The 1 Hack Plant Experts Do That You're Probably Afraid To 

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When I need pots, I go to Goodwill or other thrift stores and find what I need for under $5. I even use things that aren't flower pots and I just drill holes in the bottom and I now have a flower pot! I live on a fixed income and even if I didn't, I'd still do it this way. I don't like paying full price for anything. Plus, this is more fun, hunting for a thingy I can make into a pot!! I have some beauties. I used to prune roots back in the 70s, and have forgotten all about it since. Thanks for the reminder. ( when you get old, not only do you lose your youth, you lose your memory)

Wish I knew this before I spent WAAAY too much money on bigger pots. Oh well. Now I just need new plants to put in the little pots! :D Love your videos. The little video clips you add for humor always make me laugh. :)

I gotta say, root pruning is one of the best lessons I have learned as an amateur

The dollar store is a good place for pots.

I just found you but I'm already watching back to back. I've learned a lot and I have over 50 plants. Lost a few and realized why. So now I know better and will do better.

I learn so much from your videos. Keep them coming. My first winter will be interesting, but thanks to you, I’m confident my plants will do great.

Terrific tip! Have done this for years now. Great way to keep a xmas tree for example from growing too fast also.

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You teach a lesson always and informative videos thanks 🙏

I've done this with all my pothos hanging basket plants cause their roots systems grow crazy on you really fast. I always thought it was like I was bonsai keeping my pothos lol.

Well, Sunday I discovered a bunch of roots coming out from under the pot of my nearly 20-year-old ficus which looks like a tree in my apartment now. The same day, I ordered a larger pot online to be delivered at the store, so didn’t pay for it yet. The next day, yesterday, after watching totally randomly one of your videos about cutting the roots, I decided to give it a try. Well, I did it today. I pushed my sofa away, put some newspapers and plastic on the floor, and laid down my tree on it. I said « I’m sorry, hold on, buddy ». I was afraid to break its branches. It was hard to remove the pot. It was so heavy. But I finally made it. I had a long bread knife that I never use, which was perfect. I started to cut 1 third of the bottom. God, it was cutting like in a soft wedding cake. Some roots were very thick though. But I was confident that it was for the better. Then I cut the sides. One piece on the left, one piece on the right. Then I turned the tree on itself to get the other sides. Also on the sides some roots were huge. I kept saying « Hold on, be strong ! I’m sorry. » So I cut again left and right. I had finally a square shape. I rinsed the pot and the plate to have them clean. Filled the pot with new organic soil. Then I lifted up my tree to put it back into the pot. Men, that was still hard and heavy, I had my head in the middle of the branches, which made me look fresh and sexy like a rose flower as you can imagine. But I was glad to see I didn’t break any branches on the floor. I added more soil all around the square to finally get a full new pot of soil. I cleaned my floor, put my sofa back in place and gave my tree and myself some water. My tree is standing proudly straight. Now I’m waiting for the next days……. 🙏🏻🤗❤

Hey there! Love ur vids! I got so many more plants than I did last year. Just hope they survive this winter 😢

Can put new root plant in with old plants.

I love this video so much! I gifted my cousin a pothos and a month after, I noticed it started having a lot of yellow leaves every time I saw the plant. I asked about their watering schedule and it was the normal pothos care (letting the plant dry out) so this immediately signaled to me it was root bound instead of a watering issue. Not to mention I could visually see how many pothos stems were in the pot already and the way it was sold, the vines were all tangled on top of each other. I opened the pot and it had beautiful healthy roots 😍 but indeed was very root bound. I was going to keep the original pot plus one ceramic one that I was going to stick a clear nursery pot in for ease of watering, but I ended up separating the plant into all three of the pots! There was just that many roots! I did actually trim the bottom roots of some of my new plant piles too because I knew that the roots could withstand it and I wanted it to be a while before another repot would be needed. I love watching these videos as reassurance that I did indeed do the right things for the plants 😅 I can’t wait to see how they will thrive after the separating and repot!

I really like your channel, great advice and funny presentation 😂 greeting from northern Ireland !!

Excellent advice as always. I’m glad you specifically mentioned not cutting the ZZ plant rhizomes. I’ve gathered quite a few houseplants over the course of Spring and Summer and I’m now betting a bit nervous about keeping them over the winter months, especially my Ficus Ginseng and Pachira Aquatica which are starting to get yellow leaves and sometimes they drop off. Any tips?

I have this problem with a quiet big one and I have repotted it a few times. (My back is crying in pain) Now it’s in a 35 cm diameter pot and it’s slowly getting overwhelming. Thank you so much for this tip, I will try this out next spring 🥰

Do not re-pot every spring.

Yes! I saw this on Everything Plants and tried it myself on an easy plant, a pothos. It wasn't happy for a few days but adjusted and is doing well in the same pot.

I just happened to do this this morning to a few plants because I did not want larger pots. It's good to know I didn't damage. I wish I knew it sooner. I have had a few plants over the years that just got too big to keep. Or so I thought. Thanks ❤

thank you for this information it is a good help !!!!

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I took your advice and gave my rootbound alocasia a chop. So bloody satisfying! Can't wait to see it flourish in spring, now it's got room to stretch 😍

So nervous that it might died 😢 when I did a 3rd root pruning on my monster deliciosa plant at the bottom. So glad I ran into this video weeks later. Rest assured now, thank you so much.

I finally got around to repotting my 6.5 foot bird of paradise. I couldn’t upsize the pot- this is so helpful ❤

Is it ok to do this with an orchid, like a Maxillaria? Those orchids with small roots wrap around and around, then it’s virtually impossible to get them loose to clean out old substrate and repot.

Hey great video my friend and thanks for the shoutout!!!

I always prune the roots since the past 7 years, while repotting..

Can I do that with my cymbidiums??? Pls reply. Thank you❤

I wonder if you might have an idea what is wrong with my ficus benjamina tree (sorry I don't have a pic). It was super healthy and full when I bought it (Nov?), about three ft tall. Right away repotted it into a bigger pot. It got a little shocky (some yellow leaves) but seemed to recover well, lots of new growth. It's in my house. Over the last month, it's gone super shocky, yellow falling leaves :( A couple branches might be okay but I don't have much hope. The soil is covered with rocks, and I've only been watering it (a good soak) about once a month. I've heard they can be delicate. But I have one on my SoCal covered patio; it's 10-ft tall and is 28 years old; but the first 10 years it was in my dark house in Washington state. Thank you.

Sir, when does a plant go into shock? Is it when goofs like me try to untangle the root bound plant or is it when the roots are disturbed while shifting them?

I’m pretty sure this happened to my pothos pearls and jade. It was growing like crazy and then suddenly needed water every other day and eventually died 😢

I followed the root pruning procedure on my English Ivy which had been root bound. But it had dropped off almost 1/3 of its leaves over the past few weeks and not sure if it can pull through. What could have gone wrong?

Great tips! Thanks!!

Hi So i tried to repot a slow growing plant and kind of tried to take it out from a terracota pot when most of it was dry. I tried to take it out by holding it face down when the plant came out with 1/4 th of its top roots and more than half the lower roots stuck in compacted soil. It is a thungbergia white. I repotted in new soil and plan to keep it in shade . Do you think it will survive. Any tips ? Thx

Can you root prune hoyas?

Hii...loved ur videos but I didn't find any video on fertilization cycle...Can u pls share ur thoughts on the same

Have you ever had any of your more delicate plants get angry over a root prune? Like a calathea, for example?

Thanks for all the great tips and advice. I love plants but have always struggled to keep them alive for long in the past. Through your videos I now realise that I was fussing over them way too much and killing them by overwatering them. I made the mistake of always thinking drooping leaves meant they needed a good drink. Poor things probably all drowned. With your help though I now have a lovely collection of healthy houseplants that bring me a lot of pleasure.

Thank you for this wonderful tip. I'm really enjoying your content. Newbie plant dad here.

You know? Now that I think about it, why would we be afraid to do this? We eventually have to dig up tired perennials and divide them. It's basically the same thing!😮

Thank You,I'm doing flowers from the Garden center and their discount shelf that have been watered and basically left there

Very helpful video, thanks. I noticed plants on top of your wardrobe. Can you tell us about them? I would like to put some plants on similar wardrobe. Which plants would like to live there ?

That's for plants you don't care about. There is always risk to kill the plant. But if I have to cut roots I'll cut them and than wait before I water because bacteria likes to enter in wet freshly cut roots.

thank you! finally someone talking about this! I don't understand why it's not talked about more often in the plant community

I had this happen with my zz plant

I want to take my peace lily that has been grown in soil and transplant it in water for long term..what suggestions do you have about doing it successfully

Brilliant !! Ive always done this with my largest plants and never have had a problem. They slways bounce back without a problem. Thank you, love your videos.

I’ve learnt a lot from your excellent videos. Thanks 🙏

Funny I was looking at my many Houseplants last night thinking I needed to repot in the spring and also buy larger ceramic outer pots.Very expensive as you've said so this Video appeared like magic today and now I know what to do.Brilliant and thank you

I have a monastera deliciosa that I need to do this to and am dreading it. It is so large and will be a huge ordeal. It's only 2 years old but is so compacted that it's drying out every other day and all the roots are bunched up at the top.

Gosh who knew! Thank you 🙏🏻 ~ I do love your little comedy clips 😊

Houseplants for dummies….. there’s a book for me lol

Interesting concept! I don't think I have any root bound plants at this time, but I will keep this in mind! BTW....did you know that you can sprinkle Ceylon Cinnamon on the pruned roots to help them to heal from the cut? I learned that last year, so whenever I have to cut roots for any reason, such as occasional root rot or repotting after I have loosened the roots. Ceylon Cinnamon is also a good rooting hormone:-).

Excellent contents, very much appreciated your very straight to the point style.

do you have info on air plants, do they need direct sun? and how often to spritz with water?

Thanks for this video, it makes sense. I have been doing this for years in my outside garden for roses, shrubs, etc. Never lost a plant.

Your plant selection in your kitchen window is exactly the same as mine in the living room, and actually, the Birkin looks like it could do with some root pruning in a couple of months 👍

pruning roots - I do it to my tomatoes when they are young and do perfect ;)

Sooo then, have you done a video on how to do this to ZZ plant wo hurting the rhizomes? Or how to separate them?

That made my bum go! I'll give it a try though.

Fantastic video. So helpful.

Thank you for your video. I have this problem right now with my monstera deliciosa. As they tend to grow very aggressively, the roots coming out of the bottom of the pot prevent the plant from standing straight. I don't want to upsize the pot though, because I don't have the space here for it to do its thing. I thought about giving it away, but maybe pruning the roots will help. Have you pruned the roots of the monstera before? What do you do with the aerial roots that are re-routed into the soil?

Thanks for making this video you are the best

Great video! Very useful.

More great information thanks 😊 👍

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What do you think about artificial lighting like those USB LED lamps that are red and blue?

Love ur vids! 💖🇺🇸😁

Very helpful. I've been replanting plants that have outgrown their pot into larger pots. I didn't cut any roots and now I hope they will thrive or at least survive. Thank you!

Please I have a question when you transplants to other pots do you put soil underneath pot ? or just fill soil round pot not pot bottom ?

I just typed a question about if you should also prune a bit of leaves if you prune the roots because my intuition would say the plant might have trouble sustaining the foliage if significant amount of roots are removed, and then you mentioned some leaves dying. I guess you have a choice of choosing yourself what gets removed or let the plant choose and just pick the dead leaves off?

I watched the video and liked it; in fact, I'm a subscriber. I'm surprized you didn't use any rooting hormone to stimulate new root development. Why? Wouldn't you recommend it, or not? What about Superthrive? Do you have faith in it? Thanks for the great instructional video. Before watching, I would have NEVER done such a thing! This sort of sets my mind at ease and gives me new freedom about repotting. 🪴😉