100% Root Loss Repotting

[Ray]

Originally Posted by sabina88

They actually repotted it in the store before I got it. Which was about 4 months ago according to the tag, so its been rootless for at least that long.

Not necessarily.

When roots grow, they “tailor” themselves to function optimally in that environment. Once they have grown, they cannot change. Repotting involves changing the environment (even the change from aged to fresh versions of the same material), which renders the existing roots to be suboptimal, and they will start to fail. Depending upon the degree of difference between old and new conditions, that could be weeks or months.

The trick is getting a new root system that is tailored to that new environment, whether by waiting to repot until new roots are emerging from the base of the plant, or encouraging them to grow after the fact. Neither was apparently done in this case.