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.
Definition of stalk for English Language Learners. : 1  to follow (an animal or person that you are hunting or trying to capture) by moving slowly and quietly. : 2  to go through (a place or area) while hunting. : 3  to follow, watch, and bother (someone) constantly in a way that is frightening, dangerous, etc.