Elizabeth Mulvihill asked 13 years ago
This cacti plant produces lovely orange flowers. It has never been re-potted and the roots are beginning to come through the end of the pot. Can you tell me how to do this without breaking the plant?
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
This is the rat’s tail cactus, Aporocactus.
Cactus can do fine in a tight pot for many years.
But if you wish to take it out. First try soaking it for a day in a basin of water.
With a plastic pot, press in the side a little to loosen the rootball.
Hold the plant with a glove or thickness of paper or a carpet offcut and try to shake the root ball out or push it out with a piece of wood.
Pieces may brea off and can be potted up after a few days drying on a window sill to seal the wounds.
