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title: "Does anyone know why these little brown strands are coming out of the…"
description: "Does anyone know why these little brown strands are coming out of the stem of my succulent and what I could do to help it?"
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author: "mossy_mushroom"
published: "2024-06-25T20:08:58.82579Z"
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# Does anyone know why these little brown strands are coming out of the…

_Publié par mossy\_mushroom le 2024-06-25_

Does anyone know why these little brown strands are coming out of the stem of my succulent and what I could do to help it?

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## 4 commentaires

### send\_nodes a commenté le 2024-06-25

Aerial roots! They use them to anchor/stabilize themselves so they can cover more ground

#### mossy\_mushroom ha respondido el 2024-06-25

Thank you!

### c.cat a commenté le 2024-06-25

you can also trim the plant and propogate if you want a fuller looking plant!

### Chrissy a commenté le 2024-06-26

Or lay the strands curled up in your soil to produce a fuller plant.

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