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Aug 3, 2020 12:36 PM CST
Name: Al F.
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I am interested. I look at helping others get more from the growing experience as a natural extension of my own growing experience.

How you proceeded looks good. I'm sure you'll be happy with the results. The root system currently shows soil saturation has taken a heavy tool on root function/health, so the next time you get a look at the roots, it will be a much different story. Please do remember to use the 'tell', and water when it shows the medium is getting dry at the bottom of the pot.

If all goes well, your next repot should be around the summer solstice 2022. Plants have natural rhythms (search endogenous or circadian rhythm), one of which is the growth cycle. If the plant approves of the care it's getting, it will be strongest and most robust from mid-June to mid-August. That is the time period when tropical trees and most houseplants should be repotted because the abundance of stored energy and the current ability to trap the sun's energy to make food (photosynthesis) is at peak levels, which ensures recovery faster than at any other point in the growth cycle. You grow plants because you like to nurture, working with the plants natural rhythms instead of at cross purposes makes you feel like you're a better nurturer ...... and in fact that would be true.

Also, I can't see if you pinched the plant (tip-pruned) but you could do that to force some back-budding. If you pinch it, don't prune until next summer. At that time, you should remove the lanky winter growth you'll get by cutting back to last summer's short internodes. After that, you should start pinching all branches back to 2 leaves once the 3rd leaf on each branch has started to unfurl. That is how to maximize ramification (branch and leaf density).

Questions?

Al
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