RE-POTTING HOUSE PLANTS
Plants such as aspidistras, palms, and various ferns frequently fail to thrive because they are pot bound —
the pots being full of roots and the soil exhausted. In such cases they should be turned out of the pots and replanted in larger pots which should be quite clean. Fresh drainage material should be used and fine, clean, rich soil used to fill in round the ball of roots. Except for removing the old drainage material it is not necessary to break the ball of roots.
Place- in the new pot so that the top of the soil is half an inch from
the top and well ram the new soil all round, using a blunt, flat stick for the purpose. Watering newly-potted plants must be done carefully, giving it only when the -soil is fairly dry, otherwise sourness of the soil will result. Any surplus water which accumulates in" the saucer should be tipped out. On no account should the pot stand in water. It should be borne in mind that less water is required during the winter than in summer when growth is active and evaporation more rapic"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 25
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194RE-POTTING HOUSE PLANTS Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 92, 20 April 1939, Page 25
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