Edgeworthia Grandiflora - advice needed

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  1. Jo Williams

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    I have grown my beautiful edgeworthia in a very large pot for the past two years. On inspecting the condition of the soil I noticed a large amount of cotton like threads amongst the soil. It seems to be everywhere. Any advice please as I don't want to lose this beautiful plant.
     

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    Is it white threads?
    Often if you have compost with a high amount of organic matter in it you get fungal growth in the compost.
    Its not usually a problem.
     
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    Thank you. The threads are light brown in colour. If you can view the picture I posted, you can see. So I needn't do anything then?
     
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    The picture is a bit difficult, seems be a video, of about 2 seconds and I had to download it.
     
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    They actually look like surface roots to me.
     
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    Agree with @pete - they look as though surface soil has washed away exposing the roots. Do you topdress it to refresh the soil each year @Jo Williams ?
     
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    I have done for the past year thank you. I have now re-potted it in a much bigger pot.
     
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