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title: "PLEASE HELP. I bought this spider plant and I knew it needed repotted…"
description: "PLEASE HELP. I bought this spider plant and I knew it needed repotted but what I didn’t know is that these roots are OUT OF CONTROL and there is a grow pot…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "leen"
published: "2023-08-08T17:19:32.803Z"
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# PLEASE HELP. I bought this spider plant and I knew it needed repotted…

_leen님이 2023-08-08에 게시함_

PLEASE HELP. I bought this spider plant and I knew it needed repotted but what I didn’t know is that these roots are OUT OF CONTROL and there is a grow pot stuck inside! Does anybody have any advice? Should I try to get the grow pot out or leave it??

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Q7mLGDOz1vk5Z6pSBX3nNHvo1EyStPse9P8XmNaeIco/6fa535ccf9244db193aca68920f143ff.webp?size=large)

## 13개의 댓글

### leen님이 2023-08-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’m now realizing the bigger pot I got, isn’t nearly big enough. Do you think I could try to split this thing? 😅

#### leen님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

I don’t want to, I just don’t have a big enough pot, I don’t think. I’ll just repot it in the slightly larger pot now and look for an even bigger one, I guess 🥲

#### leen님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

thank you!!

### Danika님이 2023-08-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You can trim some of the roots down to fit it in the pot you want. It has so many, it may actually benefit the plant and stimulate new growth by doing so.

#### Kelsie M.님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

I was gonna say the same as this! I’ve seen videos of people just slicing the bottom couple of inches of roots off the plant so they can put it back in the same pot and it’ll have room to grow

#### leen님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

Oh I didn’t know that was a possibility! I will do that, thanks!

#### Plant Father님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

was about to suggest this, spider plants are so hardy. my large one i trim the roots every few years to keep it in the same pot and it grows back better every time!!

### leen님이 2023-08-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I think I did it 😅 it looks good for now! Hopefully it survives all of my hacking 🔪 🥲

### leen님이 2023-08-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Q7mLGDOz1vk5Z6pSBX3nNHvo1EyStPse9P8XmNaeIco/6d7c315524f6435ca01f18b758c1386d.webp?size=large)

#### leen님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Q7mLGDOz1vk5Z6pSBX3nNHvo1EyStPse9P8XmNaeIco/849793d4bb1a4defb32f0bd33120b8e2.webp?size=large)

### leen님이 2023-08-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Q7mLGDOz1vk5Z6pSBX3nNHvo1EyStPse9P8XmNaeIco/7366878f95404af1b2e05510143bf4f8.webp?size=large)

#### Plant Father님이 2023-08-08에 답변했습니다.

the massacre. lol. i know it never feels good initially but i’m sure your spider plant will thank you in a few weeks when it has reestablished itself :-)

#### leen님이 2023-08-09에 답변했습니다.

it does look like a massacre 🤣 I can’t wait to watch this buddy thrive now that it has room to grow! Thanks for your help!

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