[Cynthia, Prescott, AZ]

I think both are dead wrong. Spring is not the time to repot, only for plants that put out new roots on the new growth in spring should be repotted in spring. The time to repot is when the new growth just starts its flush of new roots, which can be any time from the condition of your current new growth, all the way to the time the growth is fully mature and ready to start another new growth. That could mean that a plant, repotted at the stage yours is at, could easily be near rootless, depending on the damage done in repotting, for up to 10 months. Not a good prospect. As for a growth over the side, it just helps to see when the new growth starts it flush of new roots.