--- title: "Bought to ask a potentially stupid question lol when you repot, do…" description: "Bought to ask a potentially stupid question lol when you repot, do you always remove the old dirt from the root system? Does that HAVE to happen? I haven’t…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/7XhnMApNQXCfUs9B_gLUUQ?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Moriah" published: "2024-04-13T20:53:33.113151Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6VLOjjIwg8eoQD17OoRwBUFlceHbJ6oDz0mAPQeWqH8/o-X2HgTvRHKMvh2moyI9pQ.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # Bought to ask a potentially stupid question lol when you repot, do… _Moriah님이 2024-04-13에 게시함_ Bought to ask a potentially stupid question lol when you repot, do you always remove the old dirt from the root system? Does that HAVE to happen? I haven’t repotted often but I think I’ve kept the root ball as is and just added more soil below and around 😬 like should I break all this up? ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6VLOjjIwg8eoQD17OoRwBUFlceHbJ6oDz0mAPQeWqH8/o-X2HgTvRHKMvh2moyI9pQ.webp?size=large) ## 13개의 댓글 ### lola님이 2024-04-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. I don’t remove the dirt but I do break up the roots a little so they have more space to go #### Moriah님이 2024-04-13에 답변했습니다. Ok that makes complete sense!! ### Tantalizea님이 2024-04-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. There’s so many ways to repot 🙂 I replace almost all the soil when I do my repots. If there’s some stuck in the roots, I leave it alone. For some plants, I cut about 1/3 of the roots to get them to fit in about the same size pot and have soil all around the roots. No more than 1/3 though, otherwise they’re more likely to get stressed. #### Moriah님이 2024-04-13에 답변했습니다. Oh wow I didn’t know you could cut the roots! That makes me nervy! Haha that makes sense tho! ### Riley님이 2024-04-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. It’s not necessary to remove the soil unless it’s bad soil or you think something is going on with the roots of the plant. I almost never remove the old soil. ### Plant Lives Matter님이 2024-04-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. It’s really a case by case basis for me. Personally I like to remove as much old soil as possible and break up the roots, especially if it’s a new plant or the soil is hydrophobic. But sometimes that’s very near impossible to do any of that. In those cases, I’ll just do what I can, shake out old soil and mechanically dislodge roots. Or if not, just surround with fresh potting soil. Plants will usually figure it out whatever you decide to do 😉 ### Moriah님이 2024-04-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. Thank you all!! Successfully repotted a pretty big snake plant and this lil spider plant! ### NewerHorizons777님이 2024-04-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. I see no reason to shock the plant any more than it has to be, so I try to leave most of the dirt in the root ball. #### Sunny님이 2024-04-14에 답변했습니다. That’s my take on it too for house plants. I avoid removing soil and breaking roots unless I’m getting rid of pests in the soil. Handling the roots can cause breakage adding stress and creating entry points for bacteria. #### Moriah님이 2024-04-14에 답변했습니다. Also super great points! ### Mason님이 2024-04-15에 댓글을 남겼어요. I leave the roots and use a chunky homemade mix with perlite orchid bark and high qaulity soil #### Moriah님이 2024-04-15에 답변했습니다. That’s essentially what I did! It was perlite, cactus soil and then organic potting soil! Heavier on the perlite since I didn’t have the orchid bark on hand ### Mossy-paws님이 2024-04-15에 댓글을 남겼어요. When I plant my garden with fam every year, I always squeeze my plants a little just to break up the roots, I recommend doing the same with this --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_