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GardenGems said:I want to have a hand out on how to pot your C/S. I know how I do it. When I know the plant someone is transplanting, I know how to give them instructions. What if it's great grandma's heirloom hoya or whatever. It's even easier when I know someone's comfort level. This is different. A generalised direction. One size fits all. There are many different styles on transplanting a C&S in to a new pot.
Before you move your succulent to a new pot, try to have a handle on how well rooted it is, ie. whether it has filled its current pot with roots or not. A well rooted plant will be easy to move, one that has only filled part of its pot may require a little more care.
In the former case, you pop it out, root ball intact and undisturbed, and plop that on top of the appropriate amount of soil in a bigger pot. Then fill in the soil around it and presto, you're done.
In the latter case, you may have to break some roots or at least disrupt their contact with the soil, as part of getting the plant out of the pot and into a new one. It's important to be as gentle as possible while you do this, and try to distribute the roots broadly in the new pot, so they are best positioned to invade the new terrain. Fill in around the roots and be sure that the soil level is the same as it was before, with respect to the body of the plant.
Finally, and critically, do not water immediately after repotting. Wait a few days to a week to water (longer if you had to handle the roots), so that any damaged roots can have time to heal before submerged in dirty water.
