When roots grow, they optimize their cellular structure for the environment they’re in, and once they’ve grown, they cannot change.
If you then change that root environment, those roots are immediately suboptimal, so will start to fail. That’s why the best time to repot is just when new roots are emerging. Those will be optimized for the new environment and support the plant.
At this point, the best thing you can do is to keep it very warm, humid, and shady, so it won’t lose water at a rapid rate while it grows new roots. Keep the potting medium moist with a 1:250 Kelpak solution.
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