{"id":618,"date":"2010-04-14T21:21:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T05:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=618"},"modified":"2011-01-01T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:47:45","slug":"repotting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/14\/repotting\/","title":{"rendered":"Repotting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the days grow longer with spring, the season brings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/13\/spring-forward\/\">some orchid chores<\/a>, including repotting. Orchid repotting can be intimidating for beginning growers, so in addition to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/potting.html\">the basics<\/a>, I have a few more hints to help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orchids that have just finished blooming often enter a cycle of new leaf and root growth. This is an ideal time to repot so the new roots can grow into fresh potting material.<\/li>\n<li>If the orchid is potted in bark, repot once every 2-3 years. To test if your orchid is due, dig out a piece of bark and squeeze it between your fingers. Bark that remains solid is still in good shape; bark that squishes or crumbles is rotted. This means that the roots cannot get enough air flow, and it\u2019s time to repot.<\/li>\n<li>If the orchid is in moss, repot every year, or whenever the moss becomes moldy or slimy.<\/li>\n<li>If new leaves start to rot, the cause may be that corresponding new roots need better air flow. Those new roots may be out of sight underneath, but they are essential for the plant\u2019s health. Remove the orchid from the pot and repot it.<\/li>\n<li>If excess <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/water.html\">water<\/a> is slow to drain out of the bottom of the pot, then it\u2019s time to repot.<\/li>\n<li>When repotting, keep in mind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/17\/up-a-tree-2\/\">how orchids grow in the wild as epiphytes, or air plants<\/a>. In pots, they need good drainage, which means that water and air flow freely through the potting material and out the drainage holes.<\/li>\n<li>Check out these helpful videos showing an orchid pro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mo6Rq0U6Rfo&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">repotting an orchid in moss<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kc3jNJSp7QE&amp;feature=fvw\" target=\"_blank\">repotting one in bark<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the days grow longer with spring, the season brings some orchid chores, including repotting. Orchid repotting can be intimidating for beginning growers, so in addition to the basics, I have a few more hints to help: Orchids that have just finished blooming often enter a cycle of new leaf and root growth. This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","category-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6174,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions\/6174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}