Potting tips

• Re-pot your plant soon after it is purchased using a potting mix which has the Premium Australian Standards ‘red ticks’ logo on the bag. This standard ensures the mix is manufactured to a consistent high quality providing plants the optimal drainage, aeration, water holding capacity, pH, fertiliser and nutrients for healthy plant growth. Searles Indoor Potting Mix meets and exceeds the requirements of this ‘red ticks’ standard. Searles Indoor Potting Mix contains an 8 month fertiliser.

• Do not use soil from garden beds or straight from the ground. This soil may contain weeds, fungal problems and unwanted bugs. Searles potting mix products have been treated through a heating process to destroy these unwanted nasties and deliver a clean weed free, nutrient rich mix.

• Select the right type of pot with drainage holes and a size for good growth. For good drainage and adequate aeration, choose a container that is taller than it is wide, and ensure that if repotting, move to the next size pot only.

• Re-pot indoor plants into a larger pot when the roots appear protruding out of the bottom of the pot or if the potting mix is more than two years old and lacking nutrients.

• Follow the growers advice on its plant tag. Keep the tags safe in a zip lock bag in the house if you can. They provide vital information about ideal light requirements, growing habit, water and feeding needs. Following this advice will go a long way to producing the best results out of your plant.

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THIS POTTING MIX COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF AS3743 FOR A PREMIUM GRADE POTTING MIX

• Some indoor plants perform better in potting mixes designed specifically for their needs. Look out for these professionally designed Searles mixes in garden centres — Terrarium & Fern Mix, Cyclamen & African Violet Mix, Cymbidium Orchid Mix, Orchid Mix, Cacti & Succulent Mix, or Bonsai Mix.

• What to do with old potting mix? Remember opened bags of potting mix do degrade over time. If you have an opened bag in the shed for over 12 months, spread the old mix onto a garden bed and buy a fresh new bag of potting mix for potting new plants. The old adage applies, ‘fresh is best’.

Searles Platinum Potting Mix is the apex potting mix in the Searles range, ideal for both indoor and outdoor flowering and foliage plants. This mix is professionally designed and formulated using only the highest grade selected ingredients. It feeds plants for 18 months, providing excellent water holding capacity, ideal aeration and drainage properties plus essential nutrients and minerals for the best plant preformance. Step 1 Water plant thoroughly

Step 2 Choose a new pot 1/3 larger than original

Step 3 Fill pot with mix 1/3 its height

Step 4 Gently remove plant from original pot

Step 5 Fill the pot with the remainder of mix to the same level on the stem as it was on the original pot. Gently tap mix down.