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What does rootbound mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word rootbound? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of a pot plant) Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled.
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With rootbound plants then, if you can accommodate a larger container you can pot on.
The plant, by this time tightly rootbound, is carefully tapped out of its cup and buried about half way up its stem in this mound of loose dirt.
You can hold greens in starting pots for four to six weeks, but don't let them get rootbound.
Don't buy leggy plants or ones that are overgrown and rootbound.
Look for healthy plants having dark green leaves with no browning or wilting, and also choose those that appear rootbound.
Winter is the best time to repot roses that have become rootbound.

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