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Sara Hesikova

What is houseplant root pruning? How to keep your plants from outgrowing their pots and your home

A dining room with wishbone chairs and extra large houseplant in the corner.

Are you fed up with constantly upgrading the size of your plant’s pot every time you’re repotting it? In all fairness, this is not much of an issue with smaller houseplants. But it becomes a problem with large varieties like monstera or alocasia, which could easily outgrow every pot you own and your home altogether. But there is something you can do to prevent that from happening – let us introduce you to houseplant root pruning.

What is houseplant root pruning, you might ask. In a nutshell, it’s a way to keep your best houseplant from becoming root-bound, or overgrown or to promote healthy root development. Or all of the above. 

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