Root Bound

Forged In The Dark · Sep 10, 2026 · 11m · transcript

You can water a plant every day and still watch it die.

I found that out on a Sunday, hands in the dirt. My social plans had fallen through, and instead of chasing another one that would have looked like fun and left me in the deficit, I made soup, baked banana bread, took a long walk, and finally repotted the plants I'd been putting off.

One of them, a kangaroo paw, I'd had for two months and never potted. Every time I watered it, the water ran straight through and it still couldn't stay hydrated. And when I freed the root ball, I understood why. The roots had grown in circles so tight…