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Hey first timer and my plant is about a week old and about 4 inches tall. I dont want it to get to big for the cup it is growing in and not sure what the safest way to transfer the plant is. Its in a paper cup about 7 inches tall. Any advice how to get it into a pot??? thanks

Cut the cup with a knife into two and lift the plant with the soil out to another pot.

press the soil down around the baby so that it is compacted into the cup!then turn upside down,give a tap,and catch "her" as she falls out....replant quick into fresh pot

Hey guys I have a similar question. I have a young plant a week or 2 old thats in a small lil like 4-5inch pot. How could I get it out without the dirt falling apart and exposing the roots- or should the tapping work? Maybe even let the soil dry up

Ownzord said:

Hey guys I have a similar question. I have a young plant a week or 2 old thats in a small lil like 4-5inch pot. How could I get it out without the dirt falling apart and exposing the roots- or should the tapping work? Maybe even let the soil dry up

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Usually if the plant is doing what it should be, its roots should keep most of the soil in the form of the pot it was originally in once you remove it. If the soil breaks apart alot, then there really is no point to move the plant, as moving it to a larger pot is theory is to give the roots more room to grow.

Alright thanks. Im thinking about moving it because I notice that a plant in a bigger pot thats around the same age appears to be doing slightly better.

Fill the larger pot with soil, and use the paper cup to make a hole in that soil the exact size and shape of the cup. Lightly compact the soil around the cup so that it holds that shape, then pull the cup out. Then use one of the methods described above to remove the plant from the cup, and place it immediately in the hole. That way, if any of the soil falls away from the root ball while you're placing it in the new pot, the disruption to the roots themselves will be minimal.

Skunk Baxter said:

Fill the larger pot with soil, and use the paper cup to make a hole in that soil the exact size and shape of the cup. Lightly compact the soil around the cup so that it holds that shape, then pull the cup out. Then use one of the methods described above to remove the plant from the cup, and place it immediately in the hole. That way, if any of the soil falls away from the root ball while you're placing it in the new pot, the disruption to the roots themselves will be minimal.

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Transplanting and Early Root Development.
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Wow, take one day off with these plants, and they put you to work. I am happy with the results so far. We received the seeds and geminated them on the 25th of Feb, they started popping open and were planted on the 27th and 28th. They have been watered 3 x after the transplant with our five additives. Pretty much two weeks old today and we should think about adding nutes at 1/4 strength, around 300 ppm. We will be adding the Ionic Grow and the Green Fuse Growth Stimulator. They are showing some pretty good growth, first two pictures are from Wed 3/12, next three from today and besides adding nutes we want to check early root development.
Hmmmmm... not to shabby, these pots are 3" by3" by 3 1/2" deep and the roots are at the bottom of the pot...... Here we go on the road again...turn the page.....
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The process.
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I read the information in Jorge's book about transplanting, he recommend's using an interim size pot. This encourages strong early root development as long as you establish a watering shedule. This is not necessary for some of the hydro systems. I believe it is for flood and drain, drip systems, ebb and flow, run to waste and soil grows. These pots are ideal as far as I am concerned for all but the soil grow. For soil, I would probabaly use a one gallon size interim pot and what a week longer before going to the final 3-3 1/2 gallon size.
Soo I fill the pots about 1/2 full to start with and put a pot the size of my transplant pot in it. Fill it up to about 1" below the top af the pot and then pull out the 'form' leaving the hole. The growing medium is coco-coir rehydrated using ro water.
Hold the pot on the two sides and pull it a little, rotate 90 degrees and do it again. this will lossen your plant from the pot. Now place your fingers around the stem and on top of the soil, turn your hand over and remove the pot. Plant it, Green Side Up, right down the hole, put a little more medium over the top, repeat as necessary, in this case 24 times. Takes less than an hour if you have your medium ready ahead of time.
Now we want to do a couple of more things before we finish. We want to make sure we control algae and we want an easy way to keep track of our plants........up on stage.......turn the page......
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here are the pictures for it. VV

Wow awsome guide Victor. Thats perfect.