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title: "Someone repotted these plants before giving them to me. The plants…"
description: "Someone repotted these plants before giving them to me. The plants are not too big but I don’t want to shock them by repotting them again but I’m worried that…"
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author: "Cryingwolf"
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# Someone repotted these plants before giving them to me. The plants…

_Posted by Cryingwolf on 2024-07-25_

Someone repotted these plants before giving them to me. The plants are not too big but I don’t want to shock them by repotting them again but I’m worried that the container may be too big or the soil may not dry out fast enough. Will they be ok in these pots? Should I water less often since they don’t need to be watered as often? Help please 😭 lol

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## 7 comments

### Plants are friends commented on 2024-07-25

They are beautiful plants 👌🏼 👌🏼 I would leave them in their pots and let the soil dry out before you water them again.  
If you want to repot them to smaller pots I would wait a good few weeks before but if the roots are good and string when you take them out of the pots just put them back in the same size pot.  
I have lost so many plants by over watering them, So I started repotting the plants that like to dry out before being watered again.  
I hope this helps

#### Cryingwolf replied on 2024-07-25

Thank you so much! I’ll leave them there and just keep an eye on them then 🙏🏽🙏🏽

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-07-25

yeah if you’re worried the pots might be too big, just give them less thorough waters for a while until you feel better that the roots have had time to fill out the pot

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-07-25

you can add a little root stimulator to the water to speed that up — never done this myself, but might be worth a try 😊

#### Cryingwolf replied on 2024-07-25

I’m going to look into this! Thank you

#### Plants are friends replied on 2024-07-25

I forgot to say this lol. I have just started using this and the plants have been throwing their roots out.

#### Cryingwolf replied on 2024-07-25

Wow! Now I’m really curious, is there a specific brand you’re using?

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