A plant ready for repotting should slide out with the soil in one piece. If much of the soil falls free of the roots, the plant may not need repotting. If it does, there will likely be a solid soil-and-root mass in the shape of the just-removed pot. Roots should be white or light-colored.
finch in American English (fÉªntÊ ; finch) noun. any of various small, short-beaked, seed-eating passerine birds (esp. family Fringillidae), including redpolls, canaries, crossbills, goldfinches, and chaffinches. ME < OE finc, akin to Ger fink < IE echoic base *(s)pingo-, chirping bird > Welsh pink, Gr spingos, finch.
Friday, September 10, 2010. Jem Finch's Courage. Jem Finch is a young man who will certainly walk in the shoes of his father. Even as an adolescent, Jem possesses a strong moral compass, one that leads him to stand up for right. Granted, Jem is a normal, mischievous boy, capable of trespassing on the Radleyâs property and keeping his transgression a secret.