How On Earth Do You

[phoenixgsd]

ive just bought a potted plant and its got like cotton wool wrapped around its roots, how do you remove it without destroying the roots or do you plant the cotton wool in the sand? it a hygrophila

 

[AdamHawk]

Its called "rock wool" turn the tap on and rinse it under and just gentle pick bits out, it is no harm if you do plant a bit of it, with carpet plants I keep some attached to anchor it, but with bigger plants remove as much as, using the method above.

 

[johno]

get a pair of tweezers, a tub of water, submerge the the plant in it and drag the tweezers from the top to the bottom of the root and it will come off easy

you should also trim the roots before you plant it to about 2-3" to promote new growth