"Planet X" wrote in message
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Hi,

I've got a dwarf bamboo that has totally filled a 15" decorative pot.
I want to remove it from the pot and plant it in the garden. Of
course, nothing is that easy; the pot has a pinched in rim!!

Has anyone any useful tips that will enable me to extract the rootball
without cracking the pot? The pot has quite a large 'mouth' and it
has reasonably thick walls.

Thank you

1) Break the pot :-(
2) Take a large sharp knife and cut straight down from the rim through the
root ball and lift the tube of root out :-(

or

3) What we did in the same circumstances. Raise to pot up off the ground and
lay it on its side, rim slightly pointing down. Get the garden hose and wash
out all of the soil. Long job as the roots have to be teased to allow the
soil in the bottom to drop 'down' to the rim and drop out. Lift out root
mass and plant in prepared hole. Spread roots out as you fill the hole,
carefully treading and firming as you go.

Shock horror from the 'experts' maybe, but a case of 'Been there, done
that, got the plant and saved the pot'

Mike


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