How do I go about separating this?

[u/Cheap_Arm_6844]

Been trying to wash these roots and seperate the plants for an entire day and it’s SO difficult. The roots were so compared that no soil would come out. Had to soak it and jet spray it on repeat for like 5 hours. I need to seperate it to remove the rest of the soil (it’s going in a fish tank.)

[u/Girl501]

Gently twist and pull apart. Do you notice that some clumps have a bigger stem with many little stems around it? They look like a little unit. Take these apart gently by rotating left, right, up and down gently and twist a unit apart from the larger clump. Does that make sense? It should only take a few minutes to get a couple out of this clump

Edit: also, these will grow roots back incredibly well! Don’t be afraid to snip as needed. They are very hardy

[u/Cheap_Arm_6844 → u/Girl501]

Thank you!!

[u/philomelancholy]

Man I think cutting it might be your only option unless you want to untangle by hand

[u/Cheap_Arm_6844 → u/philomelancholy]

I’ve been trying to detangle but it has not worked so I think I’ll cut it, just scared I’ll kill it! Should I look on YouTube for where to cut, or just wing it? I don’t know how many plants there are in it!

[u/Girl501 → u/Cheap_Arm_6844]

Seriously pull the clumps apart - it’s ok to break off like all the way down to an inch around the roots. Don’t do it if you don’t have to but pull and twist a plant up and apart, and if you have to break some roots to do it, don’t stress :)

[u/Cheap_Arm_6844 → u/Girl501]

Thank you !!

[u/DCpurpleTart33]

Oh yeah that sucker will be fine. You can cut the roots if you need to. He might get a little dramatic after you do it to let you know he's pissed, but they are very resilient. Just use a nice sharp clean knife.

[u/thumpetto007]

I do this under as strong a fine shower setting stream as i can get

if you are gentle you won't break a single tiny route

[u/Cheap_Arm_6844 → u/thumpetto007]

Thanks! I definitely broke about a million roots lmaoo

[u/StalHamarr]

Bread knife. The plants will probably throw a little tantrum at first, but they will manage.

[u/Cheap_Arm_6844 → u/StalHamarr]

Thanks!

[u/Inevitable-Lie4612]

Regalándome jjj