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title: "I’m reporting my Polly with arid soil and noticed this attached to…"
description: "I’m reporting my Polly with arid soil and noticed this attached to the roots. I can’t tell if it’s man made or if should leave it alone?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/8YJLrBkOSo27kyNSisgUpA/655e244afa7ccd7c70655c8c"
community: "Alocasia Aficionados"
author: "Nectar"
published: "2023-11-22T15:54:50.522Z"
language: "en"
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# I’m reporting my Polly with arid soil and noticed this attached to…

_Posted by Nectar on 2023-11-22_

I’m reporting my Polly with arid soil and noticed this attached to the roots. I can’t tell if it’s man made or if should leave it alone?

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## 6 comments

### Tiffany commented on 2023-11-22

It’s what nurseries use to grow plants in, and can cause your plant issues as it gets older. It’s best to carefully remove it, good luck!

#### Nectar replied on 2023-11-22

Yea the leaves started to droop eventhough I was watering it well and giving it enough sunlight

### Mullein commented on 2023-11-22

Man made. It’s a mesh plug from the nursery when then plant was first grown. I recommend removing it very carefully. You Polly has done well growing around it, but I’ve had plants where the roots get trapped in the plug and end up rotting and killing the plant

#### Nectar replied on 2023-11-22

Thank you! Actually that’s what caused me to repot! I was losing leaves all of a sudden. So hopefully that’ll heal it

#### Mullein replied on 2023-11-22

Chances are good in my opinion! I have Chinese evergreens that I didn’t repot for like a year after I bought them. Same thing started happening like you’re describing where care was good but the plants were looking sad. Turned out they both had hard plastic meshes! It’s was a nightmare cutting that kind off, but the plants recovered and are so happy now!

### Sunny commented on 2023-11-22

Mesh bags of death slow kill more plants than we know.

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