How Often to Re-pot?

How Often to Re-pot?
Jane McGary via pbs (Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:03:22 PDT)

I grow an entirely different range of bulbs from what Judy mentions, but
about half of the collection is in plunged pots. I used to repot them
every second year, which called for mixing mountains of potting medium.
With declining strength, I've moved to doing it every third year. I do
keep the fertility up with soluble fertilizer applied at intervals
during the growing season. This summer I repotted all the potted bulbs.
Next summer I hope to lift the other half of the collection, which grow
planted directly in a deep, covered raised bed, and refresh the soil,
which has become compacted over the ten years since I built the bed.

The surplus from the repotting will appear in the next BX, which I trust
will be announced soon.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 8/1/2021 10:53 AM, Judy Glattstein via pbs wrote:

Last year I re-potted all of my rhodophiala, lachenalia, freesia,
oxalis, and cyclamen in late summer. It was a chore, to be sure.

How often does this really need to be done? If more so for some genera
than others, which should get priority?

Judy in soggy New Jersey where Canna x ehemanii has just started into
flower

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