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Originally Posted by zen
How about repotting tropicals, I have a ficus benji. that needs to be put into a freer-draining soil, so when can I repot that? Also will boiling sand from a creek bed that plants are growing happily in now, be enough to sterilize it? Or does it even HAVE to be sterilized if, like aford mentioned, plants are currently growing in this sand and look VERY healthy and happy?
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Zen;
How are your tropicals doing? Are they pushing lots of new growth? And do you put them outdoors when it really warms up?
In most of my experience, most tropicals can be repotted with care at any time of the year that they are pushing growth, provided they haven't been severely pruned or repotted for a year or more.
However, mid sring to early-ish summer seems to be favored, 'specially for benji's.
I wouldn't boil sand. I'd get a good pine bark-based soil mix from your local nursery, or better yet, try and get it from a local club. Soil components really aren't that expensive. A really good mix can be had for $5 for a five gallon bucket at our local club. (Do other clubs have soil night?)