Repotting Plants: I Suck At It

I’m not the best plant keeper.

We only have a few in the house. They’re all on the same level, kind of in the same area (kitchen, living room, and entry). You’d think the plants behind the kitchen sink would get watered properly, but, as you can see by the first photo, sometimes proximity doesn’t make a difference.

This had an easy-to-care-for leaf plant but something happened so I replaced it with these ceramic mushrooms that don't need watering. They 'could' be watered, but nothing would happen to them so I don't.

Then there’s the tea tree that was my grandfather’s. I’ve had it for over 12 years. It’s been hacked (first on accident by my toddler when I was in the shower, second by wind whipping as we moved, third on accident by me), fed cold coffee, neglected, and dried out, but it’s plugged along all these years (thank goodness… because I loved my grandpa so.) But the bottom plastic tray broke and I couldn’t find a replacement so repotting was the next step.

I bought a black plastic pot to fit into the brass container I got at Star Mill in American Fork (I love that place). It had a lip on it that was too big so my price jigsawed it off for me (ooh, my hero!) then I got to transfer the plant into it with some new soil.

It looked better before, I can see that (and I can also see that I need to put the stalks together instead of spaced apart), but it’ll hopefully get full again and look good because I cannot imagine life without that plant and that brass container was made for it :)

I made a huge mess on the floor, it was a pain in the butt getting the right level of soil in the right spots, and I’m not sure I did it properly, but I’m proud of myself for finally getting this task finished. Hi. I’m a procrastinator.

Edit: It’s been at least a month since finishing this project and the plant looks pretty lame (same or worse than the picture). It probably needed more watering than I’ve been giving it, so I hope it’ll come back to normal.