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title: "does anyone have any advice for preventing root rot ???"
description: "does anyone have any advice for preventing root rot ???"
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author: "bayley"
published: "2025-05-20T14:37:10.201663Z"
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# does anyone have any advice for preventing root rot ???

_Posted by bayley on 2025-05-20_

does anyone have any advice for preventing root rot ???

## 12 comments

### PrettyLittleThings commented on 2025-05-20

Agreeing and adding to what everyone says... Make your putting mix more fast draining by adding more perlite and /or pumice to it, could be 60 grits/40 potting soil. That's how I'm keeping mine. And checking the substrate before I water again, using moisture meter 😉

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