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help!!!!! i rescued this hoya about 5 days ago but immediately had to repot it the day after without acclimation due the amount of roots coming out of the top and bottom of the pot. so i repotted it from a 6in to a 7in, nothing crazy. figured i would add a trellis since i’m repotting it anyways, and i’m very happy with the way it turned out, but here’s where i need your help. i’ve read many things about hoyas going into “transplant shock” after the repot. when i repotted my krimson princess, it had a couple leaves go soft and some fall, but following the day after the repot, they were back to being stiff again. my macrophylla has been soft from the day after the repot, to now, and now some of the leaves are starting to yellow(no it’s not the yellow variegated leaves). how long does it normally take a hoya to come out of the transplant shock? is the pot too big for it? the stems and leaf stems are all still very hard. i cant lose this plant🙏🏻

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  1. Whitt

    That’s a tough question and I do not know if there is a direct answer. It may heavily depend on other factors stressing the plant as to how long it will take to snap out of the shock. If it were me. Id be patient. Give it all the light humidity air flow and natural setting environment so it has a chance to thrive. My KQ is still being a jerk from when I transplanted her in June! Hope that helps!

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    • nano

      it stays around 60% humidity and 72° until night time where temp drops and humidity goes down. it’s in a good mix of regular potting mix, perlite, orchid bark, and horticultural charcoal. i just hate to see it the way it currently is. some leaves have started to somewhat harden back up, there are some leaves that have not yellowed yet, but are SO floppy they feel like they’re going to melt in my hands, and it’s just the leaf, everything else looks fine on the plant. my Krimson Princess was repotted the same day as the pot it was in stayed wayyyyy too wet, and there was some rot on it, but it’s leaves are back to being all thick again already. i’ve got a Caudata coming in the mail, and i absolutely will not be messing with it at ALL until it acclimates for weeks-months. suuuuuper stressed currently😭

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    • Whitt

      Deep breaths friend! I have a caudata and a sigilattus I won at auction. I received them About a year ago, waited 6 months to transplant and am Just now seeing new growth. It’ll all be ok unless there is something really wrong with the plant. Oh and I live in a very dry climate at high altitude so I have to supplement everything.

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    • Whitt

      I make the statement above and realize many may have a different opinion! Which is ok! 🤣

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  2. Whitt

    Oh and no I do not think that is too large a pot for it. I think it’s perfect. It’s new forever home! I have a 10 year old what I call Hindu Hoya that just gets new soil every 4 years. Has been in the same 6 in pot since in brought her home

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    • nano

      i only use clear pots on plants when i can, just to monitor root growth and all that. i can see some of the roots on the side and they’re not rotten, at least the ones i can see. i pray🙏🏻

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    • PlantCurious

      Would you mind sharing a picture of this Hoya for us?

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  3. Amy Morgan Grace

    What substrate did you transplant it into? The roots that were hanging from the bottom and top, did you trim them? Did you water it when you transplanted it?

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    • nano

      there was no rot on the roots hanging from the top and bottom, so i did not trim them. the soil it was in prior was still somewhat moist, but yes i watered after the repot. it’s currently in a mix of potting mix, perlite, orchid bark, and horticultural charcoal. i use this mix on every plant i have with no issues, even my other hoyas.

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    • Amy Morgan Grace

      It could be just transplant shock, it could also be too much water. Latifolia prefer to be very, very dry and potting mix with orchid bark hold a lot moisture. Yellowing leaves can be a sign of root rot, so I'd just keep an eye on those roots. Check them if it gets progressively worse over the next few days. My latifolia is in orchard bark, charcoal and lava rock. That's it. I'll occasionally throw in some worm casings. It gets its nutrients through fertilizer or worm casings. It isn't like my other Hoya where moisture is concerned. It requires much less.

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    • nano

      the mix is is in now is very close to what it was in before i repotted it. hopefully it will be okay. i’ve also got a mix that is 70% orchid bark, 20 % perlite, 10% soil. the ones it’s in now is all equal parts of those. will the other mix be better for it if i have to repot it due to rot?

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    • Amy Morgan Grace

      If those were my choices, yes, id choose the one with less soil. Good luck, keep us updated on her health💚

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    • nano

      sure thing, definitely think i’m gonna repot it anyways if the roots do in fact rot, back down to a 6inch just for security as that was what it was in before. fingers crossed🤞🏻

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  4. Herektty

    This one can be fussy. It likes to dry out but also likes it’s surroundings to be humid. One time getting too wet and leaves yellow. It shocks easily. You may lose a few leaves after the repot. If it were mine, I’d look forward to taking cuttings to start a new plant. If the original winds up okay you can always combine them. For future Hoya, you don’t really have to rpot right away.

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    • nano

      i wasn’t going to repot, then i found some bugs in the soil and some roots were coming out, so i did. wasn’t thinking straight i should have treated for pests and let it be for a while. i’ve got 3 cuttings currently propagating and then a long stem from the plant that had roots is in its own small pot. hopefully the big plant will be fine

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    • Herektty

      Do you know what species of bug was in the soil? More often than not bugs in the soil are there in a beneficial capacity. There are exceptions but those would require more than a repot. Before treating for a pest, I always confirm the type. 😊

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    • nano

      they were just a couple little centipedes, which at the time i did not knew were beneficial, so i would have killed them by accident without even knowing. but i always dump old potting mix outside in the woods for any chance there is any bugs in any of my plants soil before repotting, so hopefully they’re okay now.

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  5. Cherrybergher

    Based on reading the comments my guess is too much soil in your mix making it stay too wet around the roots for too long. I would repot with very little actual soil in your mix and more of everything else you listed you put in it. It needs more air around the roots.

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