How to transplant the ficus of Benjamin?

Ficus Benjamin - evergreen bushyA tree, native to the forests of the tropical and subtropical belts. Have you sapped roots? Is the land dries quickly after watering? Yellowing leaves? To solve these problems, plant transplantation will help.

When to correctly pereshit a ficus

Young Ficus Benjamin recommendedtransplant at least once a year, using the transshipment method. The volume of the container should be slightly larger than the previous one (approximately 3 cm). Otherwise, overmoistening of the soil can lead to the souring of the substrate. The result is a disease or even the death of a plant. In addition, the ficus starts to grow only after its root system touches the walls of the pot. It is desirable to carry out the transplantation in the spring period - the end of February or the beginning of March. Ficus, whose age exceeds four years, requires a transplant every 3 years. A tree having large dimensions is not transplanted. In this case, the replacement of the upper layer of the earth (about 3 cm) with 20% addition of organic fertilizer is carried out annually.

How to transplant the ficus of Benjamin

For better extraction of plants from the pot,it must first be watered. Carefully remove the ficus from the pot, so as not to damage its root system. Then, it should be put on the bottom of a new pot of expanded clay, a layer of 2 cm, sprinkled with a small amount of land (peat, sheet earth and humus in a ratio of 1: 1). For the friability of the prepared soil, one portion of sand is included in the composition. Together with the old earth, place the ficus in the pot, and, ramming, fill the gaps between the earthen coma and the pot walls with a new substrate. If the tree was obtained by cuttings carried out in a wrapped moss (special tissue or plastic mesh-pot), it is not necessary to remove the wrapper, otherwise the roots sprouting through it can be damaged.

To transplant the ficus means, to some extentcause him harm. In the first few weeks after transplantation, yellowing and loss of leaves may occur. In this case it is necessary to shorten irrigation or replace it with spraying. After the expiration of 6 months after transplantation, it is recommended to make additional fertilizing.