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Rhododendron bonsai pot changing method

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, The general routine method is to pour out the soil balls of the plant, remove part of the original soil, trim and arrange the roots, re-fill the new soil, and water it. If you change the soil in this way, if you are not careful in management, the plant will die. The longer the maintenance time, the higher the mortality. The reason is that the old soil mass left at the base of the trunk is not only hardened, but also dry, and the supply and demand of the plant is out of balance. When the basin is re-watered, it is difficult for the water to seep into the soil mass. Even if a lot of water is poured, the water seeps out from the new soil layer, and the root mass is still dry in the middle.

The general routine method is to pour out the soil balls of the plant, remove part of the original soil, trim and arrange the roots, re-fill the new soil, and water it. If you change the soil in this way, if you are not careful in management, the plant will die. The longer the maintenance time, the higher the mortality. The reason is that the old soil mass left at the base of the trunk is not only hardened, but also dry, and the supply and demand of the plant is out of balance. When the basin is re-watered, it is difficult for the water to seep into the soil mass. Even if a lot of water is poured, the water seeps out from the new soil layer, and the middle of the root mass is still dry. (rhododendron is a shady and wet plant, and most of the whisker roots are removed), so it is easy to die from loss of water. Even if it doesn't die, the growth is very weak.

The so-called "fixing the basin to change the soil" means that the plant is fixed in the basin without turning the basin or moving the basin soil, and only use a shovel to dig out part of the old soil, old roots and fine fibrous roots around the basin soil, and then fill it with new soil. There are two methods: one is to change the soil unilaterally, and one basin is divided into two stages and completed in two years. The second is to change the soil in the whole basin, once a year or two.

Note:

1 1-2 days before soil change, water should be thoroughly watered once to keep the basin soil moist.

(2) soil replacement should be carried out on cloudy days or before light rain.

(3) it is best to cultivate it in shallow pot.

(4) loose and fertile slightly acidic rotten leaf soil should be selected.

 
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