Hi everyone,

I've learnt so much on this forum so thanks for all the great advice! This is my first post because I can't make up my mind on whether I should repot my anthurium clarinervium.

I've had my clarinervium for about 6 weeks and I can report the following

(1) I *think* I'm watering more often, though the UK weather has been very weird recently and fluctuates between warm and cold. I've gone from once every 10 days to once every 5-7 days

(2) The roots are wrapping around the plant but not the entire root ball. See pics

(3) Roots are coming out the bottom

I'd like to know if this looks like it's due a repot. Also, I've never repotted this way but I'd like to avoid touching the rootball and just stick the plant in a bigger pot and backfill with a different soil mix. What are your experiences of doing that?

My aroid mix is different to what it's planted in now (much lighter). Hope that won't cause any issues with uneven soil moisture, I'm not sure how to swap the soil without damaging the roots :/

Thanks in advance for the advice 😊

Looks very healthy. You already have it out of the pot, just partially fill a slightly bigger (not REALLY bigger) pot with your mix, situate the plant, and fill in around the sides to the same level the plant was growing at. Then water well.

Hi elfybois, to the site!

What a lovely Anthurium (Anthurium clarinervium) and I agree with Gina that you should find a slightly (just slightly) larger pot to plant it in. Don't try to disentangle the roots because that would likely cause damage and undue stress to the plant. Place a bit of soil into the new pot so that the plant will be sitting at the same level as it was in it's original container; place the root system down on the soil and fill in around the sides, gently tamping it down to secure the plant in it's new pot.

Thank you both. I will give it a drink then repot. I'm still a wee bit concerned about my soil mix being much lighter than the one it came in - do you think I'll have constantly uneven moisture?