--- title: "So I know most people repot their plants when they bring them from…" description: "So I know most people repot their plants when they bring them from the store. But I got this monstera monkey mask and her soil looks nice and she isn’t root…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/feZEHwDbQBO052EYteGyDA?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Elle Woods" published: "2024-07-12T23:04:59.409801Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # So I know most people repot their plants when they bring them from… _Elle Woods님이 2024-07-12에 게시함_ So I know most people repot their plants when they bring them from the store. But I got this monstera monkey mask and her soil looks nice and she isn’t root bound. Should I still repot? And if you do repot do you take all the old dirt off the root ball? ## 10개의 댓글 ### Elle님이 2024-07-12에 댓글을 남겼어요. It doesn’t sound like you need to repot! Unless the plant looks unhealthy or it’s clear that the soil isn’t good anymore you can leave the soil on the rootball and just add soil as needed - I typically loosen the soil a bit, but unless something is wrong it’s best to not disturb the roots to avoid shocking the plant ### Destinie Merwin님이 2024-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. I repot almost all of mine because they’re normally too wet or there’s a problem but if there’s nothing wrong with the soil I’d leave it! ### K님이 2024-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. How confident are you that she doesn’t have a plug? Unless very sure I’d still get in there in the next month or so. Otherwise if she’s happy and you feel good about the potting mix then leave her be ### Dondoo52님이 2024-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. I agree! I had the hardest time repotting a plant that I left as purchased and found the roots suffocating! There were 3 of these plastic pots in one plant. It was like performing surgery. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0yu1hcgdvrpbEzNfd-P-aauuwlVhDLE4RlHG4Kt0X1k/D7k7Vv6-RJmvKLQVYpq8IQ.webp?size=large) #### Elle Woods님이 2024-07-13에 답변했습니다. Oh my gosh!!! 🤯 I was just going to respond to Kendall above that I’m not sure what a plug is! Is that a plug? Why do they pot them with that thing? I found that on my Zz raven that I rescued and she had the worst case of root rot I ever smelled!! It was so hard to get off I had to use serious heavy duty tools. #### K님이 2024-07-13에 답변했습니다. Not all of them are plastic like that. Some are a finer mesh, or a fabric. Occasionally there isn’t a physical barrier but there’s a super dense and water retentive material at the base, so even when the rest of the soil mix seems good the very base of the roots is still very wet and rotting #### K님이 2024-07-13에 답변했습니다. They do it because they start the baby plants in those small containers and then rather than go to the work of removing the plug they just move it into the bigger pot and plant around it. Most companies that use them claim that they’re not harmful or that they’ll break down, but I’ve found them fully intact years later. ### Dondoo52님이 2024-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0yu1hcgdvrpbEzNfd-P-aauuwlVhDLE4RlHG4Kt0X1k/u0QwKQoGSVq97gWU7lqaYg.webp?size=large) ### Charlie님이 2024-07-13에 댓글을 남겼어요. I always change the soil. Bug, fungus, bacteria, moisture… especially with chain stores. Notorious for having issues and if you have a good number of plants it can be a real pain to correct something that would have been fixed with just changing the soil and cleaning the pot before replanting #### Elle Woods님이 2024-07-13에 답변했습니다. True --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_