Guide to Repotting Houseplants

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Repotting is not always potting up! It’s more of a refresh that involves trimming roots, changing soil, and adding nutrients. Hear how you can give your houseplants a good repotting from Eliza Blank, founder and CEO of the Sill. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3wm1BZG Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/48dHjiy Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/486NaWV EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3w6pAMq Connect With Eliza Blank: Eliza Blank, founder of The Sill, built a successful business in the houseplant sector in 2012, after she moved to her first apartment. By tapping into her family’s generational love of plants, she livened up her living space. This spurred the beginning of the Sill, a houseplant business that currently hosts 12 brick-and-mortar stores and delivers houseplants directly to customers. Today, Eliza continues to demonstrate a commitment to plants, brand building, and customer centricity. The Sill Shop Find your Plant Match Quiz Instagram Facebook YouTube TikTok Pinterest North West Flow Garden Festival Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you have made it this far in this week and also made it far in your house plant growing journey,
0:18.7	there comes a time when you actually have to change the pot because the plant has actually grown.
0:23.0	So we have Eliza Blank back on the show,
0:24.6	founder of the sill.
0:26.2	Let's talk repotting.
0:27.1	I think probably a topic that maybe introduces a bit of anxiety
0:31.6	for folks that are growing their house plans?
0:33.9	I don't know.
0:34.9	What have you seen?
0:35.9	Yeah, this actually requires you to get your hands dirty, right?
0:39.9	But in a good way, I actually think it's one of the most fun parts of my routine. But I think the common
0:46.6	misconception is you are waiting for your plant to literally outgrow its pot. When we talk about
0:51.5	repotting out the sill, this is really about refreshing the
0:55.8	potting material, the potting mix, and making sure that the medium that your plant is in
1:01.9	is full of nutrients.
1:04.5	You know, these nutrients can get washed out over time.
1:08.5	Maybe your plant needs a bit of a root trim.
1:11.5	It's just a really good way to sort of refresh and set your plants up for success and for growth.
1:18.0	So we, you know, there's a lot of things online that are going to tell you that you should really only
1:23.6	repot in the spring. We try not to overthink it, you know, quite honestly if when I have time
1:29.2	is not the spring, I'm going to repot my plans when I have the time. So, but if your plan is thriving and doing well
1:37.2	and you want it to continue to grow,
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