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Originally Posted by Jinni75
I've always been taught to "pot up" that is transplant a plant into a pot 2-4 inches larger in diameter than the one it came from.
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I think this is a poor practice for plants grown in true soils. It rapidly leads to root-bound plants, that are root-bound upon root bound, etc.
In transplanting from something like a 4-inch pot:
- IF the plant is inherently a small annual or perennial, I'll put it in either the ground or the "final size" pot.
- IF the plant is a larger perennial, I'll transplant to a 5 gallon pot for a year and then into the ground or the "final size" pot -- which might be a 25 gallon or 32" tree box.