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rootbound

ADJECTIVE
  1. having the roots matted or densely tangled
    shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs
  2. (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots

How To Use rootbound In A Sentence

  • If a rootbound plant is not available, use a tiny clay flowerpot or a small cardboard transplanting pot, a large tangled mass of string stuffed into the pot, and an artificial flower to be inserted into the string mass. Nurturing Spirituality in Children
  • You get a glimpse of this when you pull up a clump of grass and get a cubic foot of rootbound soil along with it. The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
  • shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs
  • Look for healthy plants having dark green leaves with no browning or wilting, and also choose those that appear rootbound.
  • The damn hanging pots need to be messed with regularly because the plants get rootbound, stop draining water, and start to rot -- % $#@ work! Archive 2004-07-11
  • I think the ideas get rootbound without that refreshing input from the real world. Art or Nature?
  • Don't buy leggy plants or ones that are overgrown and rootbound.
  • They looked like chrysanthemums, bedraggled, rootbound, and probably frozen now. In the Still of the Night
  • However, the roots of seedlings raised more than 6-8 weeks in containers spiral and become rootbound, negatively effecting their subsequent growth in the field. Chapter 8
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