I watched the documentary that Anne is referring to some time ago and it impressed me as well. Her little balls of soil and roots went right into my soil mix just as they were, I hardly disturbed them, though if roots dangled a bit outside the soil ball, then they were more distributed into my soil. But the heart of the roots remained in Anne's soil then surrounded by mine.
And except for the outer EE foliage, nothing, even now, has even wilted.
I understand what Doc and Hetty are saying, but in this particular instance, and with these particular plants, Anne did an amazing job.
Lynn, the mesh wrapped the vining or long foliage in such a way that it didn't tangle with any other foliage. It was only around those longer vines or fronds.
I already checked this morning -- happy plants.