**Welcome to Day 2 of our houseplant beginner mistakes series. One mistake per day, all week. Let's get into it.**

This one's going to feel personal for a lot of you, because I did it for years.

New plant comes home. You look at the flimsy nursery pot. You think: this poor thing deserves better. Out comes the gorgeous ceramic pot, three sizes bigger. Fresh soil. Done. You feel like an excellent plant parent, right?

Two weeks later, the plant looks worse than when you bought it.

The mistake: repotting too soon, or into a pot that's wayyy too big.

All that extra soil around a small root ball holds moisture the roots can't use yet. Soil stays wet too long. If you read Monday's email about overwatering, you already know where that leads. Root rot. You've built a swamp around your plant's feet and called it an upgrade.

Repotting is stressful too. The plant has just been moved from a nursery to your house. Different light, different humidity, different everything. Changing the soil and the pot on top of that is stacking one upheaval on another.

If you believed half the videos on YouTube, you'd think repotting was the most important job in houseplant care. Truthfully, you don't really need to worry about it THAT much. Most houseplants only need repotting about once a year, sometimes even less.

Don't repot on a strict schedule. Wait for the telltale signs: slower growth, fading colour, roots circling the pot. Repotting should be a response to the plant, not something you do every six months for the sake of it. And when you do repot, go up ONE size. One to two inches wider. That's it.

Repotting is one of the topics I spent the most time on when I refreshed Houseplant SOS. There's a full soil and repotting masterclass inside the updated course, over 18 minutes of new video, covering different soil types, how to choose the right pot, and exactly what to look out for.

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