Time to repot?
Repot too soon and you stress the roots; too late and the plant stalls and dries out in minutes. Tell us where things stand and we'll say whether to do it now - and crucially, how much bigger the new pot should be. The most common mistake is jumping up too many sizes at once.
Roots filling the pot is the signal to plan a repot soon.
How to do it: water the day before, slide the plant out, gently tease apart circling roots, and set it in fresh mix at the same depth - never bury the stem deeper. Water it in and keep it out of harsh sun for a week while it settles.
Only size up by one step - about 2-5 cm / 1-2 in of extra diameter. A pot that's too big holds a reservoir of wet soil around small roots and is a fast track to root rot. Spring and early summer are the best times; in autumn and winter, wait unless roots are bursting out.
For repotting day
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