11785 How to Select a Plant at a Nursery Mon Aug 03 14:45:00 -0700 2009 http://www.chow.com/stories/11785 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:45:00 GMT Roots hanging out of the pot are a bad sign Roots hanging out of the pot are a bad sign. http://www.chow.com none 14 CHOW Tip 1

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How to Select a Plant at a Nursery

Patricia Becker, center director for Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center in Palo Alto, California, says the three most important things to look for when picking out plants at a nursery are that there are no brown or yellow leaves, no roots coming out of the bottom of the pot, and that the plant’s stem is not too long.

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