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title: "I am still figuring out the right pot size for my plants. My soil has…"
description: "I am still figuring out the right pot size for my plants. My soil has been staying too wet so I just downsized all of my plants. Hopefully they won’t all be…"
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community: "Planet Pothos"
author: "Lo"
published: "2024-12-05T19:40:54.726511Z"
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# I am still figuring out the right pot size for my plants. My soil has…

_Posted by Lo on 2024-12-05_

I am still figuring out the right pot size for my plants. My soil has been staying too wet so I just downsized all of my plants. Hopefully they won’t all be super mad at me. What do you think of these roots? I don’t have a lot of experience looking at roots yet to know. Some are brown and some are white, none feel mushy.

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## 3 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-12-06

Remove anything mushy. The roots color can be several factors. Usually age. But also if you have a transparent pot the roots exposed to light will darken.

#### Lo replied on 2024-12-06

Thank you! Wasn’t sure if that color brown was okay but it still feels firm

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2024-12-06

If im putting a plant back into the sane pot, I'll generally remove about 25% of the roots. Giving it room to grow. To upside you generally only want to go up 1-2". Ie from a 2" pot to a 4" pot. If for some reason you have to go larger, I usually put a kind of dirt well at the base, so that when I water it focuses on just below the plant, and not the entire Pot.

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