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title: "Hello, I bought this from the store and I wanted to add my own soil…"
description: "Hello, I bought this from the store and I wanted to add my own soil but not sure if I should keep them in these mini pots and place them back into the soil or…"
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published: "2025-04-20T21:09:02.574911Z"
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# Hello, I bought this from the store and I wanted to add my own soil…

_Posted by Cat\&Plants on 2025-04-20_

Hello, I bought this from the store and I wanted to add my own soil but not sure if I should keep them in these mini pots and place them back into the soil or carefully remove them? Any advice/help would be appreciated 🙏🏻☺️

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## 6 comments

### Rain 🌧🌱 commented on 2025-04-20

Carefully remove them from the pot. At this point you might just want to take some scissors to prevent ripping those giant roots!

### Yolanda commented on 2025-04-20

Carefully remove and repot, cut the pot away on the sides so you don’t damage the roots. They are super healthy

### Ashlynn commented on 2025-04-20

I would honestly cut the pot that way you can get the roots out easily and then replant it

### Lala, Dr. Greenthumb commented on 2025-04-21

I would just cut those off

### Magpie commented on 2025-04-21

✂️✂️✂️

### Cat\&Plants commented on 2025-04-23

Thank you everyone for the advice!! It was rather easy to remove and the plant is now repotted and looking great 😸

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