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Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 20:20
| I was watering my spider plant today and noticed these thick roots coming up from the soil. Is this something I should be concerned about? |
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- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 20:37
| I'm pretty sure it's nothing to worry about. If you're overly concerned, I'd just add alittle bit more soil to the pot to cover the root. Do you think it might be potbound? Just wondering if maybe it's potbound and beginning to push itself up out of the pot alittle. If not, just adding some soil should be alright. Planto |
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- Posted by emerald1951 4 (rstrobel@mchsi.com) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 21:03
| HI....spiders do that...they grow big thigh roots and yes they will push themselfs right out of the pot....I used to take them out of the pot and cut away some of the roots and put them back in the pot with new soil....your plant looks very green and healthy and nice white roots.... linda |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 10:05
| Yes, this plant makes fat white roots kind of like carrots, they can take up a LOT of space, and will go very deep if they have the chance. You can cut them off to keep the plant in the same pot, or give it a bigger pot (at least untangle and rearrange the roots if you don't want to trim them.) If left crowded in the pot too long, the foliage will start to decline, dead tips, yellowing. So it's not an immediate concern, IMO, but something you should address sometime in the next few months, one way or the other. Trimming the roots can cause some leaves to be compromised, but usually results in so much new growth and babies/flower shoots, that it's not a concern. You could add a little soil to the surface for now, but I don't think that exposed root will cause any trouble if you don't feel like doing that. When I dig these out of my Mom's yard, and tried to kill them here at my house by tossing them on compost pile, the roots can sit exposed for months and the plants still look fine. Those huge roots store moisture and although it's easily possible to make one of these look bad, they're really really hard to kill. |
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