What do repotting, changing pots, and rotating pots mean? A guide to gardening terminology for beginners

After growing flowers for so many years, I found when talking with friends that it felt like listening to a foreign language. What is repotting, what is rotating pots? I had no idea what they were talking about. So when we grow flowers, we still need to keep learning the professional vocabulary of the flower-growing world. Only then, when we talk with the big shots of flower growing, can we keep up with the speed of the experienced drivers; otherwise you might crash.

1. What is repotting

This one is the easiest to understand. Repotting, of course, means planting the flower into a pot. When planting plants and flowers, you must be especially careful, because this will directly determine whether this pot of flowers and plants will go smoothly on its future growth path and whether the flowers it blooms will look good. When repotting plants and flowers, the choice of flower pot should be determined according to the plant. Never use a small flower in a large pot, because this can easily cause the flowers and plants to die due to insufficient nutrient absorption.

2. When to change pots

Many friends already know this. When you see the words, it is clear. That's right, it means moving plants and flowers from a small pot to a large pot, or changing pots in order to change the soil. Moving from a small pot to a large pot is easy to understand. As the plant grows, it will certainly get bigger, and once it is bigger, it naturally cannot still use a small pot. At this time, changing pots is very necessary.

At the same time, you also need to add some nutrients and fertilizer to the new pot to provide enough nutrients for the plant's subsequent growth. If you are changing the soil, then you need to replace more than half of the soil in the previous pot, and then add new soil to replenish nutrients. The frequency of changing soil is mainly determined by the plant. Some are changed once a year, and some are changed 2-3 times a year.

3. What is rotating pots

Many friends feel that this term is very unfamiliar. Why rotate a perfectly good pot? Super strange. In fact, rotating pots is very necessary for potted plants and flowers, because the balcony we usually live with generally has sunlight on one side and shade on the other. So if you do not rotate the potted plant, one side will grow vigorously while the other side will grow very sparsely. Therefore, rotating pots is also very necessary.

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