I’m gonna have break this pot soon and I’m wishing I planted this bad boy in something uglier.
by AndThatsOnYourPeriod
I’m gonna have break this pot soon and I’m wishing I planted this bad boy in something uglier.
by AndThatsOnYourPeriod
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Before breaking your pot you can try to soak the roots in water and slowly wiggle it out.
Yeez! What a giant! Well done caring 🤩🪴🌿How old is this? And what type of Cat?
If it makes you feel better, it is kinda unsophisticated in a Bob Ross kinda way…
you can fix the pot, try to brake in 2/3 pieces
Soak the roots. Then use tongs to pick out pieces of bark. Slowly and carefully removing it should allow you to keep roots intact and still pull the orchid out of the pot without breaking it.
If I were you and I liked the pot, I would just let the plant crawl out of it in another year or so and then repot the leader into a new pot, and then take a reciprocating saw to the backbulbs. That way you can save both things.
You could let it craw over the edge and put it into a wider but shallower pot instead og having to break it out. Causes a lot less disturbance to the plant as well
Ya. I’ve been through this. It’s why I avoid buying pots that get smaller at the top, regardless of how much I love them.
Or let it really dry out and shrink and then can pull out.
This is a Cattleya??
The glaze will make it easier with the soak and wiggle and dig at the medium method. If the inside isn’t glazed even breaking the pot will be torture to the roots.
I guess I’m with the let it be option. It can definitely go longer in that pot. I like to leave mine until they walk.