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title: "What, if anything, do I do about these? Are they roots? Dead? Plant…"
description: "What, if anything, do I do about these? Are they roots? Dead? Plant seems happy?"
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# What, if anything, do I do about these? Are they roots? Dead? Plant…

_Publié par KT le 2024-06-13_

What, if anything, do I do about these? Are they roots? Dead? Plant seems happy?

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## 5 commentaires

### Rose a commenté le 2024-06-13

Those are aerial roots. You can put a trellis or moss pole to help stabilize the plant and make it grow larger. The roots will then start to grow in the moss or around the trellis.

#### KT ha respondido el 2024-06-13

So add a second moss pole closer to those roots?

#### Rose ha respondido el 2024-06-13

You want to position the moss pole at the “back” of the plant which is where the aerial roots come from. The moss pole you have on it is not big enough for the plant so I would recommend making one.

### eatyacarbs a commenté le 2024-06-13

Aerial roots won’t grow into a coco pole like that — it will just provide stability. If you want the roots to root, you’ll need a sphagnum moss pole. If you go this route your leaves will start to grow HUGE. Good luck!

### Lili a commenté le 2024-06-13

As others said above they are aerial roots \& you can also just tuck the roots back into the soil as they get longer.

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