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The ordered procedure from choosing the pot to the first deep watering, and the failures each step prevents.
Step one is the pot itself: it must have drainage holes. This is the single step people skip for the sake of a nicer-looking container, and it is the step that kills plants fastest — roots sitting in waterlogged mix rot within days.
Step two is the medium: potting mix, not garden soil. Ground soil compacts inside a pot and strangles roots, while potting mix stays open, holds air and drains freely after each watering.
Step three is setting the plant. Place it so the top of its root ball sits level with the rim of the pot, then firm the mix around it gently. Burying the stem deeper than it sat in its original container invites rot at the soil line.
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Step four is the first watering, and it should be a deep one: water until it runs out of the drainage holes, confirming that the whole column of mix is wetted and that the holes actually work.
After the first watering, switch to the finger test. Water only when the top 2 to 3 cm of mix is dry — this prevents the most common container-killer, overwatering. A fixed schedule ignores how fast a small pot dries on a windy balcony.
Feeding follows the same logic. Herbs in containers need feeding more often than garden plants because watering washes nutrients out of the limited mix, so active growth calls for regular liquid feed. Re-potting is due when roots circle the inside of the pot or grow out of the drainage holes — move up one pot size at a time.
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