When potting up plants---in the Spring---what do you guys do about the medium that are in the existing pots? I'll be increasing the pot size of my VFT and Sarr's; I'm considering placing fresh peat (mixed with perlite) at the bottom of the pots, then taking plant and all medium that is in the current pot and placing in the bigger pot, and fill in the edges with new. Does this make sense?
I see no reason to waste what was in the existing pots, I know it will decompose. Normally I would take used dirt from house plants and put in my compost bin, but hate to do that with peat and spaghnum, it is too expensive.
The other alternative is to remove all existing medium from the plant, and mix in with new to repot. Just figured the first method was less stress and less damage to the roots.
What do you guys do? Thanks Linda ö¿ö
I see no reason to waste what was in the existing pots, I know it will decompose. Normally I would take used dirt from house plants and put in my compost bin, but hate to do that with peat and spaghnum, it is too expensive.
The other alternative is to remove all existing medium from the plant, and mix in with new to repot. Just figured the first method was less stress and less damage to the roots.
What do you guys do? Thanks Linda ö¿ö