I just repotted my Trans Lavender from the small white pot (front left) to the two bigger pots because she wasn’t making new pups or growing taller. Does this make sense or are the new pots too big? Wondering if the two leaves shown in pic (front right) could be propagated by simply pushing 1/3rd into soil? If so, should I let callous first and for how long?
if this doesn’t have the roots to suit the size of the pot you could run into rot problems with small roots not being able to use up the water
0 J'aime Each one had decent roots but certainly not enough to fill up the pot. The 5 of those pups were all in the small white sleeve (shown front left in pic) but they refused to grow taller and it didn’t really seem like there was enough room for more pups. Maybe I should have put all 5 into just one of the larger pots? Will the pups die if the pot is too big or just not grow?
0 J'aime This plant doesn’t make pups, just leaves, and it doesn’t get tall, so I’m not sure what you were hoping for. It creeps/spreads like any other tradescantia. If the roots rot, it will die, yes. So be careful watering
0 J'aime Well I’ve seen them get a few inches tall then kind of fall over and continue to vine. Mine wasn’t growing at all so I thought the repot might help..
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I do think the pot looks a bit big, but it helps that it looks like your soil is quite chunky! So I think it might be okay and the extra space would allow the plant to crawl along the soil. Just make sure to let the soil dry between watering You could also get a trellis for the plant to climb on I had an issue with this plant’s leaves rotting because the leaves would stay close to the soil and get wet. But bottom-watering resolved this :)
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1 j'aime So, I repotted them both back into a pot that was only one size larger than the original. The leaves are definitely looking worse for the wear because I got them wet when watering yesterday. The leaves won’t recover, right? But will I’ll the plant survive, if it survives the two back transplants?
The leaves might be okay, they don’t look too bad. You could also gently wipe them with a damp cloth to remove the dirt. This will allow them to photosynthesize better. Leaves only rot from water if they stay wet for a long time. But yes, I think the plant overall will be fine in the long run. It might just take time for them to establish more roots after being repotted
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