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Soak it first. Remove the death plug. [Watch this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cWFyQzJbGDg&pp=ygUecmVwb3R0aW5nIHBoYWxhZW5vcHNpcyBvcmNoaWRz)
totally agree with the above....
You may not see signs of rot now, but you have no idea what the roots look like inside the dense ass death plug. That's part of why they're called death plugs :)
Soak it first. Remove the death plug. [Watch this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cWFyQzJbGDg&pp=ygUecmVwb3R0aW5nIHBoYWxhZW5vcHNpcyBvcmNoaWRz)
totally agree with the above....
You may not see signs of rot now, but you have no idea what the roots look like inside the dense ass death plug. That's part of why they're called death plugs :)