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title: "Hey plant fam, i repotted two of my plants but now im wondering if i…"
description: "Hey plant fam, i repotted two of my plants but now im wondering if i should of broken up the rootballs. Some advice would help, I’ll post pictures. I want to…"
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# Hey plant fam, i repotted two of my plants but now im wondering if i…

_Publié par Cryingwolf le 2025-07-03_

Hey plant fam, i repotted two of my plants but now im wondering if i should of broken up the rootballs. Some advice would help, I’ll post pictures. I want to make sure if its ok before i disturb them again 😭. Thank you in advance!

![Pièce jointe 1 sur 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/041kx3MMzDrgRirCMfRGUicwp14eqyIhq2ycoeHHEx0/810c8f0FREyP7c9_B91phQ.webp?size=large)

![Pièce jointe 2 sur 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/041kx3MMzDrgRirCMfRGUicwp14eqyIhq2ycoeHHEx0/Q_Nv3v8zT9e2-xj-gvWHHQ.webp?size=large)

![Pièce jointe 3 sur 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/041kx3MMzDrgRirCMfRGUicwp14eqyIhq2ycoeHHEx0/Xhtnm00JQoyNdOqprhb2Kg.webp?size=large)

![Pièce jointe 4 sur 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/041kx3MMzDrgRirCMfRGUicwp14eqyIhq2ycoeHHEx0/JppXVb0rTP-rCpwdymUL7A.webp?size=large)

## 5 commentaires

### Plantmommie03 a commenté le 2025-07-03

For me I always do I rinse the roots until clean and then peroxide, but idk 100% if this is right but my friend taught me that lol. And my plants do great !

### Sage a commenté le 2025-07-03

If the roots are super duper dense and the soil is hard/compacted, then I’ll VERY carefully remove as much soil as I can to break up the root ball and remove the old soil. However, (at least for your monstera,) I’d say what you did in this case is good! The roots aren’t too dense to begin with, so they should spread out to the new soil :)

#### Cryingwolf ha respondido el 2025-07-03

Thank you! And i agree, I’m more worried about the snake plant, but I’ll monitor it for a week if i see anything wrong ill think about taking out of the pot again and slightly breaking up the root ball, hopefully i won’t need to 😭

### Sunny a commenté le 2025-07-03

I recommend leaving to avoid adding more stress.

No need to break up the roots. Monstera roots are vigorous and will grow out. Snake plants like a tight pot. They thrive when the pot is full with plants and roots. I only break up the roots when propagating the plant.

Breaking roots can also cause damage to the plant because the broken areas are susceptible to infections and damaged roots impact the growth of the plant. I would only break up the roots if the plants are yellowing due to being root bound or I need to remove all the soil (due to over watering causing rot, poor soil mix, etc.).🪴🍀

#### Cryingwolf ha respondido el 2025-07-03

THANK YOU!!!!!!! i was also thinking this as well 🙏🏽🙏🏽, i was actually happy that the root balls were intact cause it caused minimal stress hopefully when i moved it haha

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