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Start of rot?

9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago

Hello,

noticed some brownish bark on a rooted cutting and decided to poke at it. The picture below is the outcome. Small indentation near the soil line however it is not deep and appears to be confined to that small space. Poked to the left and right of it and got white sap. Doesn't seem mushy anywhere on the cutting. Not sure if I should be worried but do you think it's early stages of rot? Can rot come from the sides or only through the bottom/root area? A little wrinkling has started since I planted it. Roots are now brown tho and some look like they are hollow, used to be white (but I can only see roots that are visible on the sides of the plastic cup/pot). However, the root thing happened on another cutting, but white roots eventually replaced the brown hollow ones...Ive only watered once when I bought the rooted cutting and haven't added any water since. Only one small leaf on this 2 stem, which was basically already there when it was delivered but just opened under my care. Do you think the rot/hole/indentation thing is serious? -thanks!!

I should add that the plant material from the groove was dry...like dry dirt. At the end of the groove, it was hard so whatever this is doesn't seem like it has penetrated through to the core of the cutting. Hoping its just damage from shipping or inadvertently nicked it with the sheers or similar.

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