Moving into a New HOME!

Namaste!

When I shifted my Aparajita plant to a new pot in light rain on Friday evening, that was not the only work of that evening. In fact, immediately after that, I moved another little plant to the same old empty house (Pot) of that Aparajita plant. So, Aparajita got a bigger pot and Adenium got Aparajita's empty home.

However, the transfer of this adenium was a difficult task because the main root of this little plant had grown beyond the drainage hole of its cup. So I think this blog can prove to be something good for new people who like gardening and also want to learn something new. : )

This is the plant which was grown in an earthen cup and kept in a big pot so that it can be protected from strong sunlight and rain and at the same time it does not lack moisture.

Last Friday, when I picked it up to shift it to a bigger pot, I found that its main root had come out of the drainage hole. By the way, this is also a sign that now your plants need bigger space because the roots come out of the pot only when there is lack of nutrition.

I had just emptied the pot, Now I just needed to prepare it as per the needs of this plant. So after covering the drainage hole of the pot with some pebbles, I spread a layer of dry leaves at the bottom. In which some leaves were also of Neem from my garden. These dry leaves are also full of nutrients due to which the drainage process in the plant continues properly, the plant gets complete air from top to bottom, the possibility of insect attack also reduces and these leaves also turn into compost over time.

Now after filling roughly 65% of the soil mix in the pot, it was time to take this young and beautiful plant out of the earthen cup, taking care not to damage any of its roots. Initially, I thought that like other plants, I would also take it out from the top, but its main root had come out of the drainage hole and turned to one side, due to which it could prove dangerous to remove it from the top.

So, on the suggestion of my smart wife, I decided to break this cup and take out this plant, but it also needed to be done carefully because the soil mix of this cup contained more than 50% sand, due to which it was less banded than the normal garden soil, so the impact of breaking the cup could also break the roots inside the cup.

So, I slowly started breaking this cup by hitting it with very little force.

After hitting the same place some 5 to 6 times, this cup cracked and most of its parts got separated but the drainage hole from where the main root was coming out was yet to break.

Now it was very close, but with some care and a slow blow, this part also broke and separated. And thankfully the plant came out of the pot safely without any damage. You can see that the inner part of its root is white, the outer part is green and the part where it had the most pressure in the cup is brown.

Well now all I had to do was plant it in the big pot prepared earlier and it would have plenty of room to grow.

I obviously planted it at the same depth as it was in that cup because it's not a tomato plant that has new roots coming out of its stem. Its roots need freedom to grow down into the soil and it now has plenty of room for that. 💚

I hope you liked my Gardening and Phone Photography! :)

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#16 | Let's grow Snake Plants together!

#15 | How to grow okra at home!

#14 | Golden Shower in a New Avatar!

#13 | A Tiny Seed Has Now Become a Fruit!

#12 | Growing Tomatoes From Seeds!

#11 | Growth Update of Indian Red Chilli Plant!

#10 | Growing Bottle Gourd From Seeds!

#9 | New Life of Old Curry Leaves!

#8 | Growing Pumpkin from Seeds

#7 | Carrort Harvesting Fest.

#6 | A Beautiful Flower from a Family of Prestigious Medicinal Trees.

#5 | Growing Indian Red Chilli from Seeds

#4 | Harvesting Radishes from Pots

#3 | Growing Carrot From Seeds

#2 | Growing Radish From Seeds

#1 | Growing dessert rose from seeds

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