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Old 09-06-2022, 07:00 PM
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Some roots don't look great but there are some that are OK. My advice would be to not cut. Even a bad root can help hydrate the plant. It's not always possible to tell a good one from a bad one, so better to just leave them. With better aeration from new medium, potential problems of rot, etc. tend to resolve themselves.
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Some roots don't look great but there are some that are OK. My advice would be to not cut. Even a bad root can help hydrate the plant. It's not always possible to tell a good one from a bad one, so better to just leave them. With better aeration from new medium, potential problems of rot, etc. tend to resolve themselves.
For the future, how will I be able to tell which ones in the photos don’t look great and which ones are okay? I didn’t cut any roots in the end, although there were some that were so soft that they separated during the repotting process.
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