To ensure a successful interior landscape, it's important to give your plants a healthy head start--and to repot them when necessary. The following steps explain the best way to keep your plants on the right track:
- Choose a container twice the size of the existing pot.
- Place clay shards or pebbles in the bottom of the new pot to prevent the potting soil from running out of the draining hole. Pour some potting soil into the container.
- Tamp the soil down to remove any air pockets.
- Loosen the rootball from the containered plant (usually a simple squeeze of the container will do the trick), and gently pull the plant out of the pot by the trunk or thickest stems.
- Place the plant in the center of the new container, and add potting soil to fill the remaining space in the container.
- Tamp the soil down again, and water the plant thoroughly. You don't have to add any fertilizer at this point.
Tips: Apply Vitamin B1 to the newly planted tree to prevent transplant shock. Also, remember to rotate your indoor plants every two weeks to help them grow evenly.
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