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How to anchor new plants?

8 years ago

I bought some ordinary sans from Ebay, they are being sent bare root and do not have huge root systems. Until they anchor themselves with new roots, should I just anchor them with river rock or something similar?

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  • 8 years ago

    Depends on the size of the plant and the pot. Where I live, Dollar Tree has a plant section where they sell fairly large (1-3 inches) polished rocks for $1 a bag. You can buy some and use them to support a newly planted Sans. I also buy crafting dowels in the craft section of Walmart and use them as stakes, gently wrapping and tying the new plant to them to stand up straight. For larger plants, the stake method works better for me.

    lucillle thanked robinswfl
  • 8 years ago

    I'm currently using the lower portion of an old tomato cage (I cut off the top third) in addition to some stones on top of the soil line.

    lucillle thanked Robdb8
  • 8 years ago

    Here's the plan:

    I bought some nice cachepots for them that a standard 1 gallon trade plastic pot will fit in (Walmart has some good prices on 8 inch cachepots and offered an additional $10 off if I did not need 2 day shipping).

    I have some pebble/stones and also I have metal stakes with a curl on the top I use to support orchid blooms so I will use those as supports.

    Hopefully the one gallon trade pots are enough room for them to start off with. The plants will be indoors so I expect that they are not going to reproduce as quickly as they might if they were kept outdoors.

  • 8 years ago

    Lucille, Show us your plants. I buy some times on Ebay but only if I can't get anywhere else. Most what I see is over priced and shipping is out of site. Many times we get extra plants we give to each other. Right now I don't have much but next year most likely I have several to give out for postage only.

    Don't over size the pot too large for the plant. I don't know what mix your using. I'm nobody to talk about mixes, I'm still learning and experimenting.

    lucillle thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
  • 8 years ago
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    Stush, here is a picture of two of the newly potted plants. They came out to around $2/per plant with shipping which I thought was OK. They are planted in a plastic one gallon trade pot which is something like .67 gallon. What with the rocks put in to anchor them I don't think they are over potted.

    I am not accepting any postage plants until I pay my current debt to plant givers forward, but thank you. I received some postage succulents

    last year from a very nice lady and had some stuff I planned to send her as a gift this year. But I was so embarrassed to find mealy bugs about a month ago that I did not want to sent anything out. I've treated everything but out of an abundance of caution will wait, and then tell any potential recipients what happened. I feel like until the nice lady or some others get some gifts from me, it is not right to accept anything new.


    I'm nobody to talk about mixes


    That is not true, you seem to pay close attention to your plants. Frankly I'm tired of the 'grit or go home' movement, I think that some plants do better in different mixes that have different moisture holding capabilities.

  • 8 years ago

    That sounds really good. Picture didn't show. I have gotten some really good deals on Ebay but that seldom happens. I hate to see shipping cost exceed the cost of the plant itself. I try to ship first class which is less then half what priority mail cost. 13 oz. weight is the tip over point.

    lucillle thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
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