If you keep them in a bucket or pot, you won't be able to avoid repotting them every few years. Otherwise, growth will suffer significantly. But what is really of essential value when repotting the Chinese hemp palm?
How do I properly repot a Chinese hemp palm?
When repotting a Chinese hemp palm, this should be done in spring after 2-3 years. Choose a larger container, remove old roots and use a sandy-loamy, peaty substrate with quartz sand and pebbles in the bottom layer.
After overwintering in spring
In the spring after getting through the winter it is time to repot the Chinese hemp palm. Provided that it has already been 2 to 3 years since the last repotting campaign. Repotting is usually necessary after 5 years at the latest.
Clues that tell you that repotting is necessary now include roots sticking out of the top of the soil. Even if the roots of the plant are sticking out of the drainage holes at the bottom, it is high time to repot. Carry out the procedure between February and March!
Remove from the old bucket and remove old roots
At first it can be a little difficult to remove the palm tree from the old bucket. If she is already quite big, you will need help from someone else. Carefully pull the plant out of the pot while holding the trunk. Then remove the old soil from the roots. You can cut off dead roots and dispose of them.
Choose a new pot and a suitable substrate
Now we need a new planter. It should be slightly larger than the old vessel. If it is more than 10 cm larger, the Chinese hemp palm forms too many new roots and hardly grows on the surface. The new bucket or pot should be deep enough to accommodate the long taproot.
Now it's time to fill it with soil and insert the plant. The substrate should or can have the following features:
- lower layer (2 to 4 cm): pebbles or pottery shards
- Main substrate: sandy-loamy
- preferably peaty
- Compost can be mixed in
- slightly sour
- rich in nutrients
- some quartz sand (makes the soil looser)
Tip
After repotting, you should not fertilize your Chinese hemp palm and at least until new leaves have formed. All you need to care for in the early days is to water them regularly.
