Hi Eveyone I am at My Dads cleaning carpets for him and washing floors My Dad has been growing a Hoya plant for I have to say at least 25 years in the same pot today I took it down and the roots of the plant grew out of the hole in a clay pot and I had to break the pot to get it out. I am not a good speller and I will try and spell this Country. The cuttings came from laughfea it is in poland any way I have it soaking in warm water butI don't think it has any dirt If I soak this and then put it in another pot with dirt do you think it will be ok should I do anything different I will take a picture of it but I won't be able to post it till late Sunday.
thanks for reading
Dimmer(AKA) Kim
Oh My Gosh My Dads Hoya Plant
Kim,
If there is no soil left, just repot the plant into a bigger pot and add soil. That's what happens when plants grow - the roots grow and they eventually need a bigger pot. Also, tell your father to repot the plant more often - soil needs to be changed, even if you don't have to change the pot size.
Gabi
Gabi
Thanks I let it soak in water all nite and it is still very hard I got a bigger pot and Fresh soil so today I am going to plant it. I don't think I have ever seen flowers on this but I have taken cuttings and I know that it does flower. I think that the flowers are a deep red. I am more into AV And begonias I do have a few Hoyas. Does it matter that the root ball is so tight? There was just a very liite dirt that came from the plant. Do you think that soaking it all nite it will haelp it or see it ok. I will be home letter onm today I have taken a picture of the plant and will put it on once I get back.
Do you or anyone think that if I cut the root ball in half that it will sill grow?
Thanks
Kim
I was just transplanting the hoya and some of the braches looked dead so I cut them off IF not I wonder if I place them in water if they wood grow
Kim
This is the root of the Hoya
This is were the vines look dead and I wonder if they will grow
Those look pretty bad. Do you have a picture of the whole plant?
I don't know why you'd want to cut the root ball in half - but I'm not a root expert so I'm not the one to ask about that!
Back to the vines - they look all dried up and hollow. Is that the case? If you cut a vine, is there any point on the vine that seems healthy? Maybe it's just dead lower down (near the root ball) - if you can take healthy cuttings higher up, then I'd do that and just propagate those, because I'm not sure if you can still save the plant. Again though, if you can post a picture of the full plant, that would be great.
Good luck,
Gabi
Kim, I don't think that those vines look dead at all, just old woody stems. I am assuming that this hoya is rather old, you did say that it is your dad's plant? I have a hoya that is over 100 years old, and all of the vine at the soil looks like yours, yet it is one of the healthiest hoyas in my house.
I wouldn't cut it, just repot it, and you should be seeing gobs of new growth. Just because a stem is woody, and hardened, does not make it dead or unhealthy.
Good luck.
Sara
I use African Violet fertilizer on my Hoya and it blooms well.
100 years old???? Wow Sara, I would love to see that plant (although I probably have seen it in one of your pics but didn't know it was 100 years old). That's amazing.
Well then, I guess you'd know about old plants! It's just that I've seen pictures of old carnosas (about 30 years old), and none of them had dried up hollow looking stems, but maybe that's because the part close to the root ball is covered up by lush growth. I'm glad you stepped in before Kim cut the vines.
Kim, I'd still love to see a pic of the whole plant if you get a chance.
Gabi
Gabi, here is mine. I am sure that you have seen it before, it is my estate sale purchase.....I absolutely love it, and am in complete awe of it's age. The lady who died in 2000 got it from her mother, and apparently a grandmother who had it before she was born.
Drum roll please - I purchased it for a mere $10.00, though there was about 4 hours of vine untangling, and rehab that went into getting it on the huge 6 foot tomato cage.
My vines at the base are not hollow, but they could pass for it, as they are sooooo woody that you would never think that they are viable. But then age isn't always kind.
This picture is so bad but I did take a cutting and will send that one also
The Hoya is in the planter that looks like a egg. I will send a few more
Kim
This is the bad one
Here are the cuttings I will send 2 pictures
And the last one. I am at home now but in the next few weeks I will go back to my Dads The pot was to small for the plant and I will bring back bigger pot It is better than it was
I couldn't see anything in the first 2 pics, but the last two (of the cuttings) definitely look healthy.
Does that egg planter have any drainage? I'm just wondering if the carnosa has been sitting in a non-draining pot for 25 years. If so, make sure you repot the hoya into a plastic pot with drainage.
Gabi
I planted in a clay pot for now the old one was clay all so I had to break it apart to get it out. Then it was in that egg planter My Dad keeps his heat at 75 and in summer he doesn't turn on the Air condiction so it is warm in the house, And the plant is above a heat vent so if they is water it gone real fast. Well I think that I have done all that I can and will have to update the next time I go up in a few weeks and hopfully I will get better pictures
Thanks
Kim