repotv.
/ˌriːˈpɒt/, U.S. /riˈpɑt/ transitive. To put (a plant) into a different pot, typically a larger one.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > pot
pot1664
circumpose1693
repot1754
tub1828
1754 J. Justice Scots Gardiners Director 134 Repot their old Roots when their Fruit is cut, and sink them into new Tan.
1818 Abercrombie's Every Man his Own Gardener (red. 21) 327 The succession plants must also be repotted into pots about ten inches in diameter and twelve inches deep.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 315 After the leaves have attained their growth..the plants should be re-potted.
1892 J. Fiske Let. 8 July (1940) 612 Tom repotted the rex begonias.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 130/3 The first week in September I repot them all (about an hour after a thorough watering), using equal parts of leafmold and loam.
1974 S. Clapham Greenhouse Bk. xx. 196 Divide and repot anthuriums and pot new lilies as they become available.
2003 C. Mendelson Daughters of Jerusalem 21 She had accompanied her father into the soft summer darkness at the end of the garden; although it was after ten he had wanted to repot the mint.
Derivatives
reˈpotting n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > stocking with plants > planting in pots
pottinga1626
repotting1818
pot cultivation1845
pot culture1845
over-potting1866
pot garden1872
1818 Abercrombie's Every Man his Own Gardener (red. 21) 327 In preparing the plants for repotting, take care to twist off a few of the bottom leaves.
1926 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 12 81 Repotting is best done in May or June.
1992 Garden Answers Jan. 37/2 Cut repotting down to a minimum by potting plants which are to remain in the same container for more than one season in a soil based, John Innes type medium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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