Hi Rick...how does one determine whether or not the roots are "good"...?..these plants were grown outside year 'round here in So Ca, and the leaves on the older growths are sort of thick and somewhat dessicated..the plants are now indoors in one of my bathrooms that has a very large diffused skylight in it..the new leaves look good to me, and seem to be growing nicely..when I got the plants, I removed them from their pots..there was very little potting mix, with the roots touching the inside of the pot...lots of roots..they are very wirey, unlike the pics I have seen of roots that have that "fuzzy" look to them..is that a bad sign?...I removed the potting mix from the center of the root ball, filled it with potting mix as best I could before I placed them into the pots, then filled around the approx one inch of space between the roots and the inner sides of the pots with potting mix consisting of small bark, perlite, charcoal, and some lava rock...I am watering about twice a week, and fertilizing every other watering with a weak solution of Dyna_Gro and also using some worm casting "tea"...I spray the leaves twice a week with a weak solution of the worm tea also..all in all, they look good to me, but, being new to these plants, I dont have a clue as to what is good/better/best...thanks for your patience here...