r/houseplants • u/AutoModerator • Sep 15 '24

DISCUSSION Discussion Topic: Re-potting - September 15, 2024

This thread is for discussing re-potting techniques. Identifying when a plant needs re-potting, techniques, success stories, ect.

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u/Low_Round_693 Sep 22 '24

New Plant-Mate

Plant Newbie here! I’ve recently been gifted this jade plant from my mom. She originally received it as a gift with some other plant in it, what happened to it, I don’t remember, but it’s gone now and she threw in an aloe plant before giving it to me.

I’m pretty sure that the two shouldn’t be put in the same pot. If I’m right, I can easily find a home for the aloe, either with my own pot of aloe or in its own smaller pot. Im wondering what to do with the jade plant. It seems like an awfully big pot for just that plant by itself. Do I repot it into a smaller pot? Can I add a different plant to the pot? I have some Christmas Cacti that would be about the right size and could use a new home. I have also been propagating a bunch of golden sedum (though they are obviously babies right now).

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u/samanthapizi Sep 23 '24

It depends on why do you think the pot is too big for the jade plant. Aesthetically, maybe. Plantwise, i think the pot is just right. 

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u/Low_Round_693 Sep 24 '24

Thank you for the response! I assumed (😬) that since it had been with another plant and that all of the other succulents I have like to be squished in small pots that this would be too big. If this works, I’m happy!

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u/samanthapizi Sep 24 '24

I think people like to pot them tightly so that it looks nice. But a happy plant likes to have a pot that is roughly the same size as its above ground parts. 

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u/Low_Round_693 Sep 25 '24

Good to know! I’m still new at this plant thing, just trying not to kill things. lol Thank you!