Repotting Houseplants Tips- Repotting my Ficus Triangularius

Spring is the best time to repot your houseplants! Really you can do it anytime of the year if your plant is outgrowing their current pot. But for best results, wait for growing season, the start of spring. Not only is it good to repot in the next size up, but it is good to refresh the soil. Most ALL my plants stay in the pot they come home in from the nursery, allowing them to get used to their new environment. Besides repotting in the spring, I only repot if I the plant isn’t retaining water, or root bound (roots are taking over). Today I am repotting two of my Ficus Triangularius plants.

I have two Ficus Triangularius plants right next to each other, in our front bay window. I am going to plant them together, in one pot! Eeek! Very excited about their union.

I could tell these plants needed to be repotted because the soil was drying out really quickly. Also the plant felt really top heavy, needed a bigger pot to support how much it had grown this past year.

**Step One- Get potting soil**. I like All Purpose posting spoil from Black Gold. I got mine at a local plant shop (Cactus & Topicals) but you can find it online too (here).

**Step Two- Find a Planter**. This could be step one, either way, both are required in this repotting process. Get a planter, the next size up from what your plant is currently in. This doesn’t mean you need to go buy an expensive planter. You can simply get the next size up in the same plastic grow pot. I am using a 5 gallon plastic planter I got from our local nursery, you can find at The Home Depot or Lowes too. Most importantly you want your planter to have a drainage hole for excess water.

**Step Three- Plant!** Add your potting soil to your planter about halfway, making sure there is room for you plant and some extra space. Lift your plant over the new planter and soil and break up the bottom soil. This will help the roots start to grow in the new soil. Add soil to the top and you are done!

**Potting Tip**– leave a couple inches from the top of the soil to the top of the planter so water and dirt don’t spill out.

**Step Four- Water and Fertilize**. Make sure to water after your repot! The potting soil I use does have a fertilizer, plants need food too! Every time I water my plants I add Plant Food to the water. I have very happy plants when I feed and water them weekly.

You can see how I sat my new planter in a saucer to catch the extra water. Then I sat that inside a basket. I leave my plants right where they are when I water. I always deep water my plants until I see a little water start to spill into the saucer, then I stop watering.

Ficus Triangularius is such a fun shaped of plant! This is a favorite of mine, I love how it curves around the bay window. Looks so great after combining the two together! PS- I put it in this large natural basket

Favorite Houseplant Things-

Basket with Lid 21″ H (*I use this for plants too, just leave lid off*) // Thieves (*I use one cap mixed with 16 oz of water to clean plant leaves, and clean everything in my house!*)

Moss // Plant Food // Basket with Lid 19″ H // Watering Can //

Extra Tall Basket 27″ H (*this is pricey but it is tallest basket I have seen*) // Potting Soil

Basket with Handles 21″ W x 16″ H // Basket with Handles 15″ W x 15″ H //

Plant Water Tray (*you can find at The Home Depot and Lowes*) // Large Plastic Pot

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