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title: "Tomato roots are so weird!"
description: "Tomato roots are so weird!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/CQDcNKuFT2eBWinfsTKHmQ/64c596f8880e37293ec8a64d"
community: "Gardening and Outdoor"
author: "Planta member"
published: "2023-07-29T22:47:20.172Z"
language: "en"
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# Tomato roots are so weird!

_Posted by Planta member on 2023-07-29_

Tomato roots are so weird!

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## 5 comments

### Danika commented on 2023-07-30

All plants are alien creatures! Right?! 👽

#### Planta member replied on 2023-07-30

So true in so many different ways

### Stonehawk commented on 2023-07-30

Those roots are for oxygen. The soil is locked up with water and the roots can’t breath. So it grows new ones for oxygen. Gotta admire the will to survive.

#### Planta member replied on 2023-07-30

Wow!! I never knew that!! I just got this from a local nursery.

#### Planta member replied on 2023-07-31

I have been pondering this. Should I repot him and put him into a chunky mix.

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