likely), I would maybe transplant her gently into a much smaller pot 💚
So I’m not sure because I’m relatively new to this hobby myself but something like this happened to my Philos after I repotted it for the first time and I was scared I killed it. I continued to care for it regularly and it came back to life and is doing great. I’m interested to see what other people say
That sounds like classic transplant shock Gigi @LiftLashPlant) 😊 you did perfectly to not panic and just keep on caring for them! Some are more dramatic than others lmao 🤣🤣 but I've never lost a plant to transplant shock yet xx
