HELP how do you put a mass of small thin roots into SH?

[DirtyCoconuts]

I bought some plants from Ecuagenera for my cloud forest and while my plants arrived swiftly and in good shape i ran into a minor problem in that i guessed WRONG on the size and vigor of one of the plants

The Pleur scurrula it is massive compared to the tank and has a mass of roots about 3" in diameter.....

since the plant is too large for my tank it is a no-brainer indoors in SH grower, but how.

I can put it in the container and get leca around it but i fear that will jeopardize the inner area of the root mass....any help, Ray, WW?


i'll go take a pic of the roots so you can see the challenge