Plant Care after transit

Plants are no different from human – we suffer from jetlag after long transit. Yet, some plants are more adapting while some are not. Here are the tips to rescue your jetlag green baby.

Alocasia / Aroids / Bonsai (Woody Plant) / Hoya / Ivy / Ferns / Peperomia / Philodendrom  

Conditions after transit: yellowish leaves; dehydrated; loss of leaves
Cure: Trim the yellowish / rotten leaves; then soak the whole plant in water for 12 hours (6 hours for Perperomia) then put it in a pot filled with the well drained substrates (for Fern, PH value shall be in the range of 5.5 -6.0).  In 2 weeks' to 6 weeks' time, your plant will revive!

Special notes about Hoya - As an epiphytes, hoya does not have a strong root system; it will be easily damaged under scorching sun and cold weather.

Begonia / Ardisia / Heuchera / Sonerila / Labisia & Other Terrarium Plants

⚠️CAUTION: This Begonia variety is recommended for Advanced plant keepers only.


⚠️ Special Care needed! 1) Plant requires immediate repotting (i.e: moist sphagnum moss) upon removal from plastic tray. 2) Place the potted plant on tray filled with water. 3) Enclose in plastic bag (Clear Zip-lock bags recommended). The sealed plastic bag will maintain the humidity in the micro-environment. ***Begonia requires extremely high humidity! Failure to complete the above steps will result in wrinkled leaves and ultimate death! 

Conditions after transit: Juiceless; mushy leaves; some loss of leaves
Cure: Trim the rotten or mushy leaves; then soak the whole plant in water for 12 hours; then plant it in a pot filled with moisturisng substrate which is 100% saturated with water (for Heuchera, no particular preference for substrate as long as it's relatively acidic). Lastly, place your potted plant in an enclosed humid environment with indirect sunlight,  then leave it there 7-14 days. Make sure the substrate is always saturated with water. 2-4weeks later a healthy plant is waving hand at you! 

 

Bromeliad 

Conditions after transit: Dehydrated leave
Cure: Trim the dehydrated leaves; then soak the whole plant in water for 12 hours; then plant it in a pot filled with sphagnum or peat moss.

Carnivorous  

Conditions after transit: Yellowish ; dehydrated
Cure: Spary water then keep it in an enclosed humid environment; 1-2 days later keep under strong shade and water by distilled / mineral-free water.  For carnivorous plants, please keep it in peat moss or sphagnum.

Caudex

Conditions after transit: No leaves (especially during summer hibernation).  
Cure: Put it in a pot filled with well-drained substrate; avoid direct sunlight then leaves will grow when it's the right timing. 

Moss  

Conditions after transit: Yellowish ; dehydrated
Cure: Spary water then keep it in an enclosed humid environment; 1-2 days later keep under strong shade and water by distilled / mineral-free water.  For carnivorous plants, please keep it in peat moss or sphagnum.

Red Mangrove

Step 1: The soil should be mixed with fine sand and soil, and the roots should be laid flat into the soil (if the roots are not knotted or crossed, they are ready to be planted), take the clean seawater and cover the soil by more than 2cm.

Step 2: Wash off the salt on the leaves of mangroves (the leaves of mangroves will automatically precipitate the salt in the body), pay attention to the salt crystals precipitated on the leaves (which will affect survival). Wash them frequently. Nature relies on rainwater, and clean the indoor environment with fresh water for 2-3 days!!!

Step 3: Plant requires lighting for 8-10 hours a day. Mangroves can adapt to strong light, so the light environment should satisfy strong light as much as possible.

By completing the above 3 steps, the survival of the Red mangrove can be guaranteed.

More Tips: Mangroves can basically give birth to two leaves every half a month. When six leaves grow, they can be trimmed and the top two leaves are subtracted, so that the mangroves can produce branches at the roots of the two leaves, so that the growing mangroves will have more branches and become more lush, instead of growing straight upward.

Succulent

Conditions after transit: mushy or dehydrated leaves
Cure: Trim the mushy or dehydrated leaves, then put the succulent in pot filled with well-drained substrate.  Don't water it until the second day.  Let it bath under the Sun.  It takes 2-4 weeks to grow the root.

Sanservieria

Conditions after transit: Dehydrated leaves
Cure: Plant it in well drained substrate then water it.  Leaves will then revive!