I wasn’t really planning on removing it from the water jar, so… do I trim the roots? I feel like it may be too late 😅 last year I tried to loosen it from the jar and it wouldn’t budge. It’s tangled itself between the LECA and won’t let go.
by Nervous_Comet
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I think the first thing you have to do it get it out….and potentially some roots will just naturally get torn/fall off. I sometimes do allow some roots to rip off (like I’ve repotted a lemon/lime maranta before and they have sometimes quite fragile/thin roots so I naturally lost like the bottom 1/4 of them bc they simply were stuck to the side of the pot – this was when I’d had it planted directly into a decorative pot, which I no longer do). I felt it bounced back quite good, like a good pruning of the roots helped to encourage new growth.
I have also taken the tac of trying not to disturb roots as much as possible when repotting but I’ve usually focused on this when there are other reasons the plant is stressed. Same lemon/lime maranta for example – I forgot for a LONG time to water it and somehow hadn’t like…looked at it so when I noticed it was dry and droopy I freaked and tried to water – the soil didn’t retain almost any moisture so I simply pulled it out of it’s current pot, shook off whatever soil fell off easily and put it back into a similar sized pot and only just added new soil that I could fit. At that point, repotting it AND cutting some roots I think would have stressed it out too much. I watered and then only lost like one vine/crawling stem. The rest bounced back fine. So I think ultimately if the plant is strong, it’s beneficial to give the roots a trim just like we trim foliage from plants.
Again, in your sitch….whether you have to break this jar or not, I think you might just naturally lose some and that might be trim enough.
In your place, I would break the bottle, it has a good root system, I would put it already in the soil with the leca or I would put it in a wider bottle
Although the soil would be my first choice
Ya. I’d dump the whole thing in a colander rinse the leca and rip off the dead roots and cut them like halfway down.
Could also get a bigger jar and not cut roots, but I cut roots like this often.
I dont like to mess around with roots unless they are rooting. Just move em to a bigger vessel?
I’ve had to break a few glass vessels to release the roots/plant. But you may be able to remove the plant if you gently pull on the top and pat the heck out of the back while doing so.
I’d break the vase and get them out that way. Also I see your adansonii leaf peeking out up there! Does it like living with the pothos?
I’d separate the monstera from the pothos to prevent overcrowding so quickly. They may be competing for roots space
I would pull it out, and trim the root system a lot. When I transfer to soil I always clean up the root system by trimming and removing the black roots. I have never had a problem.
Broken jar it is! And makes the next flowers that much more lovey