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title: "Hi everyone! Wanted to get an opinion! During spring mass repotting,…"
description: "Hi everyone! Wanted to get an opinion! During spring mass repotting, I accidentally repotted three plants into the wrong soil (long story). It’s regular…"
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author: "Jenna"
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# Hi everyone! Wanted to get an opinion! During spring mass repotting,…

_Posted by Jenna on 2026-04-01_

Hi everyone! Wanted to get an opinion! During spring mass repotting, I accidentally repotted three plants into the wrong soil (long story). It’s regular (outdoor) potting soil, so while not the worst thing in the world, these plants would probably prefer something different. None of them look extremely happy right now, but then again, they’ve just been repotted and it was the first repotting for all of them. Do you think it would be better to repot in more suitable soil, or wait a while and let the plants recover from stress? Which is the worst of two evils! 😆 Appreciate any opinion.  
Plants are: parlor palm, imperial red philodendron, and thanksgiving cactus. Thanks!

## 7 comments

### plantgeek commented on 2026-04-01

shock is a lot easier to treat than root rot. i say switch them back right now 🤷‍♂️

#### Jenna replied on 2026-04-01

Good point, thank you!!

### Auxsman commented on 2026-04-01

Repot sooner than later and deal with the “tantrums” now lol

#### Jenna replied on 2026-04-03

Ugh those tantrums! Haha! 😆

### 9s commented on 2026-04-02

The biggest difference between outdoor and indoor soil is the use of organics (which provides nutrients outside but struggles to break down inside and just rots instead and stays wet.) I would repot just to prevent the rotting lol

#### Jenna replied on 2026-04-03

Thank you! Great advice!

### Jenna commented on 2026-04-08

Update! - thanks for the great advice! All plants doing way better now after repotting with correct soil! 😊

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