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How to Repot a Root Bound Boston Fern
How to Repot a Root Bound Boston Fern. Boston ferns are a beautiful addition to your indoor or outdoor spaces. With their delicate fronds and varying colored leaves, they make a great accent point. Boston ferns grow best in hanging basket or on pedestals, so that the fronds are able to hang freely. Also, they can thrive in a bathroom or kitchen...
Boston ferns are a beautiful addition to your indoor or outdoor spaces. With their delicate fronds and varying colored leaves, they make a great accent point. Boston ferns grow best in hanging basket or on pedestals, so that the fronds are able to hang freely. Also, they can thrive in a bathroom or kitchen due to their love of high humidity. If you do have to repot your Boston fern it means you have a happy plant.
Things You'll Need
Planting container with saucer
Pruning shears
Potting soil
Water
Remove the plant from its container. Hold on to the plant at the soil line and turn the plant over. Give the plant a gentle shake if you need to.
Shake off any soil and carefully tease out the roots, unwinding any circular roots. Prune off any roots that look rotted or are so long that they need to be pruned back.
Put some potting soil into the bottom of the new pot and center the plant to about half an inch from the top of the pot. Tap the soil down as you fill the soil in around your plant.
Water your plant and allow it to sit for 30 minutes, then empty the water out of the saucer below.
Tips & Warnings
If you do not want to have a bigger plant, divide your Boston Fern into two plants and repot normally.
Water your plant well a few hours before repotting to insure that the plant's roots will be able to withstand the pruning and loosening of the roots.
The container that you are repotting to should only be one or two inches bigger or it will give the plant more soil and water than it will be able to utilize, which can lead to rot.
