Natural - Smoking Gun - Girl wrote:
I have a small kumquat tree in a small pot. This is the third year
I've had it and it's in the original pot I bought it in. I kept it in
the small pot because I over wintered it inside and didn't have a lot
of space. Now, it's outside and growing putting on new branches and
leaves. Is it too late in the season to re-pot it, now? How much
bigger of a pot can I put it in? I have one that would be about 2
sizes bigger, and another pot that would fit it probably for quite a
while that's much bigger. Is it OK to put it directly into the
biggest pot, or should I go up in pot size gradually?

All the instructions about replanting when trees are dormant assumes you
don't want the shock of root disturbance during the growing season. As long
as you don't disturb the roots it doesn't matter much when you do it. You
will need to push the new soil around the old root ball firmly and water it
in. I would go for the biggest pot you have. If anybody has a reason to
increase the size of pot in stages please explain how this is beneficial.

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