How to repot bougainvillea

Repotting time

Bougainvillea is usually repotted once every two years, usually before the flowers sprout during the Spring Festival. They will take root and sprout directly after repotting. But larger potted plants need to be repotted frequently, and they can also be repotted when they are flowering. Because the large roots of Bougainvillea store a large amount of nutrients, replacing 1/3 of the soil and breaking off 1/3 of the thin roots will not affect the growth and development of the entire plant.

Specific method of repotting

Below, the editor will introduce the method of repotting bougainvillea. The picture takes the seedling as an example:

Select pot and prepare soil

Before repotting, you need to prepare the soil and the pot to be changed. Choose fertile soil that is rich in organic matter, loose, and you can mix a little sawdust or leaf mold into the soil.

Generally, the new pot is slightly larger than the old one, which is conducive to better growth of the plant.

Plant out of pot

There are some tips for removing the soil from the pot. For a small pot, just pinch the root of the plant with your right index and middle fingers, turn the pot upside down, hold the drainage hole with your left hand, and lift it outwards, and all the soil in the pot will come out.

As for pots that are larger, you need to loosen the soil around the pot first to reduce weight and friction, and then grab the roots and lift it out.

Basin

After removing the plant from the pot, remove some of the soil at the roots, but do not move the soil near the roots. Just fill the new pot with rubble and you can plant. When potting, add soil while planting, hold the plant in your left hand and add soil with a shovel in your right hand. Don't bury the soil too deep as it will easily become lack of oxygen. If the plant is too large, two people can operate it.

Repotting completed

Maintenance after repotting

Water the plant after repotting. If the leaves do not droop, apply some light fertilizer and water immediately, and then maintain it normally.