My mother bought a lavender plant that was extremely root bound. It looked exactly like this when she got it. I've just separated them and I need to know how to help them pleeaassee. Is there any way to save them? I have fresh soil at hand to repot but need to know if they're gone or not? Thank you for any help!
I haven't watered yet. The plant gets indirect sunlight
by Forward-Background69
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They look quite gone but you can try fertilizing them to get nutrients to the roots faster.
give it a little bit of water, like a third of a cup and then wait 2-3 days and then water it completely. if it’s very dried out it’s likely that the root hairs have died off, which are the part of the root that absorb water, and they take time to grow back. If you give it a little water those hairs can grow back, and then you can give it a thorough soaking (don’t let it sit in any water that’s drained out though). If you saturate the soil completely with water the root hairs won’t be able to regenerate fast enough to absorb all of it and the plant will drown.