Flood and drain, ok to pull roots apart?

Hello so yes I have a flood and drain going and I need to move the plants further apart but there are alot of roots tangled up in each other, I will be as careful as possible but some will break I can see this, so will pulling them apart do alot of damage to the plant or is it not so bad?

Thank you.

As long as you have healthy plants they won’t skip a beat.

If you're worried about any dead roots screwing with your recirculating system, you could add some enzymes to help break down the roots. Pondzyme is cheap but there are lots of products out there

bk78 said:

As long as you have healthy plants they won’t skip a beat.

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Yeah the plants are healthy, I've just never pulled roots apart and they're definitely going to break, so I didn't know. But that's good news thank you!

Nizza said:

If you're worried about any dead roots screwing with your recirculating system, you could add some enzymes to help break down the roots. Pondzyme is cheap but there are lots of products out there

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Would PondZyme break down roots in the clay balls after the grow and the pants have been chopped and all?

I trim my roots all the time, never had an issue

Duhh said:

Would PondZyme break down roots in the clay balls after the grow and the pants have been chopped and all?

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Yeah it will, but you should still manually try to remove as many roots first