Question on Transplanting

I don't know if I'm going to have to transplant but I'm going to do it to be on the safe side for my carolina green tasty "My strain"

If I'm going to put it in the ground I'm afraid that bugs and grubs and ants will come thru the bottom and eat the roots alive!

I live in N.C. so the soil is all red dirt. I'm going to just put new potting soil down but if I dig deep enough,

Can I put one of those tarp things down to keep from weeds and bugs and shit getting through?

Or is that a bad idea?

If I were to touch the roots on accident with my fingers would that kill my plant?

It's almost 3 feet tall now.

I'm just real nervous about the transplanting, like how to get it out without accidently ripping it up and without the soil just all breaking apart and what not.

I'm sure you guys understand the pressure since this is my first grow and will be my first transplant with a large plant.

Pot transplants well and, as long as you take your time and pay attention, you should be fine. That clay soil will need to be amended . . . ie: mix in some organic materials, etc.
If the ground worries you, why not just TP into a bigger (final) planter? Have you looked at the bottom of your current planter to see if any roots are trying to grow out thru the drain holes? If they aren't, are you sure you even need to TP?
I'm sure there are zillions of sites that'll show you how to TP. My advice, do it later in the day so it'd have overnight to recover. Be careful with direct sun for a couple of days. Put freshly TP'd plants showing signs of stress in the shade/dark.
You'll be fine.

Well the planter is big and doesn't even have drain holes at the bottom.

Do I need to have holes? Cause it's been doing great without them. It's almost 3 feet tall.

I've got vegetable fruit safe pesticides on it, why does it need holes may I ask?

Drainage, buddy?

Well, as a rule, planters have drainage holes? Not having any would eventually result in, at least "wet feet" which is the roots sitting in water/liquid. Most plants, including pot, don't respond well to this . . . and it leads to root rot. Hell, most folks water until it comes out the drain holes . . . you've been lucky thus far. I'd get some holes in the bottom, or you can drill them on the sides of planter just above the bottom. Along with drainage holes, most growers put a few inches of inert matter (pebbles) down before the soil to aid in drainage.

Ya I just went and looked at it, the leaves are really droopy because we got a decent amount of rain yesterday, so I think I'm going to transplant as soon as I get more potting soil.

This is the planter it's in:




This is the plant as of like 10 minutes ago.

nice plant by the way bro