Acclimatize new plants before repotting

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Mrs.Green
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Acclimatize new plants before repotting

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A online seller of houseplants ( also c/s) recommends waiting a month after purchase before repotting plants. The reason for this is the stress the plant has undergone being packed, transported and entering a most likely different climate/environment. This sounds sensible to me, we really expect plants to endure a lot, a plant in nature would never be subjected to.

This would also apply to plants been moved from for instance a greenhouse to a home, which in most cases would be a quite dramatic change.

Yes c/s can be very resilient but if one wanted to be extra careful/ having delicate/ difficult plants, wouldn’t this be worth having in mind?
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greenknight
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Re: Acclimatize new plants before repotting

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I disagree. The plant may have early stages of root rot, or root mealy bugs. If a cactus is still in a peaty mix from the nursery, you want to get that stuff off the roots before it dries out and hardens - also, the nurseries force fast growth by using the maximum amount of fertilizer the plants can tolerate while keeping them constantly moist, this will become more concentrated if the soil starts to dry out and can burn the roots. The extra fertilizer should have been leached out before the plants were offered for sale, but you can't be sure that has been done.
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Re: Acclimatize new plants before repotting

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Agreed with greenknight, cacti are very hardy plants to overcome more "stress", as a bonus they have really healthy and peacful life at last.
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Re: Acclimatize new plants before repotting

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Thank you Greenknight and Anttisepp :)
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