Potting Up
/POT-ing UP/🧑🌾 Cultivation● Basic
Also known as: repotting, transplanting up
The practice of moving a plant from its current container into a larger one, providing more room for root development. Potting up is necessary when a plant becomes root-bound or pot-bound (roots circling the inside of the container). It is typically done by selecting a pot one or two sizes larger, adding fresh potting mix, and gently loosening the root ball before replanting.
Etymology
Old English pott (pot, vessel) + up (upward, increasing)
Example
“These seedlings are root-bound and need potting up into 4-inch containers before they can be planted outside.”