Tropicals & Tender Perennials: How To Repot a Root Bound Hoya? Help!, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Very good advice Christine, and I see what you mean about eventually the plant getting large and the pot being so big!

This past spring, I removed my old 1970's carnosa "Krimson Princess" from the very crowded hanging basket it was in. It was planted in the coco fiber moss stuff in a wrought iron hanging basket for quite a few years. The coco fiber disintegrates over time so every year I would just stuff more fiber down into the basket. Then, I decided to repot it entirely. I divided the plant and potted it up into two large pots. I probably should have just root pruned and planted it back into the same basket, or another hanging basket. They seem happy in the separate pots, but they are heavy! I'm glad my DH has one of those hand truck things ... it comes in handy when I need to move large potted plants. I have a Ficus tree on the pool deck that is very large and heavy as well as a couple of other plants.