Potted Plant Pot Pop-in

The proper care of potted plants consists not only of regular watering and fertilizing. About once a year, in early spring, the plant should be re-potted. This dirty, time consuming task can include trimming excess roots, adding new soil and increasing the pot size. Instead, a pot insert made of soil particles encased in corn starch or other slow-decomposing material with 5 cm thick walls would do the trick. The young plant, with rooted soil, is placed in the insert in a large pot. The contact with wet soil would slowly break down the inside of the insert at about 1 cm per year, letting the refreshed soil grow with the plant.