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Normally there are lots of gaps and spaces between soil particles, and in this space is oxygen which diffuses into the roots of a plant. When the soil surrounding a plant becomes over-saturated with water, all the air spaces fill up, which essentially suffocates your plant. Without oxygen supply the plant's roots will die back.
Normally there are lots of gaps and spaces between soil particles, and in this space is oxygen which diffuses into the roots of a [[plant]]. When the soil surrounding a plant becomes over-saturated with water, all the air spaces fill up, which essentially suffocates your plant. Without oxygen supply the plant's roots will die back.


Root rot can also be caused by a [[fungus]] or [[bacteria ]] which eat away at the roots, like when you get [[gangrene]], causing the roots to die.
Root rot can also be caused by a [[fungus]] or [[bacteria ]] which eat away at the roots, like when you get [[gangrene]], causing the roots to die.

Revision as of 11:14, 10 December 2004

Normally there are lots of gaps and spaces between soil particles, and in this space is oxygen which diffuses into the roots of a plant. When the soil surrounding a plant becomes over-saturated with water, all the air spaces fill up, which essentially suffocates your plant. Without oxygen supply the plant's roots will die back.

Root rot can also be caused by a fungus or bacteria which eat away at the roots, like when you get gangrene, causing the roots to die.