Beginner Cymbidium - when to repot?

[ajeatoo]

Should finish... Those seems to only bother my hostas. I have two pots in the back with cannas and other perennials which don't seem to have any issues.


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[ajeatoo]

Sonya your post didn't show up when I replied earlier.

Ok so I have a Dulles in a strata complex. So while I do have a small-ish garden that spans along the entire front if my duplex where I have free reign that actually gets even more sun lol. All day sun and into the evening until it sets. So the back deck is the only place. But I think I'll just move it outside by the house so it will be shaded by noon.

I do have allot of paver ants around here but I guess I will just have to watch them. Besides they go for the hummingbird feeders and my peonies first so should be fine.

Yes from what I've read I will need to have it outside, you guys are all confirming that for me. So will repot it sometime this week when I get a chance (ie time) and then set it outside. I have a small table by the BBQ right in front of my living room window, think I'll put it there to start. Will be protected and still get sun for mornings. Will see how that works. I can see my husband complaining that it is in the way while he grills lol. I will play around with it.


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[ajeatoo]

Dulles ?.? iPad spell check strikes again. Duplex!


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[WhiteRabbit]

I use a potting mix of fine and medium bark chip, throw in some perlite, or something of that nature (perlite, charcoal, pumice) - I also throw in some styro pnuts, but it's not necessary I also use plastic pots with drain holes in the bottom - I just use the 1,2, and 3 gallon nursery pots. . . Cyms aren't very fussy about media, so long as it retains some moisture, and drains well (pots should also drain well).


I don't have large yards either, but do have options on all sides of the house.

I don't know about drip or mist irrigation - I just water mine with the hose or water can ... Potting mix should be kept from drying out completely.

I could place the CYM up next to my house, it would get sun there till about lunch and shade after that?

That sounds very good!

So slugs etc don't bother with them much? The only real pests I contend with in my garden are slugs, snails and whatever the bugs are than eat the leaves -looks like someone cut them with scissors.

I do get some snails, mostly when in bud or bloom, but do find the occasional one in them other times - outside of eating blooms, they don't seem to do damage much - I do use the iron oxide snail pellets (mostly in winter, when the rain brings the snails out a lot, and there are buds on the plants), but of course, that can be used any time. Personally, outside of the snails, aphids and ants on buds and blooms - I haven't had trouble with other pests, but different locales may have different experience - tho I have read that Cyms aren't prone to other pests much.

[Optimist]

Id put them in a nice cement planter. But that is my own prefererence. Id make them a kind of centerpiece for the garden.

[james mickelso]

Slugs/snails will munch on tender new growth so watch out. Ants love to build nests in coarse media too.

[ajeatoo]

We'll it's outside now, will have to reorganize the area to suit better. Not going to do her irrigation for the time being, just hand water. At least with it being on the deck by the window I can enjoy it from inside too! I'll pick up some fine bark mix and mix that with some medium I already have. It has clay pellets in it and perlite etc also.

The temps tonight are forecasted for 48F (9C). That will be ok I suppose since they are ok to stay out to just above freezing?


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[ajeatoo]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

Slugs/snails will munch on tender new growth so watch out. Ants love to build nests in coarse media too.

Eww.... Yes will definitely watch it! I don't like bugs as you can probably tell. Give me a snake or frog or mouse anytime thank you!


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[ajeatoo]

I decided to bring it in overnight. I'll set it back out in the mornings until the temps are around 15 or so overnight.


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[ajeatoo]

Well I repotted it today. And I'm glad I did. Not sure what the medium was but it was almost like tiny little pellets. And the first thing I saw when I removed the old pot was a worm crawling out of the roots! I laid it down and patted it which seemed to remove the old medium pretty well. The low and behold another worm came crawling out!! So I kept turning and patting, there was some spag moss in the centre which I was able to mostly remove, the took a hose to remove what bits I could. I repotted using a small bark mix which has perlite, clay pellets, bark of course and small gravel like rocks in it. I could use a bit more but ran out, I have spag on its way so I think I'll just put a layer of fresh spag on top which will help to keep it from drying out too quickly.

Anyways as far as the roots went they looked really good I think! At least I didn't have any worries there.

Old medium:




Roots before I hosed it off with the shower attachment:





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