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title: "are these roots rotted?? it doesn’t smell weird"
description: "are these roots rotted?? it doesn’t smell weird"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/Z8aIe0aOT1-wDUb4qsP1Vg"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Macie"
published: "2024-06-23T16:55:52.611874Z"
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# are these roots rotted?? it doesn’t smell weird

_Posted by Macie on 2024-06-23_

are these roots rotted?? it doesn’t smell weird

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## 3 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-06-23

Yeah I’d say about the bottom 1/5 are rotted/mushy looking, if it’s mushy and not coarse feeling to the touch it’s definitely rotted out. I’d prune off that section and loosen up the root ball and repot in a little chunkier mix

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#### Macie replied on 2024-06-24

thank you so much!!!

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-06-24

No problem!!

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