All the plants I have bought this way have a felt like substance
wrapped around the roots inside the basket. At first I just put the
plant (basket and all) in the tank. After reading up on this, I have
been told that the roots are wrapped with with this felt like stuff to
hold in fertilizers and should be removed when you put the plant in
your own tank because it will free up the roots as previously
mentioned, and the fertilizers will not leak out into your tank and
cause an algae bloom.
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