So you’ve determined that your houseplant is in need of a major overhaul–repotting. Houseplants require occasional repotting to keep them healthy. In addition to knowing when to repot, you must, of course, know how to repot a houseplant for this task to be successful.
When it’s time to repot your plant, you should use a combination of plastic pots and peat-based compost. Of course, this depends on the plant’s requirements. First, soak the clay pot for a day before using it so the pot won’t draw the water out of the compost.
Pots are available in all sorts of sizes but you usually only need four or five different sizes. The most common sizes used are the 6 cm, 8 cm, 13 cm, 18 cm and 25 cm. You will always want to leave enough space between the rim of the pot and the surface of the compost; as that’s your watering space. It should increase with the size of your pot because larger pots hold larger plants, which require more water.
When one of your houseplants is in a large pot and can’t be repotted, you will have to top-dress the compost. What this means is you will have to remove the top 25 to 36 mm (1 to 1 1/2 inches) of old compost and replace it with fresh compost. Be sure not to damage the plant’s roots, and leave a gap between the top of the compost and the rim of the pot so that the plant can be watered easily.
Repotting a houseplant is easy when following these basic guidelines for houseplant repotting:
Now that you know how to repot houseplants, you can enjoy them even longer year round.
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