potbound

GraemeK

hi

I live in the UK and have an indoor serissia which is pot bound. I know i need to repot it but i cant do that until the spring. I have it placed on a small tray filled with wet fine git. Small white roots are now coming out of the drainage holes into the git. Should i leave it until spring and forget about the roots or cut them off or repot now anyway?

Thanks

Graeme...

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Dr.Bonsai

Hi Graeme,

There is potbound and there is POTBOUND. *You can usually pop the tree out of the pot and check out the roots to see which is the case. *Some adventurous roots trying to escape the pot is not usually a problem. *You can clip them away to keep the drainage holes clear and wait for dormancy.

You know your plant is rootbound when:[*]the soil is not draining well and you have difficulty keeping the soil evenly watered[*]the plant is suffering in some way[*]when you examine the roots you see several spirals of roots encircling the container or notice the plant edging up out of the pot like a cobra ready to strike

Then you need to take some emergency action. *You can find some more information here, and the details on emergency repotting are in the second section.