hell no! i carefully pulled the rootball out of the soil and gently washed the roots off with water to remove the soil. then put it in a netpot and pulled as much of the roots as possible thru the holes so that the roots hang in the res. running only water no nutes and sat it directly over my bubble stone. pulled it out of direct light and left it alone. when i went to check on everything today, it has grown bout 1/2 in and is a darker green than when it was in the soil.