What exactly is the problem with having a plant with pot bound roots? What are the actual consequences?
I can imagine that if you want to re-pot a plant with roots coming out of the bottom of the pot, it can be difficult to get that plant out of the old pot and its roots are likely to be damaged in the process, meaning it may not survive the re-potting and die. But what if I don't particularly want to re-pot it?
For example, I got a spider plant as a cutting and have already re-potted it a number of times as it has been growing rather quickly. It is now at a size where I don't really want it to grow any bigger but if I re-pot it, it will think: 'Ooh more space - I'd better grow some more!'
The roots are starting to come out of the bottom of the pot again. Can I just leave it? Or will it just die like that if I don't re-pot it?
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NotAnEMERGENCY · 26/10/2017 13:45
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