TLDR: How would you go about repotting this Mamei into a rectangular pot?
When I first got this Philodendron Mamei last April, it was a tiny little starter plant. I don’t have a picture from then anymore, but I got it from TGE, so I’m sure you can imagine the size.
Well, last summer and for the remaining year I was going through a lot of health problems and suffering from chronic fatigue due to severe iron deficiency anemia and I kind of just did the very bare minimum as far as plant care goes. Then some other things happened and money was tight for a bit, but things are better now and I finally have the energy to give my plants some TLC and repot them.
This Mamei and my Gloriosum are the only crawlers that I have that need rectangular pots and this will be my first time moving anything into a rectangular pot.
As you can see, the older leaves dropped off and the stem is quite long now. The reason they’re facing up like that is because it was originally on my bookshelf under one of those cheap desk grow lights for supplemental light. You can see what I mean in the last picture.
I know I should wait until that new leaf is done, but would it be better to just chop it and start fresh so that it has more time and space to crawl in the new pot? I’m also planning on switching my philodendrons to leca from pon so that’s another reason I’m considering chopping too, that and so I don’t have to worry about messing with the roots too much trying to get the pon out since it’s very likely root bound and going to be a pain.
by ecliptas
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It shouldn’t be too difficult to unpot it. Just tip it sideways and let pon fall out onto a container or lid or something and once enough is out you can work on fiddling with the roots to get them through the cache pot. Philodendron are typically very forgiving and robust so don’t worry too much about them.
As far as chopping, it’s up to you. Its a plant as it is but I understand wanting more space in the new pot. I would trim it back a little bit and prop the nice large nodes but leave some so it at least has some direction it should grow.