Want to repot your potted plants? How can you change the soil quickly without damaging the roots?

Anyone who has grown flowers and plants at home knows that for plants, the condition of the soil directly affects how well they grow. So besides paying attention to maintaining the fertility of the soil, regularly replacing the soil the plants grow in is also a very important step.

Although you should not change the soil too often, changing it once every one to two months is good for plant growth. This is because plants consume nutrients as they grow, and the nutrients in the soil keep decreasing as the plants take them up; eventually, once they are used up, the soil can no longer provide energy for the plants' growth. So what should you pay attention to when changing the soil? Friends often tell me that when changing soil, you always have to be very careful, always afraid of damaging the plant's roots and stems. This is indeed a problem, so what methods can avoid it?

1. First, when choosing the soil for repotting, you must pay attention and be sure to choose a material with a composition similar to the previous soil. This way, the plant's adaptation time will be shortened accordingly, and it can enter its normal growth stage more quickly. If you really cannot find a composition basically the same as before, for example if the soil composition is a bit hard to buy on the market, or if you yourself do not know what the soil used for the potted plant was made of, then you can look online for soil types suitable for potted plants, or go to a flower shop and ask the shopkeeper for relevant information. In short, the more specific the questions, the better; no detail should be overlooked.

2. When changing the soil, we need to use a trowel to dig the plant's roots out of the old soil. This can be considered a technical job. If you are not a patient person, it is best not to try it, because if you are not careful, it is easy to break the plant's root hairs. Although a plant may have quite a lot of root hairs, breaking even one will affect the plant's nutrient supply, so it is better to be careful with this.

3. When choosing the size of the container, it is also best to choose one about the same size as the original, so that the amount of soil will be about the same, and it will also better suit the size of the plant's roots and stems. If the plant has relatively thin and small branches, it is best to use a smaller trowel, which will reduce the chance of damaging the root hairs and also lower the difficulty of the operation. Even so, you cannot completely relax; you still need to pay attention to what needs attention. When digging out the roots, your movements must be gentle and slow, and you absolutely must not rush.

After transplanting to the new environment, you also need to be patient when covering the soil. Add the soil little by little until the roots and stems are surrounded, then slowly pat and press it firm with the trowel. As for the subsequent watering work, I do not need to say more.