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Jul 7, 2023 4:41 PM CST
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I just repotted my mom's fortune plant.. and it was a disaster..sopping wet soil...half the trunk was rotted. I ended up removing the rotten side--which was about half the trunk - dead half had no roots. The other half still has a lot of healthy roots to it. I was a bit confused with the soil..I made my own guided by google research 😅. I mixed coco coir, indoor potting soil by fafard, worm castings, orchid bark for 1 part, with 1 part perlite, and 1 part peat moss. Is this good soil? Will plant still recover? What else can I do?
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This is a picture of how much of trunk left ☚ī¸
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Jul 8, 2023 6:15 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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what does the whole plant look like?
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Jul 8, 2023 9:09 AM CST
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The trunk is like that all the way to the roots. That half has a lot of healthy roots. The top looks like this (see photo). Should I have that gap on the trunk under the soil? Grin
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Jul 8, 2023 9:46 AM CST
Name: Sally
central Maryland (Zone 7b)
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I have almost no experience with those. But I would discard all the roots, take the healthy top and root that.
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Plant it and they will come.
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