I've got Soma's book that details this method. To be honest, keeping all the roots together like that seems pretty risky to me. Get root disease on a plant and you don't just lose one plant, you could lose EVERY plant. So, I decided to stick to the one plant per pot method, just to be on the safe side. And no regrets here. I'm sure Soma's methods work fine most of the time though.

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