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title: "I rescued this spider plant from a co-worker last week. I repotted…"
description: "I rescued this spider plant from a co-worker last week. I repotted it, but noticed this root sticking out above the root ball. Should it be covered?"
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published: "2024-06-06T11:09:02.347583Z"
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# I rescued this spider plant from a co-worker last week. I repotted…

_Pubblicato da Jill il 2024-06-06_

I rescued this spider plant from a co-worker last week. I repotted it, but noticed this root sticking out above the root ball. Should it be covered?

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## 10 commenti

### Jenna ha commentato il 2024-06-06

I don’t think it would hurt to cover it. But they’re pretty resilient

### Josie ha commentato il 2024-06-06

Could over it or take it off and plant it as a seperate plant

#### Jill ha risposto il 2024-06-06

It's right in the middle of the plant...it will be interesting to see if it does that!

### Ellie ha commentato il 2024-06-06

lol your spider plant looks so healthy compared to mine 😂

#### Jill ha risposto il 2024-06-06

This was was left neglected by a co-worker who left and I'm trying to save it. My other spider plant died after many years and I'm hoping to bring new life to this one :-)

#### Ellie ha risposto il 2024-06-06

Mine is 8 years old and is hanging on for dear life right now 😂 I’m trying my best

### send\_nodes ha commentato il 2024-06-06

Yeah I wouldn’t worry about it. However, I wanted to mention that the pot might be a bit large and keep the soil wet for too long. It might be fine, since these are pretty thirsty plants, but generally I try to keep the pot just a bit bigger than the roots. Here’s mine for reference ^\_^

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#### Jill ha risposto il 2024-06-06

Goals 😍

#### send\_nodes ha risposto il 2024-06-06

Thanks so much! :D it loves being out on the patio over the summer

#### Jill ha risposto il 2024-06-07

I've moved mine to a hanging stand on the sun porch 🤞

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