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title: "When I brought this one home yesterday, she was root-bound (forgot to…"
description: "When I brought this one home yesterday, she was root-bound (forgot to take the pic🫣) with roots protruding through the bottom of the pot (forgot to take…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/657222bd370fea75ec1a4e55"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Experimental"
published: "2023-12-07T19:53:33.08Z"
language: "en"
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# When I brought this one home yesterday, she was root-bound (forgot to…

_Posted by Experimental on 2023-12-07_

When I brought this one home yesterday, she was root-bound (forgot to take the pic🫣) with roots protruding through the bottom of the pot (forgot to take another pic🤦🏽‍♂️). Repotted her this afternoon and hoping she doesn’t go into shock.

Any tips for loosening the soil from a severely tangled root system? I hope I didn’t hurt her too much today. 😓🙏

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## 4 comments

### Green Thumb Ginger commented on 2023-12-07

I use a knitting needle to gently loosen the roots

### GreenLeaf commented on 2023-12-07

I use my wooden chopstick. Its a bit tedious, but gently poke item of choice into roots wiggle it around, continue to repeat all around the roots and they’ll eventually loosen for you.

### KD 🪴 commented on 2023-12-08

That looks like a boobie planter and I like it!

#### Experimental replied on 2023-12-08

👍🏼Franca NYC, if you’re interested.

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