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How to re-pot prickly or thorny plants the easy way

Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 2:41

It's almost that time again!

Time to haul all those potted plants back outside.

When you do, it's more than likely that you may need to re-pot them into bigger pots with fresh soil.

Here's a trick I found at All Things Plants (which I subscribe to via email), that I thought I would share with you.

This method really helps when re-potting those stickery plants like cacti, large aloes, roses, agave, bromeliads and other prickly or thorny plants.

This method is also ideal for re-potting all other plants, too.

See LINK below

Here is a link that might be useful: Thorny-Re-Potting-Chores


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RE: How to re-pot prickly or thorny plants the easy way

I like that idea for re-potting in general. Maybe I can actually remember it the next time I need it. In fact, I have a begonia in the basement that I could re-pot right now ...

TM


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RE: How to re-pot prickly or thorny plants the easy way

It is a great idea, isn't it?


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RE: How to re-pot prickly or thorny plants the easy way

I quite often repot this way especially larger plants saves a lot of hassle, for smaller plants cactus and such I make collars out of newspaper long enough it goes around the cactus plus enough to hang on to. Kitchen tongs work good too :).

Annette


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RE: How to re-pot prickly or thorny plants the easy way

Annette,
The paper collar is a very clever idea for handling small cacti.

Thank you!


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