Zamioculcas comes from Africa. Popular in indoor floriculture, the plant attracts the views with dark green, compound leaves of meter length. Belongs to the Aroid family and is considered unpretentious succulent. How transplantation of Zamioculcas is carried out will be discussed in this article.
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Zamioculcas: transplant after purchase
Zamioculcas grows slowly, like many succulents. Young plants are transplanted annually in summer or spring. It is especially important to do this immediately after purchase in order to replace the soil with a more suitable one, to check the root system of the plant.
For transplanting, you need to prepare a new flower pot and soil.
Pot selection and size
For zamioculcas, the size of the pot is slightly larger than the one in which it is currently growing. It is better not to use too large landing containers, they can easily fill in the roots, and they will begin to rot.
In a flower pot, which is much larger than the size of the root system, the plant will grow roots for a long time, and its leaves will stop growing.
Zamioculcas has a powerful root system, it is desirable that the pot is high, stable from plastic or ceramic. If there are no holes at the bottom of a new plastic pot, they must be made.
Preparing a flower for a transplant
A transplant after buying a plant is needed after 2 or 3 weeks. Having brought zamioculcas from the store, it is sprayed with any insecticide and fungicide to prevent diseases and pests or watered under the root with systemic drugs. Abundantly pour water on the plant is not necessary.
After the "quarantine" proceed to the transplant, choosing a favorable day for this.
What soil is suitable for the plant
The soil for transplantation should be neutral acidity (pH 6 - 7), well-drained, mixed with small stones or sand.
Suitable universal soil from a store with perlite. You can use a special earth mixture for cacti and succulents. For self-preparation of planting soil, peat, sand, turf and leafy soil are taken in equal parts. Pieces of charcoal are added.
Leaf root cuttings for rooting can be planted in a coconut substrate or vermiculite. The soil should be comfortable for watering and fertilizing, breathable. Planting in vermiculite or a coconut substrate will insure the plant against many diseases and harmful insects.
Walkthrough on how to transplant Zamioculcas
To get started, prepare the workplace - cover the table with oilcloth, put next to everything you need.
All manipulations are carried out with rubber gloves - Zamioculcas juice is poisonous and causes skin irritation when it comes into contact with the skin.
Transplantation of Zamioculcas at home, step-by-step instructions:
- Expanded clay drainage (1/4 of the height) is poured at the bottom of the pot and sprinkled with prepared soil.
- The plant is removed from the old pot, clutching his hand at the base of the leaves. It is advisable to moisten the soil on the eve, so that it is easier to extract the overgrown roots. If it does not succeed painlessly, the pot is cut.
- All ground from the roots is carefully removed. If zamiokulkas is large, with a powerful root system, you can not shake the ground very much so as not to injure the plant.
- Healthy roots are treated with a growth stimulant (e.g. zircon).
- Rotten roots are cut off, washed, treated with fungicide.
- They put the plant in a new pot, trying to place it in the center.
- The tubers are not deeply buried, only slightly sprinkled with earth.
- The voids in the pot are filled with fresh substrate, slightly compacted.
- After transplantation, Zamioculcas is not watered.
The first watering is done after 2 days, if the plant is healthy, with diseased roots - after 7 days.
When do you need a dollar tree transplant?
In addition to the mandatory transfer of fresh Zamioculcas to fresh ground, there are regular and emergency transplants.
An adult plant can be replanted once every 2 or 4 years, as the roots are filled with the pot. The more often this is done, the faster it will grow. Therefore, young zamioculcases are recommended to be transplanted annually.
It is necessary to transfer the plant to a fresh substrate if the root begins to rot. Such a misfortune happens with indoor zamioculcas, which the owners “love”, watering too often. An emergency transplant can save the flower from imminent death. Determining the onset of the disease is not always easy - dense, green leaves may not even change color when the roots begin to rot. A stop in growth and an unpleasant smell from the soil in a flower pot should alert.
In an emergency transplant, all rotten roots are cut with sharp scissors to healthy tissue, treated with fungicide.
Transplant Care
Having transplanted a plant, it is put in a permanent place. It does not need bright sunlight, it grows well under artificial lighting. Therefore, you can place the pot not on the windowsill, but in the back of the room, on the floor. It is necessary to turn it from time to time in different directions to the light source so that the leaves grow evenly and do not droop.
Zamioculcas is undemanding to watering, easily tolerates drying of the soil in a pot. Weakened by the decay of the roots, the plant begins to be watered a week after the transplant, healthy - on the third day.
- Spray zamiokulkas with water from dust, covering the soil with oilcloth. To make the leaves shine, it is better to wipe them with a damp sponge. If the plant is planted in a moisture-resistant substrate with expanded clay, it is rarely watered, about 1 time per month.
- Zamioculcas is fed with fertilizer for decorative and deciduous plants no more than 1 time per month.
- The air temperature in summer should be 18 - 24 ° C, the plant does not like strong heat.
- In winter, put a flower pot closer to the window, where there is more light, you can move it to a heated veranda, with an air temperature of at least 12 ° C, water poorly, once every 5 to 6 weeks.
Caring for zamioculcas is simple, observing the correct watering regimen, you can not worry about his health. It is important to transplant a dollar tree immediately after purchase, to choose a suitable flower pot and soil.
