Spring kicks off the work in the garden, but it’s also the time to think about your indoor plants that need new soil. Repot with the advice of Roland Motte, our gardener.
In the garden, there is a time for everything and a few weeks before spring, it is also time to repot indoor plants. If you want it to be healthy, you have to give them soil from time to time. Roland Motte, the gardener of France Bleu Sud Lorraine and France Bleu Besançon, explains how to proceed.
What material to repot?
To repot a houseplant, you need:
- a classic indoor plant: ficus, pothos, anthurium, philodendron,…
- a slightly larger pot than the previous one,
- a ready-to-use potting soil for indoor plants,
- clay balls,
- a garden felt can be useful.
All indoor plants must be repotted regularly and the principle is the same, whatever the variety. We repot because over time and with regular watering, the soil settles. And if the roots are a little cramped in their shoes, well it gets stuck. Repotting takes place every two or three years, rather in early spring.
The rules of a good repotting?
For a good repotting, you have to follow two or three rules. First, remove the old pot and scrape out the roots. Look that it is indeed a pot with a hole in the bottom, unless it is a water reserve tank. If it is punctured, place clay pebbles in the bottom of the pot and cover with a garden felt. Put the plant back in the middle and add potting soil. Then tamp, tamp and tamp. A little watering on it and you’re done.
– Roland Motte
Instead, do this outside because it will save you from getting potting soil everywhere. If in addition, it is necessary to clean, we did not leave the inn.
Find Roland Motte on France Bleu Lorraine and France Bleu Besançon and on his website www.rolandmotte.fr.