How can ‘over-potting’ be a thing when plants grow straight from the Earth’s surface with infinite amounts of soil available?
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“Overpotting” is also a bit of a oversimplification. Just because a pot seems too big or too small doesn’t mean it will do inherently poorly or well. A large pot that’s well-draining with lots of perlite, sand, bark, and other media that’s poor at retaining water can dry out faster than a much smaller pot with rich soil with like vermiculite and packed mosses. How quickly a pot dries out is all about the pot shape, the media, the pot material, how you watered the plant, how wet tolerant your plant is, how much water the plant uses, temperature, humidity, etc. One of the best things to learn about houseplant care is learning how to adjust your potting and watering to fit your lifestyle and your plant’s needs.
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