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#Meshofdeath! to remind you to always check your roots! š
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MadsI just repotted 3 plants today that had these!
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erisedHey, new plant person here! Can you please elaborate?
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When plants are propagated at nurseries they use mesh pods with cocoa coir instead of larger pots. This is good for early growth however they donāt get removed and the plant is then potted up. This causes more moisture retention around the center of the roots causing rot and not allowing the roots to grow freely. Iāve noticed them on almost every new plant Iāve purchased.
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Oh thank you! I had a string of pearls that might have had that problem. The picture of the roots looked very similar . I attributed it to āroot rotā, but Iām still unsure of what caused it. Looking back, there might have been coir involved.
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Hereās another example on a pitcher plant. Itās the mesh thatās the problem. I cut through it in this picture then removed it. You can see how the roots never grew through on this one.
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- erised
Absolutely! I will definitely look out for this in all future purchases Side note: that lil baby is sooo cute š„ŗ
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