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ZZ Plant

I read all about it but there's nothing really on roots and replanting. And I am just worried my plant will just die.

Oh ok, what if roots were a bit damaged? Or doesn't it matter as long as the bulb is intact?

They should be fine. Unless you ripped all of the roots out of the caudex, it will be ok. Be careful of watering for a few days, but you really don't need to water it all that often. A good rule of thumb with these plants are if you can remember the last time you watered it, don't water again. I water mine about once a month. They are very slow growing and too much water can cause the caudex to rot.

Oh Okay, hopefully, it won't die. Sorry for being annoying and asking way too many questions, but I kind of planted the plant in a medium size pot, and it seemed like the pot was a bit small for its roots and bulb. Do you think I should replant it again to a bigger pot?

I would just leave it. To make you feel better, here is a blog post from one of GW's older members about his ZZ plant. It's very interesting what he did to it to try and kill it. It is almost impossible to kill this plant. I should know I had one that I forgot about for 5 months without doing anything to it and it still looks great.

Hi Tomas,

I'm sorry you're having a hard time w/ this. Pls. know that I agree w/ Mentha, it'll likely be OK. These are strong, rugged plants & truly, overwatering &/or rotting are the likeliest ways to kill it. Doesn't sound bad, I can't tell why you're so concerned it'll die, but really, it's likely to be fine.

Any chance you could share some pictures?

I grow them too, not large ones, but I've grown mine from single leaves over the years. Mentha makes another good point, I don't remember the last time I watered it. I recently took this one down to photograph as it's having new growth, which mine seems to do every Sept. & Feb.

The new shoot appeared Feb. 1, while the pot was in a darker spot than usual. I happened to notice it when I moved it.

Here's a shot w/ the tuber (bulb), that tan/brownish on the left. It's usually a bit more buried under the dirt, but sometimes they pull themselves up a bit. The tuber sort of looks like a potato.

I'd suggest you just give it some time, see how it does. You can always pot it up larger later into Spring.

I wanted to add these are really low maintenance plants. Once you get it settled, it will need very little from you other than water once in a while, to continue to look really nice.

Lena

I bought mine on the markdown rack for $5. It has grown quite a bit since I got it last summer. It put on about 5 new leaves in the 6 months I have had it. Which is amazing for a plant this slow to grow. On a scale from 1 - 10 of ease of growing I would give it a 1.8 because I do have to water it every once in a while. It lost 1 point because I have to dust it regularly.