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Summary: Trim or cut your orchid plant roots in this free caring for an orchid video.
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Some are just naturally broken from removing the plant from the pot. Where you make your cut, you will get then a new shoot of roots starting but at least you have removed the dead and decaying material which will contribute to disease, pests. You just basically want a healthy root structure with air being able to move through it.