rootbeer doesn't know how to properly transplant potted plants
Okay so I watched this video of rootbeer transplanting his $45.00 USD "Chinese cork bark elm" from one small pot to a larger pot, but there's only one other problem, which is that rootbeer has no idea what he's doing. As you can clearly see, rootbeer merely slid the tree out of his small pot and then basically just plopped it inside the big pot without so much as loosening the root ball. Hello? Did you know that you're supposed to break up the rootball slightly so that the plant lives healthily????
If the plant has been in the pot for a long time, the roots will start to wrap around and match the shape of the container. You now want those roots to grow outward into the surrounding soil. So, gently tease out thetips of the roots using your fingers, a pencil or a toothpick.
Definition: Teasing or tickling the roots of a plant refers to loosening pot bound roots. Very often when you purchase a plant in some type of pot or container, it has been there for a good amount of time. The roots of the plant have grown considerably and may have completely filled the pot. When that happens, the roots start to circle around themselves, looking for somewhere to escape.
If you place the plant into the ground or into another pot without first loosening the balled up roots, they will continue to grow in a circle, rather than reaching out into the soil, developing and anchoring the plant. So although it may seem like a harsh thing to do to your plants, you are actually helping them by roughing up the root ball.
In most cases, you can loosen the roots with your fingers. In extreme cases of pot bound roots, you may need to slice through the root ball with a sharp knife or pruners. Do this in several spots around the root ball, to encourage root growth in all directions.
Also Known As: Tickling the Roots. Loosening the Root Ball.
Examples: Never loosen or tease a plant's roots until you are ready to replant it.
Stomples right you don't leave the dirt around its roots so dense you break it up so it grows longer roots easier
08-18-2014
timmy
Broken tree.
08-18-2014
PROFESSIONAL WHITE SUPREMACIST
my old job was digging holes and putting plants in them it doesn't fucking matter trust me I'm an expert
08-19-2014
cagordon
i dont give a shit
08-19-2014
Autistic Spectrum
king of the mundane stomple bane
08-19-2014
lnopia the great
probably cod gave sent this in a pm
08-19-2014
steveyos YOLO
give me a stomple thread any day over anything else that has been here for a long time, besides my own posts in like them the best but stomple is a close second
