Mister Gardener wrote:
Anytime that one of my plants has arrived in a little plastic pot
stuffed with that white packing stuff I have removed the pot as well
as the white stuff. What do others do? What are the pros and cons,
other than the fact that the plants are more easily moved about if
left in the pot. Does the pot and filler hamper root growth or cause
the plant to grow in a different configuration. I am looking at a
gorgeous sword plant that is in one of these pots and it appears to be
growing more out than up, if you know what I mean. I have no doubt it
will grow into a large and beautiful centerpiece, but the particular
location I have in mind calls for a plant with more height than width.
I'm not too smart on individual scientific names, and more often than
not, the store either doesn't know or has the wrong name posted on it.
And so many echinodoras look alike when they are young.

-- Mister Gardener

Well, I gently remove the mesh pot and rock wool - mainly because I
don't want them in the aquarium. In recent plant purchases I've gotten 2
or more plants per pot, so needed to remove from pot to space the plants
out.

I've done the experiment once. Bougth two of the same plant
and put them in two different tanks, one sans pot, the other
with.

There was zero difference a year later. So, do what you want
the plant doesn't care.

Pro: it's easy.
Con: is displaces a large amount of substrate.

There's no other issues that come to mind.



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Something else to consider that you may already know. I asked a
question about getting more bushy growth from my anacharis. A light
with more blue strength was advised. I made the switch and it has made
a big difference. I have no idea what you are using for light, but I
find that light seems to be an easy way to change how the plants will
grow with out having to worry about dosing, water parameters etc...

Oh yeah, I remove the pots too, unless I know I will be moving them.
When I am certain I like the location, they get removed from pot,
cleaned up and planted.