Meditations during gardening season – applicable to gardening, or life.

When you get a plant from the store it might seem healthy, but in actuality it has already outgrown the container it’s in.

It must be put in a larger container or it will die.

When you take it out of its old container you will see the roots so tightly packed that they are in the shape of the pot.

You must firmly/gently crush it out of this shape to free the roots. Some use a razor blade to free the roots.

The plant may go into shock but this is necessary for growth.

If the roots are not freed it won’t matter what pot u put it in… the roots will grow in on themselves & choke the plant.

I repeat: despite the new environment, if the roots are NOT liberated from their growth pattern, that pattern of growth will kill them.

Their growth will kill them.

Once the roots are significantly spread you can now put it in a new pot.

The spread roots can search for nutrients in new places & give the plant support in the new environment.

Yes the plant might be in shock due to the change but the proper prep will give it a better chance in its new environment