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[winterk423]

My cobra lily decided to stick its root outside of the pot....is this a good or bad thing and what should I do?





(Sorry for blurriness, I was using my phone)

[dmagnan]

Those are great pics for a phone! I don't know about darlingtonia in particular, but I've had plenty of plants which have grown roots out of their pots, carnivorous and not, and it's never caused a problem.

[MICKEY]

maybe you can do root cuttings ,I don't know if it works with darlingtons

[David F]

Personally I would just take it as a sign to repot this beauty, so its roots can spread, from what I know darlingtonia adore very wide pots so their roots can really get going.

If your afraid you would break the roots, I would just go ahead and carefully tear up the pot until you can remove everything safely.

Good luck

[jht-union]

I would go with what David F said,

That's a sign that the plant is asking for a more taller pot and needs repotting.....thought i have never had this happen to me, and if people say it doesn't affect the plant, then you can decide whether or not to repot.

Good luck!

[winterk423]

Thanks everyone! I think I'll repot because if more roots start growing out then I might damage them while trying to repot it then.

[snapperhead51]

Hi
yer give that little beauty some more grow room , 4 or 5 times times the pot size even bigger will not got astray , nice growing
J

[Darkrai283]

Also, in a bigger pot, the plant can make stolons further out to the edge of the pot so you can have like a "mini-field" of darlingtonias!

[linton]

It's not a root, it's a stolon. Usually they will encircle the inside of the pot (sometimes several times) before forming a new plant at the very end. The new plant can be detetched & potted once it has it's own root system.

[Daniel_G]

I'm with linton, it is a stolon.
I've got two on one of my plants.
I grow these in cat litter trays, so they have more room to grow outwards. That way you can get way more stolons popping up!

[Darkrai283]

I grow these in cat litter trays, so they have more room to grow outwards. That way you can get way more stolons popping up!

Exactly what I mean!

[Dubstep13]

cut the root and grow another one!