I have a Hoya , actually I believe the pot has 2 types nearly alike in it . I think H. carnosa and rope hoya. ea summer I get many blooms the purplish squares that open into the fleshy pink stars w/ dark eye center. I have had it at least 5 or 6 years and it has never been repotted. I csannot believe that by now it dosnt need new soil, but have no idea how to do this. I consider myself a fairly experienced plant person with a greed thumb. Many are amased at some of my plants and how well they do. I'm not great withe the scientific / latin names, abut do own a Hortis third. so that shows my interest ( I hink)...anyway: any tips on propigation and also of course what type soil and mixture to repott in. or should I just leave as is and remove what soil I can and ammend as possible (that is what I had to do wih an 11 ft burro's tail once-----I thought I remembered the H.carnosa name from a book id, however, from some above posts mine must be an H. oboto or ovoboto ??, the other is in the same pot and the leaves look similar, but have a "curl" to them.
anyway my need is for repotting info.
Thankyou
should I & if so , How to repot a H. oboto??
Hi Sheri -
Have you read thru the posts at the top of the Forum??? There is a lot of good information there....and in the links.
If the water doesn't flow thru the pot because the roots are so thick...then you should repot...but not into a HUGE pot...just one a bit bigger. Lots of conversation about the types of soil in the links...hoyas like nice loose soil without soggy stuff.
Carol
OK and Thanks a lot Carol, I will work on it this afternoon, not in the heat of the day. Lots of peat mixed in then, and yes I will review the info. there was so very much that I did not read all of it in detail
Thanks,
Sheri
PS, I have a Bluebird male that has fledges that he has been raising as a single dad. Well today, I think hid new female came home with him and she is a,ummmmcan't remember the word for nearly albino, but that is what she is. sort of a ghost BB. w/ barely a faint hint of the rust and blue. Absolutely georgeous, she is.
Sheri....instead of peat (which can dry out and then it is hard to re-wet)....use more perlite, or bark bits, gravel....that kind of stuff. Like for growing orchids.
Your birds sound lovely!!!
Sheri, as AlohaHoya stated, you should only pot up one size (that is usually the norm for any plant, just move it up to the next larger size pot.) If your pot is real large pot, the plant will be concentrating on trying to fill it by growing more roots than foliage. I have learned that hoyas do best when they are root bound.
I use Miracle Grow Potting Soil (because that is the best I can find locally) plus I mix in Lots of Orchid Bark and also Perlite, which makes for a chunky, well draining potting medium. This type of medium seems to suit all of my plants, especially the hoyas.
If you can get a photo of the albino blue bird you should post a photo of it over on the birdwatching forum: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/birdwatching/all/! She sounds beautiful!
I did post 1 and Dave cropped it for me as she is very shy when I am out and was on the roof, which is also where my telephoto lense is (LOL, had to spend the $'s planned for a good lense on roof repair). Thaanks for the Hoya tips, I believe I will amend until after blooming has occured. I would hate to redirect this plants energy. It put out about 12 blooms over the summer last year. I have some pics to put on of it also, but will have to wait til later on. gotta get ready for church.