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Help! My basil is drooping

GardennewbieGardennewbie Posts: 24
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Does anyone know what’s going on with my. I initially thought root rot and washed the roots, trimmed the roots and put them in fresh water. Should I cut the roots completely off?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2020
    Roots need oxygen as well as water ... if they can’t get it the plant will suffer just as it would without water. 

    I would cut the black plastic pot away so you can get all the roots out without damage then replant in a bigger pot with fresh compost. 

    That way the roots can access oxygen and water as the compost will contain a certain amount of air. 




    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • GardennewbieGardennewbie Posts: 24
    Thank you!
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