I am repotting my plants on the south facing front porch. I live in SW FL My fiddle fig has roots coming out of the bottom of the pot. I got this or at Target and it has an attached tray for water, but I want to change it to one I can water till it runs out of the bottom and when finished put it back on the porch in a drip tray. Do I need to go up in diameter or height of the planter? TIA!
What I’m familiar with is increasing about an inch wider than the root ball, so increasing in diameter.
0 likesThanks! Thanks what I did more or less.
0 likesYou can go one size up in a pot. Typically that's about 2 in bigger than the previous pot so 1 in on all sides. If it's a little larger okay but not too much larger. Some plants will tolerate if you trim the roots back in order to put it back in the same pot. I don't know if the fig is one of those tolerant plants.
0 likesI finally got them all back in pots a bit bigger and refilled with Miracle Grow Cactus,Palm & Citrus potting soil. Hoping they’ll be happy in their new pots! Took me about four hours, but I had lots of regrouping with trying out which it’s would be best.
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