How to repot plants? How to change the soil of flowers?

by Abbas Jahangir · August 1, 2022

Do you know when and how plants need to change their pots in the required periods? not done at the right time and with the technique repotting shortens the life of plants and flowers. Experts recommend repotting before the roots of the plant begin to wrap around the pot and the stem of the plant becomes too large to fit in the pot. Check out our news to learn how to change the soil and potting so that the plants last a long time.

In order for the plants to last for a long time, there are many points to be considered, from irrigation to soil selection, from placing the plant in the right position to repotting. Changing the pot of the plant at the right time and method is one of them. Experts, before the roots of the plant start to wrap the pot and its trunk grows too big to fit in the pot repotting recommends doing it. In addition, since the soil in the pot can lose the nutritional values the plant needs over time, it is of great importance to change the soil and pot regularly in order for the plant to continue its healthy development.

WHEN SHOULD THE BOTTLE CHANGE BE MADE?

Repotting should be done every year for young plants and every year for other plants or at most once every two years . In this way, plants can be helped to have soil that is fertile to meet their needs, to grow comfortably and to be protected from some plant diseases.

Plant experts in the Koçtaş team say, “other than that, plants show in different ways that they need pot and soil changes.” Among these, symptoms such as the roots being seen from the soil surface or the drainage hole, the slow growth of the plant as it should be in all seasons, the heavy body of the plant and the easy overturning of the pot, the increase in the frequency of irrigation, the drying of the plant and the soil can be listed as priority.

Repotting should be done before the roots of the plant begin to wrap around the pot and before the stem grows too large to fit in the pot.

HOW TO CHANGE POTS?

To replace the pot, lay a blanket on the floor.
Take the stem of the plant whose pot and soil will be changed from the pot by taking it between your index finger and middle finger and turning it upside down.
Remove excess soil from the roots of the plant by crumbling the soil on the plant removed from the pot.
Then prune off any roots or diseased roots that have protruded beyond the soil.
Sprinkle the bottom of the pot with the new soil until the ground is no longer visible.
Then position the plant in the center of the pot.
Clean the yellowed leaves of the plant, if any, in its new pot.
Finally, complete the planting process by giving the plant’s life water.

MATERIALS YOU NEED DURING A BOTTLE CHANGE