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title: "Is this plant root-bound? Picked up a gorgeous tradescantia from…"
description: "Is this plant root-bound? Picked up a gorgeous tradescantia from Lowe’s and it looked like this when I took it out of the nursery pot. I repotted her in a…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "MellyMellz"
published: "2025-03-24T22:38:49.130415Z"
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# Is this plant root-bound? Picked up a gorgeous tradescantia from…

_Publié par MellyMellz le 2025-03-24_

Is this plant root-bound? Picked up a gorgeous tradescantia from Lowe’s and it looked like this when I took it out of the nursery pot. I repotted her in a slightly larger pot, but is there anything else to do?

![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2xSRVAVcU18Z803q9xjzbvPTaZmEXkx4iE7LgVjWmdg/IpEikDL-TMiTkg6dh48lUg.webp?size=large)

## 3 commentaires

### Jess a commenté le 2025-03-24

If you repot it into a bigger pot then it should be fine

### Wolfen 🐺 a commenté le 2025-03-24

It's definitely getting there. If you want to put it in the same pot, I will remove up to 25% of the bottom of the roots ball. To give it more room.

### NSoto23 a commenté le 2025-03-24

I had a similar issue with a plant from Home Depot and it was fine after I repotted

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