Do you have to repot when the season changes? Repotting time and method for potted plants

Just as a child needs a bigger bed and larger clothes as they grow up, if a plant is never repotted and is left to grow as it pleases, its root growth will be restricted, which affects the plant's development. In addition, the soil in the pot, as the plant grows, becomes increasingly short of nutrients and increasingly poor in quality, so repotting the plant at the right time can give it new life.

I. Which season is suitable for repotting

The timing of repotting and changing the soil varies from flower to flower. Generally, it is chosen between the two solar terms Awakening of Insects and Pure Brightness, when potted flowers have just begun to stir into growth but have not yet entered their peak growing season - this is the best time to repot potted flowers and change the soil. If too early, the potted flowers have not yet stirred into growth and root rot easily occurs; if too late, the flowers have already entered their vigorous growing period, and repotting and changing the soil easily damage the roots and also affect growth.

From the standpoint of the seasons, there are two best times each year to change the soil:

Spring: March, April, May; autumn: September, October, November. Some plants can also have their soil changed in winter, that is, in December and January and February. (In the south, where temperatures are high, spring repotting can be done in late February to early March; in the north, where temperatures are low, it can be done from mid-March to mid-April.)

In any case, you must not choose to repot in summer, especially changing the soil in midsummer. Changing the soil in midsummer does more harm than good; the key reason is the high temperature, and in the other seasons this problem does not exist.

The periods when you absolutely should not change the soil are the seedling-recovery period, the vigorous growing period, the flower-bud period, the blooming period and the fruiting period.

For plants: the most suitable periods for changing the soil are the dormant period and the early growing period.

As for changing the soil, besides looking at the season, you also have to look at the condition of the plant itself; different plants have different suitable times for changing the soil. Perennial-rooted and deciduous flowers can be repotted and have their soil changed after leaf fall until before they sprout in early spring; evergreen flowers such as clivia (Clivia miniata), camellia (Camellia japonica) and orchids should be repotted only after the temperature rises, not too early, otherwise the roots easily rot.

II. In what condition should a plant be repotted?

1. Observe the plant's roots

If you find that the plant's leaves are growing smaller and smaller in size, getting thinner and thinner, and their color is also fading, just like a person who is sallow and thin, it means the soil does not have enough nutrients and the plant needs repotting to replenish the soil.

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