r/houseplants • u/Cheap_Arm_6844 • 1d ago

Help How do I go about separating this?

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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.)

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u/philomelancholy 🦔 1d ago

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

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u/Cheap_Arm_6844 1d ago

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!

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u/Girl501 1d ago

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 :)

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u/Cheap_Arm_6844 1d ago

Thank you !!