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title: "These are the roots of my spider plant I have in water- the brown…"
description: "These are the roots of my spider plant I have in water- the brown patches at the beginning of the roots is worrying me, this is the first plant I’ve done this…"
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community: "Hydroponics & Semi-hydroponics"
author: "Em :)"
published: "2025-07-02T19:11:39.861231Z"
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# These are the roots of my spider plant I have in water- the brown…

_Posted by Em :) on 2025-07-02_

These are the roots of my spider plant I have in water- the brown patches at the beginning of the roots is worrying me, this is the first plant I’ve done this with and want to check it’s okay???

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## 1 comment

### fuey commented on 2025-07-02

Likely just some rot. You can trim them with sanitized (dip them in/ spray with peroxide) scissors.

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