- When should you transplant an ivy?
- Best time to repot?
- This is how you repot the ivy correctly
- Maintain ivy after repotting
The ivy is very frugal, but at some point the previous plant pot will be too small for any houseplant and it is time to repot. When is the best time for transplanting? How do you repot an ivy correctly?
When the roots fill the entire pot, it's time to repot
When should you transplant an ivy?
Efeututes always need a larger pot and new plant substrate when the pot is well rooted. You should repot the ivy at the latest when the first roots look out of the bottom of the planter.
It is also advisable to repot the ivy if the roots have been too damp for a long time. Efeututes do not tolerate too much moisture in the long run. They drip a sticky, toxic liquid onto the floor or mat.
Best time to repot?
The best time for repotting is early spring. Then the ivy will sprout fresh and the plant will settle into the new pot faster.
This is how you repot the ivy correctly
- Carefully unpot the ivy
- Shake off or rinse off soil
- pruning roots
- possibly shorten the ivy
- fill a new pot with potting soil
- Insert ivy carefully
- pour on
Remove the ivy from the old pot. Shake or rinse off the old plant substrate completely.
Prune the roots by cutting off all rotten and dried up root parts. If the root ball is very large, you can also shorten healthy roots a little.
Put the ivy in a new pot that is about two to three centimeters larger in diameter than the old one. Medium-coarse potting soil from the hardware store is suitable as a plant substrate.
Maintain ivy after repotting
Place the freshly repotted ivy in a bright, warm location. Protect them from direct sunlight for the first three weeks.
After you have put the ivy in fresh potting soil, you should not fertilize it for the time being. The new substrate contains sufficient nutrients. Wait at least three months before fertilizing for the first time.
tips
Make sure that the pot of the ivy has sufficiently large drainage holes. Only then can excess irrigation water drain away. This way you avoid waterlogging, which can lead to root rot.