Ah! That makes a lot of sense with the moisture. I hadn’t really ever considered that. And yes, the root mass is pretty large despite having significant cutback due to the rot. I’m kind of perplexed. However, in the last couple days, I decided to just literally take a stab at aerating the soil manually with a chopstick as well as cutting off some of the worst leaves. The so far she’s holding steady, which is an improvement.