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title: "Help!! I just bought this string of turtles for $5 today! As you can…"
description: "Help!! I just bought this string of turtles for $5 today! As you can see Franklin is not in amazing shape, but he was a steal! I’m not sure what the problem…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/GugffkeCyy2zPfRCSKqVHv"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Aspiringplantmom"
published: "2025-04-01T19:37:10.642591Z"
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# Help!! I just bought this string of turtles for $5 today! As you can…

_Posted by Aspiringplantmom on 2025-04-01_

Help!! I just bought this string of turtles for $5 today! As you can see Franklin is not in amazing shape, but he was a steal! I’m not sure what the problem here is but he just doesn’t look healthy to me. I had to remove quite a bit of liverwort, a snail, and some clusters of jelly like eggs (from the snail?) when I was repotting. I tried to lay all the roots back down evenly but as you can see he’s pretty covered with soil in order for me to get all the roots covered. I did my best to clean off the leaves but I feel like I’ve bothered him enough- especially in his frail state. Please send help on what more I can do to make him feel at home:)

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