Beginner Gardening: Pot size for Kaffir lime sapling, 1 by jeffeljefe

jeffeljefe wrote:
I bought a Kaffir (or Makrut to be PC) lime tree yesterday and I think the pot I bought for it may be too big. Was doing some more reading up to make sure I take the right care of it when I read what pointed out was a common beginners mistake, getting it a pot to "grow into". So, attached is a picture of the pot it came in, the pot I put it in, and what I bought as a smaller pot for potential re-repotting. I should mention that the roots had made it to the bottom of the original cheap nursery pot but it wasn't at all rootbound or anything.

So, is the pot I planted it in too big? Since I just transplanted it yesterday is it safe to transplant it again so soon? I was fairly gentle in my transplanting and only lightly teased the roots. For further background info it's planted in Miracle-Gro Cactus/Palm/Citrus soil with some small rocks at the bottom for further drainage.

Thanks!!

This message was edited Sep 16, 2009 8:21 PM