** HOW **
** TO MAKE CUTTINGS OF **
** AN EPIPHYLLUM **
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CHAPTER 9
Repotting the cutting.
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When the cutting has grown well, after about one to two years, you will repot it in a larger pot, with a substrate less rich in sand.
cutting before repotting.
This cutting has been living for 3 years in its square pot and it will be repotted in the terracotta coloured pot. I put the small pot in the big one only to give you an idea of the respective sizes.
The substrate is dry in the small pot and dry substrate is ready to fill the large pot.
First of all, you have to take out the cutting with its roots and root ball, trying not to disturb the root ball too much. Then fill the bottom of the large pot with a layer of substrate and place the rootball on top, holding the cutting with one hand. With the other hand, fill the empty space with substrate and then pack it down slightly.
The repotting has been done.
In order not to risk losing the identity of the plant, I make a triple identification: the name is written on the plant, on the label and on the pot. I specify all this, which I learned the hard way.
Watering will only be started gradually about one week after repotting.
The pot will be placed in a bright place without direct sunlight for a few weeks.
The pot you see is a hanging pot, so the plant will be grown in suspension.
The pot, hanging from a tree branch,
only during the summer season.
Cuttings and plants will love to spend the summer outdoors and will be brought in during the autumn, winter and part of the spring in a cold greenhouse or veranda, at a temperature that never falls below about 8°C.
You can expect to see flowers 2 years after cutting, sometimes earlier, sometimes later.
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