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Please tell me this isn’t rot.


This is my dioscorea elephantipes and was doing a health check on my plants today and noticed a small portion of the lower outer shell is coming off. I shared some images and to me everything looks ok and it is wet because i watered it yesterday.

Note i removed the top cover to take the pictures, i didn't wanna remove the plant from container because it seems to be holding tight and not disrupt it.

by wi1ly

3 Comments

  1. arioandy

    Is it hard or soft in that area? Where do you live

  2. obvious_value_

    Sorry can’t tell. You are nearby. Test it yourself.

  3. hammiesammie

    Is it new? If so, I would almost certainly say yes that’s rot, I’m sorry 🙁

    If you can scrape at it and it comes off, it’s not a good sign. You have to find the rot inside and remove it to address it.

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