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Follow these basic guidelines and you should have no problems transplanting your plants into larger pots.

• Slightly moisten your compost mix as this will reduce the chance of any root rot to roots damaged in transplant.
• Fill your new pot with somewhere between a quarter to one third full of your compost mix.
• Ease the plant gently out of its existing small pot.
• Submerge the root zone in some tepid, de-chlorinated tap water with some added stress relievers or boosters.  Popular boosters include SuperThrive, Rhizotonic or Root Juice.  Submerge the roots for a few seconds.
• Gently place the plant in the new pot and carefully fill in around the plant.  Do NOT pack the compost down.  Do NOT water the plant for at least 24 hours to prevent any rot to roots damaged in transplant.