More snow this week, too early to start seeds indoors so my attention is on my houseplants. For the most part they are all doing pretty well. Remember the bay plant I transplanted? It is very happy sending off new leaves and really growing!
My rosemary, which I brought inside for the winter in getting too big! The amaryllis I was given for Christmas has eight blooms!
Even the orchid continues to send out blooms!
I have one plant that is not doing well, my poor Hoya. Ideally Hoyas should be transplanted every two years or so. I can’t even tell you when the last time I paid any attention to my Hoya! However it’s been drying out much too quickly and I noticed a few yellow leaves. This plant is not looking very happy.
First I gathered everything I would need; fresh potting soil, some newspaper and the plant.
I carefully removed the Hoya from it’s pot. It’s not too root bound but the pot did have a total of four Hoya plants in it!
Since I will be putting the plant back in the same pot after dividing the plant I cleaned the pot with a scrub brush dipped in a mixture of 10% bleach and 90% water.
I then filled the bottom inch of the pot with an equal mixture of potting soil and vermiculite. The roots were carefully placed in the center of the new pot. Then I filled in around the roots with more potting soil, vermiculite mix.
The Hoya was careful watered to settle the soil and more soil was added. The Hoya is now back in it’s favorite spot in our south west facing kitchen window where is gets at least three hours of sun. Hopefully it won’t be long before it starts flowering again!
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