Repotting, Plus 100 Days

Block #11 of 20 is complete and #12 is halfway done. Love how doing a little each night is getting this so close to the finish line.

Before Matt started giving me fancy plants, like this pretty thing,

 Aglaonema, aka Chinese Evergreen

I only had a few plants that had survived my black thumb. The two money trees and African violet have been repotted so it was time to do the poor, sad orchid I bought a while back for hubby, and a snake plant that hasn’t grown much in years. Gotta admit I repotted both of these mostly for the practice, although I really hope they survive.

Tiny rootball looks so dry and sad. The pot will be repurposed as a cover for one of the clear pots.

Separating orchid and pot was a pain. The moss was adhered to the sides like it had been glued in. 

After rinsing off the old mossy soil and trimming back its dried out roots, the plant turned out to have a few, very short but (hopefully) viable roots. 

Doesn’t she look better already? Lol. Love these clear pots - so great for observing (crossing my fingers) new root growth. 

The snake plant looked dormant - the one stem it had left (red arrow) hadn’t grown in a long time - so I put it outside on the front porch 2-ish years ago. Imagine my surprise when it *loved* the new environment and produced a pretty little pup. 

The old leaf still wasn’t growing but the pup has gone from a tiny sprout to 3 happy, healthy leaves. Anything that tries that hard deserves another chance to live.

It’s repotted but in quarantine for a week or so to be sure no hitchhikers came indoors with her.