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title: "Hey! I was repotting my rattlesnake plant earlier and noticed these…"
description: "Hey! I was repotting my rattlesnake plant earlier and noticed these balls in the roots? Any idea of what these are? They seem to be attached but I’ve never…"
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# Hey! I was repotting my rattlesnake plant earlier and noticed these…

_Opslået af Figleaf den 2024-06-08_

Hey! I was repotting my rattlesnake plant earlier and noticed these balls in the roots? Any idea of what these are? They seem to be attached but I’ve never seen anything like this on any of my other plants!

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## 3 kommentarer

### Shamana kommenterede den 2024-06-08

Tubers they hold water

### Kirsty kommenterede den 2024-06-08

They are called rhizomes and it’s where the plants stores water. They will rot if you overwater, so only water when the soil is completely dry.

### Lana Layne 🌺🪴🪻🌵🌸 kommenterede den 2024-06-08

Calathas and ZZ plants have them

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