How to Deal with Extremely Root Bound Plants
...the plant. Fewer leaves means it will need less water, and can spend more energy growing new roots.] No plant wants to be handled this way but with luck and care, the plant might do well afterward. The only alternative is planting it root bound, and no root bound plant can thrive. As in its pot, it will be hard to water, and it will live a short, sad life, always sickly and constrained, if it makes it at all. As a caveat, I know of a few types of...
