If the roots are
growing in a tight circle, use a sharp knife to make three to four cuts around the root ball and then use your hands to gently tease the roots outward to they will grow into the soil and not continue to grow in a circle, which will ultimately strangle the plant as it tries to survive.
Until this week, Adam Skelos, 32 — who lives with his own young family less than a mile from the homes where he
grew up
in Nassau County — was little known beyond
tight political
circles in Albany and on Long Island.