Repotting Serissa?

Dionysus9 · Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:22 pm

My Serissa is doing well indoors, losing a few leaves but there's some new growth to match it. It's planted in some kind of moss and peat combination. But... every time I come home to see how it's doing, I find a new bug on it. First it was a small mite-looking thing. A few days ago it was a slug. Today I found a small pill bug and a very small centipede-looking insect. The tree is not showing any negative signs... Should I repot it? And should I wait until the beginning of spring?

bonsaiboy · Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:03 pm

I should think its okay to go ahead and repot. Since the tree is a subtropical one,you would probably be able to repot it any time of year.

Dionysus9 · Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:23 pm

Thanks

It's in all peat now and I'm going something else.
Is a 50/50 of cactus soil and vermiculite good?

bonsaiboy · Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:49 pm

I should think so, as long as its the horticultural grade vermiculite. Maybe even something that dries out faster, but I don't know how wet Serissas like to be.

Dionysus9 · Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:48 pm

I just repotted it with 50 percent cactus and 50 percent vermiculite, both horticultural grade. We'll see in the next few days how it turns out...

bonsaiboy · Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:42 pm

Okay. Keep us up to date on how it does.

Dionysus9 · Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:14 am

It's doing very well. No massive loss of leaves or yellowing. The leaves have seemed to turn a very dark green though.