A small move in autumn, spend more than 10 years, the sooner you know, the better!

Why do you want to fix the root?

1. Reduce the infection of diseases and insect pests

After a period of time, there are more or less problems with the root system, including rotten root, rotten root, withered root and old root. After pruning, the probability of plant infection with diseases and insect pests can be greatly reduced.

2. If the old root is not gone, the new root will not come out.

The old root grows slowly and consumes nutrients in vain; the dry capillary root that absorbs water will also inhibit the growth of the new root, so it is necessary to trim the root, and the wound caused by the root trimming will also stimulate the plant and accelerate the rooting rate.

Under what circumstances do you need root pruning?

1. The bare root and succulent plant bought online should be trimmed.

Online shopping of succulent, cactus may carry eggs, mold and other diseases stick to the roots or leaves, directly planted, easy to infect other flowers at home, must be root pruning, but woody, herbaceous flowers do not need root pruning.

2. Root should be trimmed when transplanting in different pots

When changing pots, if the plant is found to have dry and rotten roots, it needs to be pruned so as not to affect the subsequent growth.

How to trim the root correctly?

1. Cut off the water and remove the basin

Before pruning, cut off the water for 7 days. When the soil is about to dry, dig out the whole soil and carefully clean up the soil.

2. Prune the root system

Keep strong main roots and well-growing new roots, properly trim dry and withered roots, rotten roots, white capillaries, reverse roots and overgrown roots. You can clean up the dry leaves while trimming the roots.

3. Root washing

After pruning, the roots were soaked in carbendazim solution diluted 1000 times for 20 minutes, sterilized and disinfected.

4. Dry the root

Leave the pruned plants in a ventilated astigmatism place to dry for 1-2 days to speed up wound healing and prevent black rot during cutting and transplanting.

5. Fluvo-aquic soil basin

Choose loose and breathable nutritious soil, spray wet into fluvo-aquic soil, replant the dried plants into the pot, at this time in the pot period, to avoid direct light, transplant 3-5 days before watering.