There’s something so satisfying about adorning your front porch, patio, or balcony with potted plants. They’re convenient to pick from when you need fresh herbs for cooking, and easy to switch up seasonally if you prefer pansies in the spring and mums in the fall. But repotting plants from their nursery pots to their new…
How To Repot Plants Without Making a Mess
Bringing plants home from the hardware store or nursery often means facing the messy truth of repotting. While repotting mats can help make the process (or at least the cleanup) more efficient, one TikTok creator has an ingenious hack that prevents messes, reduces digging, and makes placing multiple plants in the same container infinitely easier.
The next time you repot your plants, @nicecuteset suggests this method: Start by squeezing the bottom of the plastic nursery or grow pots to carefully release the plants. Next, fill the new container with soil up to the level where you would typically add your plants. But instead of putting your plants directly on top of the soil, place the empty nursery pots into the new container and fill the dirt around them. Pack the soil down tightly, then water thoroughly with your hose’s spray nozzle or a watering can.
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Once the soil reaches the height you want, remove those plastic pots (which will be filled with dirt) to reveal perfect, cylinder-shaped holes. You can then insert your plants into these spots — sort of like fitting a puzzle piece. This method makes repotting so much easier, all while keeping things neat and tidy.
Since the nursery pots are now filled with soil, you can repurpose them to plant new seeds or even repot seedlings (perhaps using the same trick if the grow pots are large enough). If you don’t have a need for the grow pots, simply pour the extra dirt back into the bag of soil and recycle the plastic pots — or save them for future seed starting or transplanting.
