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title: "Newbie here. Do these roots look dead? It’s from my maharani alocacia"
description: "Newbie here. Do these roots look dead? It’s from my maharani alocacia"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Jeremy"
published: "2025-01-05T21:05:30.313231Z"
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# Newbie here. Do these roots look dead? It’s from my maharani alocacia

_Posted by Jeremy on 2025-01-05_

Newbie here. Do these roots look dead? It’s from my maharani alocacia

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## 4 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-01-05

You might want to trim back some of the roots and put some rooting powder and/or Mycorrhizal to encourage some new growth

### exitJiraffe commented on 2025-01-05

Look healthy to me. :) they’re dead if they’re slimy/floppy. They would be like jelly.

#### Jeremy replied on 2025-01-05

Ah ok thanks!!!

### Cherrybergher commented on 2025-01-06

They definitely don’t look healthy.

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