pot up

Repot a seedling

To pot up is to transfer a plant into a pot, typically moving it from a smaller container to a larger one or from open ground into a container: Time to pot up the seedlings before they get root-bound.

The phrase emphasizes the upward progression in pot size as plants grow.

gardening

repot

Move plant's container

soil · compost · drainage · perlite · vermiculite · peat · rootbound · nursery · terracotta · planter

Opposites
planting location

pot upplant out

Move seedlings to ground

bed out · set out · naturalize

container size direction

pot updownsize

Reduce scale or staff

plant establishment vs. removal

pot upunpot

Remove from container

depot · uproot · pull up · dig up · pull out

Family

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