You could get a bigger pot or plant them with the rest out in the garden. Crowding them in a small pot makes them not want to grow bigger because of the lack of space and nutrients.

You shouldn't be afraid of water if using a good potting mix. I dampen my medium before filling containers, but use a rain shower nozzle or misting nozzle to water it in. I also use water again to firm seeds or plants in for growing. A "good potting mix" is a very coarse textured, fast draining material....it will rapidly drain of all excess water, leaving large pore spaces filled with air. Squeezing the damp potting medium is a no-no....that compacts the potting mix, which is not a good thing for real in-the-ground soil OR soilless potting medium.

Hi, Molly - good question. To expand on what Rina was saying - one of the ways you can tell whether or not the author of a comment has a good grasp of the topic (s)he's freely discussing is how that person's remarks are qualified. If someone makes a sweeping statement such as, "When repotting or potting up, you should increase the pot size in small increments to avoid over-potting" or "You should avoid fertilizing houseplants in winter" or "Never water on a schedule - always water on an 'as needed' basis", you should be on guard against comments that stand so naked in front of the world because you can be fairly sure the author is very likely doing nothing more than repeating what (s)he read somewhere ...... most likely over and over again ..... and with nothing more in the way of qualifications than (s)he left you with when parroting the advice, which was nothing. I often double, triple, or more than quadruple the size of the pot when repotting or potting up. I fertilize my indoor plants every time I water during the winter, and I water on a schedule. All that and my plants are always extremely healthy ........ and I'm not expecting you to just take my word on that. You can find hundreds of pictures of some of the plants I tend or have tended that are enough in themselves to illustrate the validity of the claim. Almost all advice given in sweeping statements needs some form of qualification (explanation) in order for it to ring true. Some qualifying statements about the topic I mentioned might include a short discussion that delineates between water-retentive soils and soils that truly do drain freely. What good is advice if the giver makes assumptions about your growing methods and gives advice based on a narrow set of assumptions? E.g., if I'm growing in this medium: I can water on a schedule with impunity. I can fertilize every time I water, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly if I choose, and I can do this all year long, and there is no such thing as over-potting - I could plant this tiny little start in a 55 gallon drum filled with the soil in the image I posted above and not be burdened by the worry I might have over-potted. I said all that so I could say, "Be cautious about putting too much faith in advice that takes a set of circumstances (yours) for granted, and/or seems overly broad, and/or isn't qualified in a way that takes your specifics into account. Al

When I had to lift that Ficus..it took all I had. Much heavier then it looks. I'm think of those wooden pots you can build that you are able to disassemble. That ways over the years,you can trim roots and all that without lifting or moving the plant. Ficus though...roots are really capable of pushing apart those kind of pots. Four years ago Nichol? This was at Walmart in those drinking cup sized pots. 3". In the tropics I can see this getting humongous!