Potting on - get as big as possible?!

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Hello!

Another day, another remedial question!

This goes for both your indoor and outdoor plants.

Do you just keep potting on forever and ever, letting the plant get as big as possible? Or do you restrict your plants to a certain size eg so they don't end up taking over the entire space?

Am I right to say that even if you don't want to pot on to increase size, you still have to repot ie replace the compost?

Thanks

I’d like the answer to this too.
Lots of my house plants are outgrowing their plastic pots but I don’t want to keep buying increasingly larger ceramic ones to fit them in!

Depends on the plant. Sometimes I split and divide the main plant into 2 or 3 smaller pots.

For houseplants, I take them out of their pot, loosen the soil at the base, and cut off some of the roots. Repot with some fresh compost and water with a little feed.

In the garden, I split perennials every few years. I throw away the middle part and replant or give away what's left.

Spring in a good time to do both.

Some indoor plants have really fleshly roots. I think they do need bigger pots.