How much room is enough?
 

About a month ago I rescued two phals (in the same pot) which were left for
dead by their previous owner when they had finished blooming. When I took them
home I cut back the stem and now there are new leaves starting to grow. There
are also LOTS of roots are growing out of the pot. Not plump and green,
slightly dehydrated and grey. Other than that the plants look good.

I took them out of the pot to check the roots and they are doing ok. Knocked
off all the old bark and put in moss. I couldn't totally separate them without
doing some root damage so I spread them a little further from each other and
put them in a larger pot.

So they now have gone from a 6" pot to an 8" and I don't know if this was the
right thing to do. The new pot looks so enormus. Should I put them back into
the 6 " pot or leave them in their new roomier place?

Thanks
Linda

How much room is enough?
 

Hello!

You should know that repotting is stressful for the plant. You said that you
did some dammage to the roots when you removed the old medium.
I would letthe plants in this new pot. They will grow new roots and leaves.
You may not have flowers this year but nest year, they will be fully adapted
to their new pot.
What kind of medium did you use?

Claude


"Ebthtr" wrote in message
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| About a month ago I rescued two phals (in the same pot) which were left
for
| dead by their previous owner when they had finished blooming. When I took
them
| home I cut back the stem and now there are new leaves starting to grow.
There
| are also LOTS of roots are growing out of the pot. Not plump and green,
| slightly dehydrated and grey. Other than that the plants look good.
|
| I took them out of the pot to check the roots and they are doing ok.
Knocked
| off all the old bark and put in moss. I couldn't totally separate them
without
| doing some root damage so I spread them a little further from each other
and
| put them in a larger pot.
|
| So they now have gone from a 6" pot to an 8" and I don't know if this was
the
| right thing to do. The new pot looks so enormus. Should I put them back
into
| the 6 " pot or leave them in their new roomier place?
|
| Thanks
| Linda

How much room is enough?
 

From: "Claude" de
Date: 6/20/04 12:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Hello!

You said that you
did some dammage to the roots when you removed the old medium.

I wrote that I couldn't totally separate them without
doing some root damage so I spread them a little further from each other and
put them in a larger pot.

The roots are fine. I'm concerned about using such a big pot.

What kind of medium did you use?

Moss

Linda

"Ebthtr" wrote in message
...
| About a month ago I rescued two phals (in the same pot) which were left
for
| dead by their previous owner when they had finished blooming. When I took
them
| home I cut back the stem and now there are new leaves starting to grow.
There
| are also LOTS of roots are growing out of the pot. Not plump and green,
| slightly dehydrated and grey. Other than that the plants look good.
|
| I took them out of the pot to check the roots and they are doing ok.
Knocked
| off all the old bark and put in moss. I couldn't totally separate them
without
| doing some root damage so I spread them a little further from each other
and
| put them in a larger pot.
|
| So they now have gone from a 6" pot to an 8" and I don't know if this was
the
| right thing to do. The new pot looks so enormus. Should I put them back
into
| the 6 " pot or leave them in their new roomier place?
|
| Thanks
| Linda

How much room is enough?
 

Hi, Linda,

If you are sure that these are two distinct plants, I personally would
separate them. From what you wrote, it appears that you were able to move
the two crowns apart from one another, so I am assuming two plants. I use
mostly spag for my Phals, so I'm good with that.

When we repot, it's not unusual to cut some roots. In fact, I generally
give them a trim to encourage branching, so I wouldn't worry to much about
losing the tips of the existing root ball in order to separate these guys.
Then, fit each plant into the smallest possible pot, allowing for some
peanuts in the bottom and enough room for the roots and medium.

HTH

Diana

How much room is enough?
 

rom: "Diana Kulaga"
Date: 6/20/04 5:02 PM Eastern

If you are sure that these are two distinct plants, I personally would
separate them. From what you wrote, it appears that you were able to move
the two crowns apart from one another, so I am assuming two plants

They are definately two distinct plants. I didn't know you could trim a portion
of the roots. They were so cramped in the smaller pot and now it's only about 1
or two roots that are entangles.

I want to keep them together....(I'm rapidly running out of room here). But
this new pot is 8" whereas the other one was only 6"....it's gigantic! Is this
the best way to go or should I just "stuff" the roots back into the smaller pot
with the new moss?
Thanks
Linda