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title: "What in the heck is this? My Peperomia albovittata ‘Piccolo Banda’…"
description: "What in the heck is this? My Peperomia albovittata ‘Piccolo Banda’ (Peacock) has been looking a little sad. I think it’s beginning too much direct light. And I…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Rhona"
published: "2023-12-02T18:34:08.377Z"
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# What in the heck is this? My Peperomia albovittata ‘Piccolo Banda’…

_Posted by Rhona on 2023-12-02_

What in the heck is this? My Peperomia albovittata ‘Piccolo Banda’ (Peacock) has been looking a little sad. I think it’s beginning too much direct light. And I am an overwater so I think I’ve overwatered it a bit. So I decided to take it out of its nursery soil and give it more drainage. And when I did I saw this thing. It looks like a ball or a net of dirt. It’s attached to the roots. It did fall off after I took this photo so hopefully that’s OK.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6gF7ig8Yfg4XBQWjVQtXtPQ1sA8MxysvUi8aI3Q6ZZQ/2b3b88936d08455e8ee3f6272fb46ffa.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### tree muncher 27 ★ commented on 2023-12-02

That’s a grower’s pot leftover from the nursery. It’s best to remove them because they can end up strangling the roots after a while.

#### Rhona replied on 2023-12-02

Thank you so much. I’ve never seen that before. It did eventually fall off, but I hope it hasn’t hurt my plant. My plant has been struggling for a month or so. Probably also due to too much sun and overwatering on my part but I’ve almost panicked when I saw this. Thank you so much again.

#### tree muncher 27 ★ replied on 2023-12-02

No problem! I don’t think it has done much damage, since the plant is so small. Hopefully it will bounce back :)

### Sunny commented on 2023-12-03

It’s the sack of death. They have caused more death to plants than can be imagined.

#### Rhona replied on 2023-12-06

How do I know it’s in a plant pot when we’re told to not change out a plant as soon as you bring it home from the nursery pot?

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