You dont have to put cropcover, the reasoning for hay is to help keep your soil moist & promote humus layer! Yes I believe those roots would eventually takeover the mj roots, just my opinion though! Also if you can, grab some of the heavy duty plastic to put in the holes to keep bramble roots...
Theres always the possibility brother i had one like this last too, but i ended up clipping the small one! Im gonna leave it this time to see what happens
How you doin brother
I would add some rice hulls, & some cropcover, let it grow til you transplant into them, then give the cropcover a trim leave clippings in pot then add a 6” layer of hay
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