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title: "Repotted the mother plant of my silver sword philo. I went from a…"
description: "Repotted the mother plant of my silver sword philo. I went from a nursery pot to an 8 inch pot. The soil is a mix of indoor, orchid and perlite. Since the…"
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# Repotted the mother plant of my silver sword philo. I went from a…

_Posted by Pippa and Plants on 2024-09-18_

Repotted the mother plant of my silver sword philo. I went from a nursery pot to an 8 inch pot. The soil is a mix of indoor, orchid and perlite. Since the repotting, all the leaves have curled in and it looks super sad. Plants says it’s under watered? Thoughts?  
TIA.

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## 12 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-09-18

oof yikes — any damage to the roots when you transferred? how big was your nursery pot?

#### Pippa and Plants replied on 2024-09-18

The nursery pot was probably 5 inches.

### Josie commented on 2024-09-18

Also did you water it when you transferred it? If not you should absolutely do that, it’s always best to water when you repot a plant.

#### Pippa and Plants replied on 2024-09-18

I bottom watered it. I wonder if I should water it from the top?

### Pippa and Plants commented on 2024-09-18

I wonder if I should take the plant out and try to grow better roots in a smaller nursery pot?

### Pippa and Plants commented on 2024-09-18

It actually just started raining at my house. So I stuck it outside to see if rainwater would help.

### Josie commented on 2024-09-18

I always top water my plants because I can be bothered to wait for bottom watering although I do have trays so I let them sit in the drainage for a while before I use a wet vac to clean it all up. Hopefully a good watering helps

### Pippa and Plants commented on 2024-09-18

Of course as soon as I put the plant outside it stopped raining. Ugh. I’ll water it through tomorrow morning.

### Pierre commented on 2024-09-18

She’s hella thirsty

### Richard commented on 2024-09-19

It might also just be shock. Give it “normal” water and wait a week or so to watch how it reacts. Some plants just HATE repotting.

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-09-19

mine never did this and it’s been repotted twice — the extreme curling is what made me ask about root damage. just food for thought! hope she bounces back 🤞

### Pippa and Plants commented on 2024-09-23

So I pulled out the props and found there are no roots. I had cut these off of the mother plant at the nodes. They are now in a vase of water trying to grow some roots.

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