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title: "my friend asked me to help their zz plant today! i’ve never seen such…"
description: "my friend asked me to help their zz plant today! i’ve never seen such compacted roots before ahahah"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/M1bidiX5SDqLKlXj_Ib8ew"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "labs99"
published: "2024-09-07T23:25:39.240683Z"
language: "en"
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# my friend asked me to help their zz plant today! i’ve never seen such…

_Posted by labs99 on 2024-09-07_

my friend asked me to help their zz plant today! i’ve never seen such compacted roots before ahahah

![Attachment 1 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/nasguqOBoNkGTp0YbmPD8dXwvtzP71wNivMRbx_L0xg/cHJiA_6ISGmI4hcQkvAUUg.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/nasguqOBoNkGTp0YbmPD8dXwvtzP71wNivMRbx_L0xg/VK5fMj_UST2V7voU4fNjdQ.webp?size=large)

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## 10 comments

### Bri commented on 2024-09-08

My lort ! Lmao 🤣

#### Mara replied on 2024-09-08

Haha my thoughts exactly!

#### Bri replied on 2024-09-08

Even said it out loud 🤣 like goodness how long was it in there 😅

#### labs99 replied on 2024-09-08

they’ve had it for at least a year, it was in its original pot still

### Adrian commented on 2024-09-08

I can only imagine how hard it was to get it out of the pot 😂 I had to cut mine out of the pot this week and it wasn’t nearly as root-bound as your friend’s

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/CQyscbeN5f0KZltdaSyx3VQZZh8uHYoaKDmCZlFICjE/U4oYoRuKRniLRqYRDFOI5g.webp?size=large)

#### Plants are so 😎 replied on 2024-09-11

That plant looks really good.👍🏼

#### Adrian replied on 2024-09-11

Thank you ☺️ He was a real steal. $10 from Ott’s Exotic Plants. Didn’t want to risk it with a box store ZZ 😂

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/CQyscbeN5f0KZltdaSyx3VQZZh8uHYoaKDmCZlFICjE/H1OLuoPWRlqLekwc_MFzNg.webp?size=large)

### Plants are so 😎 commented on 2024-09-11

That plant definitely needs to be repotted immediately with way more dirt!😃 also how much drainage does it get?

#### labs99 replied on 2024-09-12

i know lol it’s my friends plant that i’m fixing up for them

#### Plants are so 😎 replied on 2024-09-13

That’s good!😊

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