Today we talk about repotting orchids and how to minimize setting back, staling and root and plant shock afterwards!
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Orchids will respond bad to a repot depending how how much the root system is damaged in the process. If the roots are not affected, even orchids such as Cattleyas can successfully recover after repotting!
Repotting before or as the new roots start to grow ensures that, even if the old root system will be damaged, the amount of time until the new roots will hydrate the orchid will be minimal. In semi hydroponics this is not important and repotting can be done at any time, such as I do here [ Ссылка ]
Before repotting it is a great idea to soak or wet the roots of any orchid, this will make them more flexible and less prone to snap.
Take your time to remove the old medium from the root system, even if it takes one hour the result is worth it. Orchids are slow growers and recovery can take several years even. How to remove sphagnum moss [ Ссылка ]
If you don't know what you are doing just yet, go for a similar potting medium, or something you worked with before.
Orchid roots adapt to whatever they grow into, changing the type of medium too much can result in the old root system being lost. So work with watering, or airiness until the orchid grows new roots, more adapted to the new medium.
Re-repotting is ok too, as it can be done without damaging roots. If orchids have too many roots they can all be kept and removed after a month or two, when they become more obvious if they are in good health.
In semi hydroponics many of these worries don;t exist, as roots theoretically never even get touched, let alone damaged, when repotting.
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1st picture: By SKsiddhartthan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [ Ссылка ]
2nd picture: By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
3rd picture: By Aaron Escobar, CC BY 2.0, [ Ссылка ]
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