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title: "Hello. How do I know when to repot my plants into a bigger pot?"
description: "Hello. How do I know when to repot my plants into a bigger pot?"
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# Hello. How do I know when to repot my plants into a bigger pot?

_Posted by genipooh on 2025-09-01_

Hello. How do I know when to repot my plants into a bigger pot?

## 3 comments

### Yolanda commented on 2025-09-01

If you notice a plant is staying thirsty more, excessive roots coming out of drainage holes or you keep getting yellow or droopy leaves.

### perubola commented on 2025-09-01

I typically wait until the roots take up most of the pot, which is usually when growth starts to stagnant

### Yolanda commented on 2025-09-01

Then you only go up maybe 1 pot size up no more the 2 inches of diameter of the root ball

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