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How to Select a Plant at a Nursery - CHOW Tip

2,908 views · Published 13 August 2009 · 0:35 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: Chowhound · 2009 · Howto & Style

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Roots hanging out of the pot are a bad sign.

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When you go to the nursery and you'd like to choose a plant there's three main things you want to look for.  One, you want the plant to look healthy.  So there shouldn't be excess brown leaves or yellow leaves.  And then you want to turn the plant upside down and make sure there aren't a lot of excess roots coming out of the bottom.  A couple would be okay but if it's too much that means the plants root bound and it's health may be inhibited a bit.  And then lastly, you want to make sure it doesn't have a real long stem, meaning that it's been in the pot too long.

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