Instead of putting the eazyplug with the root sticking out the bottom straight into the substrate, this time I have put the eazyplug into another 2.5" eazyplug cube and let it live its first week there in the open. Some algae has formed but that doesn't bother me it will soon be covered. She's now covered up and I am hoping that the cube will cause the roots to now expand out through the substrate better instead of heading straight down.