Tips: how to transplant a flower

Before beginning florists, lovers of indoor plants, sooner or later the question will arise: "When and how correctly to transplant home flowers?"

Time to transfer

Reasons for transplanting a houseplant canbe several. First of all, the plants purchased in the store need to be transplanted. As a rule, they are planted in a temporary substratum, which must be replaced at home. The only reason not to do this is the flowering of the plant. We must wait until the flowering is over, and then do the transplant, having previously learned how to transplant the flower correctly.

For indoor flowers that grow in the house alreadysome time, the reason for the transplant will be a very developed root system of the plant, which became tight in the pot. How can this be determined? Firstly, if there are holes in the pot in the bottom, then the roots will tend to climb out through them and immediately become noticeable. Secondly, if you turn the pot upside down and gently pull out a plant from there, you can see the root system that has intertwined a lump of earth. If the earth clod is entangled with roots so much that it becomes like felt, then the plant must necessarily be transplanted.

Another reason for transplantation: the plant became very frail, which can be caused by the depletion of the soil, which must be replaced.

The best time to change indoor flowers -this is undoubtedly spring when the active growth of plants begins. You can also change flowers in the fall (October, November). Young plants usually require an annual transplant, adults - in 2-3 years. Especially large plants, as a rule, do not transplant, only update the upper layer of the earth.

We follow the rules of transplantation

You need to know the rules, what and how to transplantflower. Pot for plant transplantation is selected from two types: either plastic or ceramic. It should be 2-3 cm larger than the previous one. First it needs to be washed well, then burned with boiling water. In the ceramic pot, the hole in the bottom is filled with drainage.

The best place to buy a flower transplantin the shop. Do not use garden land. It is often the carrier of harmful and pathogenic microorganisms. You can prepare an earthen mixture yourself. But for this it is necessary to have black earth, peat, sand, fertilizers, ashes, as well as instructions on how to mix everything in what proportions.

Only by preparing a pot and earth, you canproceed directly to the transplant procedure. So, how to transplant a flower? First the transplanted plant is watered, after about an hour it should be put on the palm and carefully pulled out of the old pot. Then remove the broken or rotten rootlets, cut off dry shoots with a sharp knife and install the flower on the drain or a layer of earth. The depth of planting should remain the same as it was in the previous pot. The gaps between the flower and the walls of the pot should be carefully filled with earth, sealing it with your thumbs and adding up the necessary amount.
After transplanting the plant should be well watered and put in the shade. After a week, the flower can be returned to its original place.

What else you need to know about how to transplant a flower to an amateur florist? Here are some tips:

- clay pot, if it is new, it is recommended to soak it so that it is saturated with moisture, and not take it from the ground;

- it is better not to transplant the plant at winter, it has a rest period;

- to feed the flower after transplantation should not be earlier than 3-4 weeks;

- on the surface of the earth around the flower, you can pour a little claydite, so that moisture quickly does not evaporate;

- instead of a full flower transplant, you can simply add a fresh soil with fertilizers to the pot.

Armed with knowledge of how to transplant a home flower, any amateur florist will perform this procedure without much difficulty.