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title: "Do these roots look normal? They’re not soggy like root rot, but…"
description: "Do these roots look normal? They’re not soggy like root rot, but they’re VERY dark and hard to the touch - almost like sticks?? Should I just try and reroot…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/64c1931d1e14785677f5f76e?language=es"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Witchy"
published: "2023-07-26T21:41:49.522Z"
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# Do these roots look normal? They’re not soggy like root rot, but…

_Publicado por Witchy el 2023-07-26_

Do these roots look normal? They’re not soggy like root rot, but they’re VERY dark and hard to the touch - almost like sticks?? Should I just try and reroot the whole plant?

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## 7 comentarios

### Rhonda comentó el 2023-07-26

Normal. Healthy roots can be wood-like and they can be surprisingly all kinds of colors. Mushy, stinky would be bad. When you see black mushy root rot it reminds you of rot like icky food.

#### Witchy respondió el 2023-07-26

OH THANK GOD!!!  
The areas around the edges of her leaves were turning dark, and the plant doctor on here said I was over watering her and I was like??? Ok that cannot be right because those roots are BONE dry?? I was so confused omg thank you

#### Rhonda respondió el 2023-07-26

Wouldn’t hurt to watch, but I think she’s ok

#### Rhonda respondió el 2023-07-26

There is the possibility that she’s on the upswing from recently having imbalanced watering I guess. Still looks good

#### Witchy respondió el 2023-07-26

Honestly half the worry is because about 3 of my plants got rot recently. It was 100% my fault, won’t even lie - I had them in pots that were both plastic AND too big. But I literally went out yesterday and bought like 15 small terracotta pots and repotted them all into fresh dry soil and even upped the brightness on their grow light to prevent this from happening again >\_>  
I was just worried she was another victim of The Rot Epidemic™️ cause her roots were so dark

#### Rhonda respondió el 2023-07-27

I have a tendency to overwater too. Trying so hard not to. And that’s one reason I use a lot of terracotta. That and it’s less expensive. I have all kinds of ideas how to spice my pots up, but they go with the orange and berry colors in my living room too.

### anneliese comentó el 2023-07-27

actually means it needs a little more water! usually the very ends are white, if they’re woody it means it’s dried out

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