Timeline for How to revitalize my potted Rosemary
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 7:10 | comment | added | stormy | Once a plant gets to a certain size as a potted plant growth slows down to be survivable in its...situation. Harmony, happiness and healthy plants. Making plants into Bonsai isn't necessary. Some of the same ideas apply but a 30 foot high and wide tree maximum potential will be very happy at 8X8' in a 4X4' pot for decades, without root pruning. Plants know they'd be better off staying smaller in a pot. I don't 'trim' roots off as much as just break up the circling roots knowing those broken roots will be more able to promote fine feeder roots. Cleaving woody perennials is risky. | |
| Jul 14, 2018 at 23:32 | comment | added | renesis | I pruned & re-potted today, mostly per stormy's answer, but did find (unsurprisingly) that the roots were a bit bound. I upped to a 16" pot & did break up the bottom of the root ball, just not as much as you suggested , as I was moving to a bigger pot. In the future, I will not be moving this plant to a larger pot & may trim the root ball more as you suggest. | |
| Jul 13, 2018 at 5:43 | history | answered | Colin Beckingham | CC BY-SA 4.0 |