"'Mike'" wrote in message
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"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

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.

Brilliant - now why didn't I think that when I had a similar problem!
Jenny