How remove vermiculite of root samples?

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J. C. Tarafdar

@ Veronica, you may try with 20% chlorine bleach solution (20 mL chlorine bleach + 80 mL water + 2 drops Tween-20).

Veronica Merino

thank you very much J. C. Tarafdar for your suggestion!!

Thank you Veronica your root looks clean.

Yes. The roots were free of vermiculite and we had no problem with image analysis. Thank you so much J. C. Tarafdar