Hi everyone! I know it’s usually more severe cases on here, but I just wanted to ensure everything was going to be okay!
My 6 juvanile Thai cons came from a big box store, they had all been repotted into clear pots in my chunky soil mix (soil sunrise monstera mix, chunky perlite, finer perlite, orchid bark, horticultural charcoal, worm castings, and LECA). Every single one has given me new growth, though something was nagging at me internally to check my roots today… so I did. I’ve been watering when the soil’s bone dry, once weekly with heavily diluted superthrive foliage pro fertilizer.
My mistake (I think)? In my efforts to not disturb the roots too badly during repotting…. I didn’t remove the bits of partially dissolved plug (I’m assuming peat plug) from the top middle of the root system. They were in entirely waterlogged, dense soil when I got them, so please let me know if I’m literally just freaking out a month later about residual issues from their past.
Nonetheless, I washed all of their roots off today, removed any rot (was basically only on some secondary roots and a couple of longer ones in that plug region), then carefully picked out the horribly soggy bits of plug, soaked in 2:1 water/peroxide solution for 15-20mins, then repotted into my chunky mix (Pots were cleaned with peroxide).
In this photo is one of the 6 plants after I’d washed everything off. There was no horrid smell, so I think I caught it VERY early on. Their condition is all about the same, so I thought I’d attach a photo of the roots from one instead of asking Reddit to inspect all 6 lol!
Grrr apparently I’m not allowed to post without addressing the light the plants get. 3 of them are in a room that’s almost entirely floor to ceiling windows. One wall facing east and one wall facing north with western light spilling in. They also receive 16 hours per day from a grow light. The other 3 are in a room of west facing floor-ceiling windows. I have lots of monsteras and variegated plants in here that are doing great without grow light support, so I haven’t added one! 🙂
So, the question, are they going to be okay???
by Sunni_C
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Are you sure it’s rot and not dirt? Are the roots mushy or soft? They look fine right now, I would do a hydrogen peroxide soak, 1:5 ratio with water.
I think you will be totally fine. Looks like you removed any/all rot. Nothing in pics.
I think they’ll be okay. They still have some good root left on them. They might just be shocked for a bit
Kinda worried about those two big ones going to the sides.
Roots also seem a bit short for the size of the plant, but plants are resilient, and it is spring. Hopefully it makes it.
This post makes me feel sad for all the times I have not saved my plants