As you can see this Jade plant (actually there were FOUR individual Jade plants all growing in this pot) has completely over-grown its pot.
So here we go:
Step 1. Find a VERY beautiful, much larger pot to re-pot your plant into. My friend got this from Plow & Hearth.
A drain hole in the bottom is preferrable, but not necessary.
Step 2. Put about 2-3 inches of packaging peanuts in the bottom of pot.
Step 3. Add appropriate potting soil for the particular plant that you are re-potting. If you aren't sure which type of soil you need, contact me in the comments section at any time and I will point you in the right direction.
Step 4. Because we had several plants growing in this pot we needed to seperate them. A large kitchen knife works really well!
Step 5. For most large plants, you will want to grab the trunk of the plant right at the base of it. If you will be removing the entire pot of soil and large plant at the same time, make sure you have at least two people so that one of you can lift and steady the plant and the other can help by lifting the soil. Make sure that the pot you are moving the plant to is close at hand because you don't want to have to carry ten tons of plant and soil to far.
Step 6. Once the plant is nestled into the soil of the new pot add the remaining soil to the pot until it is to the desired depth in the pot.
**Now this part is different that with the small plants: firmly pack the soil all around the trunk of the plant and push and pack the soil down into the pot. If you don't do this your large plant will fall over in the pot.
We also used a plant stake with sturdy wire arms to help secure the branches and the whole plant in its new surroundings. This may not be necessary for your plant but it was necessary for this plant.
TADA!! Isn't it lovely! I am sure it will be much happier here than it was all crowded into that small old pot.
Any questions? Any comments? I hope you have enjoyed this plant re-potting series.
Yours Truly,
Mrs. Know-It
4 comments:
I would love to see something on how to propagate house plants. I have never had much success with that, probably because I am using the wrong method for that particular plant.
You are correct in thinking that you may be using the wrong method for propagating house plants. There are almost as many methods as there are plants, some use a leaf from the parent plant, some from seeds, etc. If there is a specific plant you are wanting to propagate let me know and I will use a post to talk about it. If not, I will try to do a mini series of posts, like I did for re-potting, and discuss a few of the methods.
So, is there any special soil I should use for repotting my avacado plant?
(Thanks for emailing me your links. I don't think I knew about this second blog)
Ice Cream--I think a regular potting soil like "Miracle Grow" would be fine. I haven't found anything to disagree. Just make sure you provide drainage for the water whether it is with packaging peanuts or a drain hole or both.
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