I actually had no idea it was so root bound until the wind blew another pot onto it and broke them both. Thanks for the heads up, Mother Nature. My dog was very concerned about all the commotion, as you can see.
by LisaSauce
I actually had no idea it was so root bound until the wind blew another pot onto it and broke them both. Thanks for the heads up, Mother Nature. My dog was very concerned about all the commotion, as you can see.
by LisaSauce
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Australian cattle dog! My best friend has 2 and yours looks just like her one. Pretty dog!
This needs to go into r/rootporn
Wow is there even any soil left in that pot 😅
Cast iron pan as tool of choice made me chuckle, merely an oddly shaped hammer head that’s all😂
Awww puppy looks very concerned!
Could have left it another week and the plant would have broken it itself lol.
That is an impressive level of rootbound!
And STILL putting out new growth 😂
I love how dogs have no idea what’s going on but try to support as much as they can
The first time I repotted my ZZ plant, it was so root bound that I had to use scissors to break and remove the little plastic false bottom/draining plate in the pot. As I was doing so, I realized there was *another* nursery pot further in the roots… Someone else before I got the plant must have just stuck the small nursery pot in a larger pot and let the roots grow around it 😭 After a few intense moments I freed the plant and repotted it properly, and it’s doing much better now lol.
Your supervisor does not approve.
2nd pic your dog look sooo proud
Next time, soak the pot in water first. The terra cotta absorbs water and expands.
Your dog is definitely judging you.
Pretty sure that makes you an honorary Disney princess 👑
In this case is it recommended to break up the roots to replant? I’ve seen people say both, “Leave it. You’ll damage the roots breaking it up” and “Break it up. Better airation and soil contact outweighs the damage”. Or like most cases does it depend on the severity and type of plant/hardiness of roots?
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
finally a crossover between r/castiron and r/houseplants!
This makes me question my life choices. I planted mine in a pretty ceramic pot.
… maybe I should put it in a nursery pot
Puppy standing there like
“I get shouted at so much for doing that, so unfair”
Your dog’s face 😂 what in the world have u done
This belongs in r/wheresthefuckingsoil 😂😂
This is going to be what I have to do because of the shape of the pot I used. My ZZ is stuck.
https://preview.redd.it/k6a39fx9vgvf1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc77f4f1c141cf9e7b9348ac3934f2c83ad46772
lol your dog is like “shit is that what she will do to me if I misbehave?”
impressive how you did that without opposable thumbs
I love your dog 🐕
Your job-site foreman deserves a raise for a job well done 🏆
OMG! That dog and the look of concern on her face! Just the cutest. Those are some serious roots! Glad you figured a way to get it out of the pot.
The look on your dogs face lol He’s saying “Now you know better.”
I’m going to have to do this with my highly etiolated syngonium at some point… of course I had to get a cute cat planter with a tapered neck that I’m loathe to smash
Great for plant n dogs super!!!
Ah man I’ve been putting mine off for so long and it looks exactly like yours 🤣
The dog believes there were alternative options
I upvoted this post just for the dog.