Basic pot plant question

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Dh wants to repot a small pot plant from its plastic container (with saucer thing) into a jazzy ceramic pot which has a hole in the bottom. He thinks it's fine to put the soil straight into the pot. I'm dubious as i think the roots will grow through the hole and the water will just create a puddle.

Do you clever gardeners plant straight into ceramic pots? Or do you put them in plastic inside the jazzy pot? Do you then get a ceramic saucer to catch the water? It's an indoor plant if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance!

Always use a saucer under something with a hole.

If the plant is happy in a plastic pot, I'd keep it in a plastic pot and put the whole pot in the glazed jazzy one. Glazed pots can cause less moisture to be lost through the soil and can almost drown the roots.

Most houseplants don't need re-potting, even when the pot looks far too small and disturbing a happy plant's roots can kill the plant.

It sounds fine to me. You need the hole at the bottom or else you could end up with very soggy soil. If it's very big (the hole) you could put a few small bits of smashed plate or something similar to prevent soil coming out (so long as they don't completely block the hole).

I'm guessing the new pot is a bit bigger so you may need to buy some new soil too. Good luck!

Actually - pp has a point, if the plastic pot fits in the ceramic one that's by far the best option!

Ok so leave in plastic if possible, if not use a saucer beneath glossed pot. Got it!

We tend to kill indoor plants. It's stressful. I don't know how we can keep two kids alive but little green plants completely fox us.

And where are my manners! Thank you 😊

Tell him that it will in due course outgrow the pot, and that plants tend to have their roots firmly adhering to clay pots, so the likelihood would be that he'd need to break the pot. Much better to be able to tip out the plastic pot and then tip out the plant from the plastic pot.

It's also easier to tell if a plant in a plastic pot needs watering - you can tell whether it seems too light. Less easy to tell in a heavy clay pot.

I don't think plastic is best for a flower. Look clay or glass

Overwatering is the biggest cause of killing house plants. Also don’t report into too big a pot. Should only be an inch or so bigger. So if jazzy pot is too big repot into plastic pot with holes and pop that into jazzy pot. And put a saucer under jazzy pot as water will run through when you water.