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title: "What are these black dots? So So worried"
description: "What are these black dots? So So worried"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Lulu"
published: "2025-08-19T17:14:02.606079Z"
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# What are these black dots? So So worried

_Posted by Lulu on 2025-08-19_

What are these black dots? So  
So worried

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## 3 comments

### RJ いい子 commented on 2025-08-19

Oh these are just aerial root nubs. So basically, your plant wants to latch on to something (or is about ready to), but it aborts when the support is not there. Nothing to worry about!

#### Lulu replied on 2025-08-22

How do I encourage them to grow ?

### Reigan commented on 2025-08-19

Agreed with RJ, just root nodes! If you had a moss pole or something for it to climb, that’s where those nodes would start to grow and attach

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