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MoMo

Rubber plant hates being repotted! I have had a rubber plant - more a bush - for the past five years. It came to me in a glazed pot with no drainage. At the time, I wasn’t particularly into plants so I left it there for literally four and a half years! It grew a lot so a few months ago, I repotted it. It freaked out, lost half its leaves and I was so scared that it was going to die that I propagated three stems (so I now have three small rubber plants that won’t stop growing but that’s another story). I put it back into the original pot and after a few weeks, it rallied and recovered. I’m wondering if anyone knows what the issue might be? I’ve literally never had any other plant go into transplant shock and I have no idea why it did this. I watered it yesterday and am so used to plants with drainage that I went harder than I should have and I’m now worried it’s sitting in water. Considering trying to repot again but just a lift and shift, so it doesn’t notice…?

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  1. Ava

    I have a nerve plant with the same problem! i repotted her because she had no drainage and i was getting a mold problem so i repotted her to a pot with drainage and she’s so mad she lost a lot of leaves and just looks really leggy right now

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    • MoMo

      Yes looks like the same thing. My rubber plant ended up being fine - it’s still in its original pot with no drainage and it’s thriving. Still leggy but lots of new growth. The plants that I propagated from it are all fine and all are being rehomed to friends. Are you considering putting your nerve plant back into its original pot?

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    • Ava

      i have considered it but i really wanna try to get her to like this pot because the other pot had no drainage like yours and mold was growing i just was trying to prevent that

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    • Ava

      if she’s not getting happier i will put her back but i need her to like this pot so she can drain😭

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