I just saw an interesting trick for this exact problem. It was for houseplants that one buys at big box stores who are notorious for over-watering. Take the plant out of the pot and wrap the rootball it in a towel. Replace the towel every couple of hours as necessary until much of the moisture has been soaked up by the towel.

Aglaonema

It appears the pot has no drainage. That is a problem.

You can wick out the wetness by using an old wash cloth or towel, then inserting it into the soil and removing it once it has become wet, then repeating the process.

If it has drainage holes you can do the same process via those openings.

Aglaonema! That’s what it was-thank you carol23_gw!

I will try the towel and see if that works-thanks for the idea!

I do have larger rocks at the bottom to help with drainage but it’s been so long since it’s been repotted they probably aren’t doing much now.

If you can carry it to a shower or tub, I would set it on its side . No idea how much it weighs.

To give you an idea of size and weight-it took my husband and I (struggling 😂) to carry Into the house when it left my office. We transported it in back of the truck.

I just put some old towels in it-fingers crossed.

Thought about getting something to put under it and have husband drill holes in bottom of pot to help with this in the future. I REFUSE to let it die! 😊

Appreciate the help and suggestions!

if you are going to the trouble of taking it out of the pot to drill holes ... you may as well just divide it.. and repot it into about 4 pots ...

you know what you NEED to do.. and are making a lot of excuses to do it next spring ... and trust me.. i wouldnt want to do it either. lol ... probably a machete job .. lol ..

im WAGing here ... but i bet there is no usable media in the pot.. completely filled with roots... with no fuctional media to properly manage water.. both retaining and draining water provided ...

after i got it out of the pot.. if in fact i could without having to break the pot.. i would probably take 2 or 3 mice pieces .. and pot them into 2 or 3 new pots .. and just get rid of the rest .. and when they all survived.. i would give 2 away as gifts ... and be down to onw new fresh vigorous plant for the future ...

and for a shiny penny.. i will tell you how i really feel about it.. lol ..

just propagate some new pieces.. and dont kill yourself.. trying to repot the old monster ... besides.. youll never get media into the root gob you find in there anyway ....

ken

oh: and if it need be on the carpet.. i would do a pot in pot system.. with a good draining pot.. inside of a fancy one.. the first vid at the link looks interesting ... [of course your new babes.. wont be as hard to place around the room ....

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Aglaonema+division+and+propagation&t=ffcm&iax=videos&ia=videos

Thanks Ken!

Your right, I’m making excuses. 😊 and the more I thought about last night, I came the same conclusion-it’s all roots!

Not sure if I want to divide it too much-I love the size of it. But, I think I decided on just repotting it.

Great idea with the pot in pot system!

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I think repotting is the best option for my big guy-and a good excuse to get a new pot for him 😊 I think he’d be a lot happier with some fresh soil and a new pot.

tondagriessOriginal Author

yesterday

I do have larger rocks at the bottom to help with drainage

Admirable candor.

A brief trip to the Container Gardening forum is in order.

Note that this discussion was placed by the OP in 3 forums. None of which is the Container Gardening forum. Where she would have been set straight.