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A common gardening worry – especially when choosing plants – is pot plants becoming root bound. But Millie explains that this is not a problem with every type of plant. You can feel when a plant’s ...

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Q: You have a very interesting website. I read in one of your answers that a hibiscus plant won't bloom until it's root-bound. In another answer, you said to put it in a bigger pot so it doesn't get ...

Q. A few times last year, when I returned home from a garden centre with potted annual flowers for the planters on my deck, I’ve found several of the plants’ roots very congested — some with roots ...

Dear Dan, I’m totally new at growing. I have a few indica seeds, five in total, and I wondered if I should grow them the entire time in a five-gallon bucket, or should I start small and then keep ...

Sounds like you definitely need to transplant your plants into larger containers. Water your plants thoroughly first and then gently remove them from their containers. Place them into the larger ...

Question: I’m going to be planting some fruit trees this spring, and I’m wondering if it’s better for me to buy the trees in a big pot from a nursery or if I should get them from a mail order place ...

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