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Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into the world of repotting fun! Below, you’ll find easy-to-follow steps to repot your plant in a stylish 3D pot or a sleek glass cube. It’s a breeze and a blast! As you go, don’t forget to chat with the plant lovers around you and enjoy the journey step by step. Let’s get repotting!
Materials needed:
Soil, container, plant, and pebbles! There will be approximately 20 minutes of repotting activity. Remember to help with the clean-up process!
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PLANT CARE
Bravo, you have successfully repotted your succulent(s)! Taking care of your succulent is easy, like baking a cakey brownie. How do you know when a brownie is fully cooked? Poke the brownie with a toothpick to confirm whether it is fully cooked. If the batter is not fully cooked, it will stick to the toothpick and feel wet or moist. Ideally, you want the toothpick to come out clean, which indicates the browny is done! Now, we will transfer this knowledge when confirming if the succulent needs water!
Steps for caring for your succulent:
- Use a wooden toothpick (tool), do not use a knife or metal tool, you might end up cutting one of the main plant roots accidentally. Always use a toothpick. If you do not have a toothpick, you may use a chopstick or skewers made out of wood, an absorbent material.
- Poke through the pebbles until you have reached the very bottom of the container.
- Twist the tool left, right and remove it.
- Touch the tool.
- Did any part of the tool become wet with soil sticking to it?
- Or is it dry with no soil sticking to it?
- If the soil is wet and sticking to it, I would wait to water it. Check back in 2-3 days.
- Repeat steps 2 through 4 only if the toothpick comes out dry, meaning the soil is ready to be watered.
Amount of Water: Too much water will drown the plants. For this reason, we ask you to use approximately 1.5 – 2 shots worth of water. You might notice the water will travel down the container. Slowly, the soil will start to absorb the water. You can poke the soil within 2-3 hours and see if the top of the soil is wet; if not, add .5 additional shots of water. It’s always best to go underwater because you can add more water. Over-watering cannot be corrected, damaging the root system and drowning the plants.
Signs of over and under water:
- Over watered: Leafs turned yellow and falling.
- Under watered: Leafs turned yellow, wrinkled, and drooping.
Type of Light: Most succulents prefer super some direct sunlight and filtered bright light. Some succulents when exposed to direct sunlight for a long period of time will end up burnt, more especially in the east coast. Succulents with the protective powdery coat usually do very well when exposed directly to sunlight. You can tell if the succulent have been burnt by the sun due to a change of its natural colour to a darker blackish colour and the leafs will be falling apart. One-two hours of direct sun light for some should be fine. To prevent the succulents from becoming burnt, it is best to expose them to bright indirect light.
Temperature: It is best to keep succulents in a space that is 60 degrees and higher, including during nighttime. Some succulents can do very well in a space below 60 degrees, while some do not because this low temperature can begin to freeze the plants, especially during the winter when the temperature drops. Keeping your plant happy and healthy means being aware of extreme temperatures and placement; please consider the following:
- AC/Heating Ventilation: The plants should not be place directly by the AC or heating ventilation system. Also, do not place the plants on hot or cold surfaces. Extreme heat and cold winds/temperature can kill your plants.
- Baseboard Heating: Keep plants away from baseboard heating, including placing them by or on top of any heating system.
- Windows & Doors: Cold drafts coming from a window or door can play a huge role in the overall health of your plants. If the cold draft makes contact with your plant for a long time, it will end up freezing your plant and killing it. For this reason, please avoid placing it in an area that is producing a cold draft. If you are unsure if the window or door is making a cold draft, put your hand within the frame and see if you can feel the cold draft.
