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Re: potting on


> We are always advised to repot a plant into the next size up, and not to 
> jump from a small pot to a large one.  It is always a pain poking soil 
> mix down into the narrow gap.  I use a chopstick, but it is still 
> fiddly.  Now I have just read a good idea in Sir Peter Smithers book 
> Adventures of a Gardener.  He uses square pots and when he repots, he 
> sets the cube of roots diagonally in the larger pot.  This gives  
> more-easily filled triangles of space.
> 

Very good point Diane.

Potting on seems a very logical thing to do 
resulting, presumably in several layers of roots like tree rings 
progressively from the centre of the pot to the outside.

What is the advantage of this and how does it manifest itself?

Is there any demonstrable practical advantage in potting on where 
plants:- 
a) spend their lives in relatively small pots?
b) are to be planted out into the garden later?
c) anything else?

I can see that where space is at a premium and time is not, then 
potting on can be useful.
What else?

Terry Dowdeswell
18 Henderson Ave
Tuakau, New Zealand
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Terry@delphinium.co.nz
http://www.delphinium.co.nz
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