---
title: "Hello! i’m repotting my flamingo lily when i noticed this cloth…"
description: "Hello! i’m repotting my flamingo lily when i noticed this cloth wrapped around the base is this good or bad?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/e3f3GQQoevqkMeRDBBZH3n?language=de"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Eva"
published: "2025-08-07T15:30:38.722927Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/66gAATep4NWYNGcE2BmUIJMd8P4852CzNGXfEUjW81M/U5yzBxe4SPG-ksVpateY7g.webp?size=large"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=de) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=de)

# Hello! i’m repotting my flamingo lily when i noticed this cloth…

_Gepostet von Eva am 2025-08-07_

Hello! i’m repotting my flamingo lily when i noticed this cloth wrapped around the base is this good or bad?

![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/66gAATep4NWYNGcE2BmUIJMd8P4852CzNGXfEUjW81M/U5yzBxe4SPG-ksVpateY7g.webp?size=large)

## 12 Kommentare

### Isabella kommentierte am 2025-08-07

BAD I have one and it got fungus from that

#### Eva antwortete am 2025-08-07

oh god thank you i will remove it right away 🫡

### Grandma2aDancer kommentierte am 2025-08-07

BAD! I’ve lost 3-4 plants because of them!!! Restricted root growth. They grew just fine for a few months. I’d left them either in original nursery pot or I followed the advise of not messing with the root ball when transplanting and therefore didn’t see it because of dirt that covered it. Either case, did well for a bit and Boom! they looked hideous almost overnight and died despite my best efforts to salvage them. Unless I know the person that grew from seed or that they removed or checked for them before they transplanted, I inspect each new plant for one shortly after receiving it!

#### Eva antwortete am 2025-08-07

Yes i will have to start doing that from now on a lot of her roots were rotted

### Random Strands kommentierte am 2025-08-07

Yes always remove - sometimes you’ll find bands also remove them also. It limits growth and sometimes we miss it for too long and lose the plant all together.

### fuey kommentierte am 2025-08-07

I believe they’re Soil Bags that they used when the plant was teeny tiny in a greenhouse somewhere, but then they never remove them from it.  
It really should be degradable or just removed all together prior to repotting, but it’s not unfortunately.

#### Eva antwortete am 2025-08-07

ohh okay thank you! sadly i lost a lot of roots but hopefully she will be okay!

### Gaileen Joy kommentierte am 2025-08-07

Yeah. Darn things!! I know…lots of people say they don’t harm the plants. But I beg to differ. They restrict the roots.  
Unfortunately, you just don’t usually find out they’re on your plant until damage is done. 🫤

#### Grandma2aDancer antwortete am 2025-08-07

Yes! I wish there was some alert that they are on the plant!

### Yup kommentierte am 2025-08-07

Is there an easy way to find out

#### fuey antwortete am 2025-08-09

If your Monstera is doing fine then leave it alone. At the next repot just remove all the soil from the root ball and take a peek.

### Yup kommentierte am 2025-08-07

On my monstera

---

_Die Planta-Community (https://getplanta.com). Lesen ist für alle offen. Um Beiträge zu erstellen, zu kommentieren und zu liken, hol dir die Planta App: https://getplanta.com/download_