Best Way to Fix Root Bound Plants 👿🥳️💋 And Which Tools to Use

Рет қаралды 22,339

2 жыл бұрын

Pot bound plants don't grow well unless you deal with the circulating roots - science shows us the best way to deal with this problem using a kitchen knife and hori hori garden knife.
Nisaku Hori Hori garden knife: amzn.to/3oogUeC
Become a better gardener, Subscribe: kzfaq.info...
Share with a friend: • Best Way to Fix Root B...
-----------------------
Free Stuff:
Free Garden eBook: 24 1/2 Garden Design Ideas:
www.gardenfundamentals.com/24-...
-----------------------
My Books:
Garden Myths:
www.gardenmyths.com/garden-myt...
Building Natural Ponds:
www.buildingnaturalponds.com/
Soil Science for Gardeners
www.gardenfundamentals.com/so...
------------------------
Free Resources:
Garden Fundamentals Blog - lots of gardening information:
www.gardenfundamentals.com/
Garden Fundamentals Facebook Group:
/ gardenfundamentals
My Garden Myths Blog:
www.gardenmyths.com/
Building Natural Ponds Facebook Group:
/ buildingnaturalponds
-----------------------
Recommended Playlists
Seed Germination - Everything you need to know:
• Improved paper towel a...
Garden Myths:
• Epsom Salt Myths - lea...
-----------------------
Best Way to Fix Root Bound Plants 👿🥳️💋 And Which Tools to Use
circulating roots prevent proper root growth and need to be cut to cause the plant to grow new roots. Use garden knives to solve pot bound plant problem. hori hori garden knife.
Links to products in this description are affiliate links.
List of Credits:
Images:
All slides and videos belong to GardenFundamentals.com or are public domain images, except for the following:
iris rhuthenica by Xulescu g: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Music:
All music public domain or by Kevin Macleod: incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Пікірлер: 30

@christiefrenchie6718 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this lesson; it looks easier and less traumatic than when I slice the root ball in half and tear it apart to spread roots as I plant it.

@kirkshar 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice! I hate seeing examples of plants/trees that were planted without fixing this problem. I've had trees that had girdling roots around the base of them...someone in the past took the easy way out. They suffer their whole life from being strangled. Thanks for your shared wisdom.

@jaymusic9039 Жыл бұрын

Using a fork and use a picking action upwards works great. Great advice on removing the lower part of the roots.

@rufia75 2 жыл бұрын

I use my hori hori for everything! Chop n' drop weeds/garden plants, weeding, digging holes for transplants & bulbs, cutting garden twine, etc. I think the straight edge side is for chopping almost like a machete, but just hold the top of plants with your hand while chopping with the other.

@tiffanyhayden-yx8ip 4 ай бұрын

I love my hori hori

@thevagabondsageinthewoods 2 жыл бұрын

I just saw those things apart and plunk 3 new plants back into pots! Happy planting!!!

@joannparker1977 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have a Yucca plant that’s been in its 5 gallon nursery pot for waaay too long. Frankly, I just forgot about it. They’re pretty sturdy plants so I think this is what I’ll do. I’m going to have to cut off its plastic pot. It’s that pot bound!

@susankilpatrick2918 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing - I have 3 perennial grasses to plant out in the garden and they are root bound.

@cooltemperategardeninginca3288 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m really looking forward to your tool comparison video 🙌

@phantomkate6 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your concise explanation and recommendations! I'm trying to rescue a plant that I just inherited from my grandparents. Several other channels came up first in the search results and it's a lot harder to discern good advice on KZfaq nowadays. Glad I kept on looking and found you. Your channel looks great. I will be checking out your other videos!

@lanipowell7287 2 жыл бұрын

Great information! Thanks for the tip about watering, too!

@christinesurdi2764 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly the information I was looking for,Thank you

@dandeleona4760 2 жыл бұрын

Another reason for root bound is fertilizing during grow season - particularly phosphorus - irrespective of pot size. This plant is fine on top with some stress on outer older leaves. But extra roots developed in response to 1. sporadic watering such that they search for water in dry spells and 2. they're compelled to outgrow the pot because there's too much root stimulant phosphorus in the watering schedule. To check for the kind of root bound, see if the roots are only around the outside or if they fill the center of the pot like this one here. Outer root binding is a plant searching for water with adventitious roots, while the center remains impacted soil. Over fertilized means the roots are growing without restraint, irrespective of plant need on top. Those plants will be healthy on top because they're getting what they need even root bound. They simply made more root than they need because the circumstance was right. There are plants that actually thrive on root binding, particularly plants whose origins began with sending out roots blocked naturally by gravel and boulders. This is usually desert plants like succulents. All plants can abide root binding provided nutrients and watering are sufficient. When they break out of the pot, they're usually just an eyesore in hanging pots and cracked plastic nursery pots, or a bear to dig out of the ground to move with the seasons. But the best way to control root binding is control phosphorus in fertilizing schedule or be aware of the composition of the potting soil that may encourage such growth.

@judymckerrow6720 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your useful information 🌺💚🙃

@shaggyrogerz2506 Жыл бұрын

unless you dont have a natural stream nearby please don't cut the roots take your plant to a natural water stream. NOT TAP WATER! and just wash the roots in the water. watch the root gently spread out you will probably have to comb them with your fingers a little bit. But no harm to the root system. now just plant it water it to get the soil wet not soaking the plant. happy healthy plant

@jaymusic9039 Жыл бұрын

Why not use tap water? Could you use a conditioner to remove chlorine etc?

@dontdomeboo81 2 жыл бұрын

i been doing this method and it works

@cynthiacisneros1694 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you❣️

@robertheselwood4207 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I'd know that a week or so back when I pulled 2 root bound plants out of a planter. Thanks for info, I'll know next time.

@papleb5167 8 ай бұрын

I just planted a pot-bound redbud a few days ago. I heard Redbuds "hate transplantation" and rarely survive it, so i did not fuss with the roots really at all, in fact, I only released one or two half-pencil to pencil sized roots from that encircling pattern. Is it worth digging up and cutting?

@auggiemarsh8682 Жыл бұрын

Will this cutting roots off work for a larger pot of lavender?

@PanamaSticks 2 жыл бұрын

I've got an extremely large, beautiful geranium root bound in a ceramic pot. It is actually three stems and a bunch of sticks and pipe cleaners to hold it together. The leaf veins are turning yellow. I have trouble telling if it needs water be ause I can't insert my finger more than 1/2" . I know it should be transplanted to a bigger pot, but how do I get it out?

@Gardenfundamentals1 2 жыл бұрын

Once it is that root bound, the only way to water is to soak the whole pot. But it is time to repot into a bigger pot, or take a cutting, root in water, and start another pot.

@truestoryranch9462 2 жыл бұрын

Does this technique work for rootbound seedling trees as well?

@Gardenfundamentals1 2 жыл бұрын

yes, except that some trees form a tap root - try not to slice through the tap root.

@truestoryranch9462 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gardenfundamentals1 Thank you. I actually did do this on 50 young trees I transplanted a couple of weeks ago and they are all healthy and happy. Apparently very little shock even with a surprise freeze right after they were transplanted. 😀