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Can anyone explain why repotting should be done gradually, increasing sizes?
This is not a rule that applies to all plants, yet I guess it's the default approach for perennial plants in pots - if just for the reason that it would fill a pot, say, three sizes up / "the final pot" in the same time as just one size up (and if the plant has filled the pot with roots you kinda really should re-pot, as what you do not want is its roots not knowing where to go and then starting to grow in circles around the inside of the pot - when this happens plants usually get depressed and pretty much quit developing much further).
So by gradually repotting you're basically creating a light at the end of the tunnel a couple of times, retarding the moment when it, inevitably, will get really dark in the final pot.
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Can anyone explain why repotting should be done gradually, increasing sizes? Basically I'm lazy and clumsy. I have a small fig tree. I have a final pot. What is the benefit in gradually repotting it over the next 4 years rather than putting it straight into its final pot?