Pots –
No plant likes being root-bound, or being in “cramped quarters”, or any other euphemistic way of saying “running out of space” — it’s a persistent myth.
Some plants will react to being root-bound with a stress response that looks positive — hoyas are more likely to flower, spiders are more likely to produce offsets, Monsteras can often show more vigorous shoot growth. This is why people say that these plants “like” to be root bound — they’re seeing the plants respond in a way that looks positive.
But it isn’t actually positive — those things are positive if they aren’t prompted by being root-bound, but when they are, they’re either:
or
It’ll be one of those two things, pretty much every time!
Plus, stressed plants are far more vulnerable to pretty much everything — they’ll be hurt more by watering problems, by pests, by temperature fluctuations, by low humidity, and so on.
Off the Cuff: Do some plants like small pots, and some big pots?
Do some plants like small pots, and some big pots?
Short answer: NO!
So make sure your plants have room to stretch their legs!
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- trying to reproduce and hope their offspring have better luck
- trying to find more places to send out aerial roots because they’re running out!
As far as “too big”…bigger pots lead to increased growthcontribute to root rot. To avoid this…the pot is big enough for the plantthe pot and plant look good togethernot the calendar
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