When is it time to repot the fan palm?
When the roots of the fan palm grow out of the bottom of the pot or the root ball pushes over the edge of the planter, it is time to repot the houseplant.
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The best time to repot is early spring when you have the fan palm out of the Winter quarters to fetch.
The right planter for fan palms
Like all palms, the fan palm also has very long tap roots. The pot must therefore be as high as possible so that the roots can spread out.
When repotting, choose a larger container than the previous one. The bigger the new pot, the less often you have to repot the fan palm. Make sure that the bucket is stable so that it cannot tip over.
The planter must have a sufficiently large drainage hole. Create a drainage made of gravel or potsherds in the bottom of the pot. Then no waterlogging can develop.
How to repot the plant
- Fill the new pot with substrate
- Pot the fan palm
- Carefully tap off old substrate
- Possibly. Slightly prune roots
- Put the fan palm in a new pot
- Carefully press the substrate
- pour on
Do not shake off any soil that is hanging between the roots to avoid cavities and to prevent excessive pressure on the roots when replanting.
to water Then touch the fan palm well so that the root ball is soaked through. You have to pour out excess irrigation water.
Maintain fan palms after repotting
After repotting, the fan palm is not fertilized for several months. The fresh soil contains sufficient nutrients for the near future.
Do not place the fan palm directly in the sun after moving, but slowly get used to the new surroundings.
Tips
You can buy substrate for fan palms in the garden market. But you can also choose it from Compost soil, Gravel, Expanded clay(€ 16.36 at Amazon *) and mix the sand together yourself. It is important that the mixture is nice and loose so that no waterlogging can develop.
