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[SANS] Repotting Sansevieria

Dear Frances -et al;
        When I get around to repotting -which is embarassingly infrequently
- and espcially when I am making divisions (which is usually the same time)
I also seriously over pot. The new divisions and finally 'released' larger
plants soon fill the new pots. I am guilty of hvaing many broken pots to
remind me that they need repotting.
        Since I tend to pot in plastic 1 gal black nursery pots, I start
with a soilless mix (one marked for good drainage) add a liberal portion of
sand (50% ?) and a big dose of large pebbles. I need the weight in the pot
to keep pots of large plants from toppling over. This is a very heavy mix
and I add either osmocote (whatever's handy - but as balanced as I can) or
some other fertilizer in small amounts.

        Sometimes I have used regular garden soil-which is heavy clay here
instead of soilless mix. This is naturally richer than soilless, heavier
and is broken up by all the sand and gravel. Sounds like a mixture for
cement, but some Sansevierias can probably grow in cement, too.

        I never underpot, they simply grow too fast and push out of their
pots. Some will simply break through the side of the pot -clay or plastic,
others will push themselves up out of the pot -4 to 6 inches above the soil
- and others just send out rhizomes all over the place with the minority
still in soil.

        I do most of my fertilizing with diluted fertilizers (miracle grow
types) during summer watering while they are actively growing. In winter
here they essentially do not grow and are watered much less often and never
with fertilizer at that time.

        Like Hermine I admit (the shame) of having pots I can't recall when
they were last repotted, others split open (THAT"S good drainage) and most
probably under fertilized , but all uncomplaining.

        Have fun potting up             Jim W.




James W. Waddick                        Voice: 816 746 1949
8871 NW Brostrom Rd                     E-MAIL: jim-jim@swbell.net
Kansas City MO 64152            Fax: 816 746 1939
Zone 5/6 -  Winter low  -10 degrees  F    Summer high +100 degrees F
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