Soil to DWC Transplant

So I just attempted the ol soil to hydro transplant.

I took the young one out of my pot and tried to clean off the roots in water, then I placed it in a netpot and pulled as many roots through as possible.

Then I dropped her in the bubble bucket, filled with straight water.

Is there anything I should look for that will tell me how she's doing?

Its been about 3 hours and she still looks the same.

Thanks

You won't see any results for a while. There is going to transplant stress, but I doubt it will kill it. But, I wish you luck I have always wanted to try what you are trying now.

Alright, well hopefully she will be good then.

I'll let you guys know what happens.

i did it and it worked fine. mine were under the 5th node when i put em in though.

Excellent, my young one seems to be doing good also. Seeing some signs of growth in the leaves so im assuming it is not dying at least.

WutangFinancial said:

Excellent, my young one seems to be doing good also. Seeing some signs of growth in the leaves so im assuming it is not dying at least.

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some people say that there si some shock but i always start my clones in soil because those always root very well for me in a week. ( i have problems rooting in hydro) and i transfer those into dwc very easily. actually i use one cheap system that works pretty good and is cheap. i sog grow . ill take some pics of the clone i inserted into my home made dwc setup today.

here are some pics from the one that i did today

i may start a journal on it......i would have to carry the pvc tube & plant back to the house to take pics of it since i only have the webcam though........


i used blue airstones like these to fill the small reservoir with a small amount of highly oxiginated water. i an into a prob though......the stand on the airstone made it take up too mauch space in the 2" pvc pipe so we cut it apart carefully with a jig saw.

i used a metal plug caulk and duct tape to seal the end of the pvc. i already had everything around the house why make a trip to town just for a pvc cap?

pic of airstone in tube with stand.

pic of one without stand on it......

a double airpump i use with a splitter reversed to put 2 pumps onto the 1 airstone almost as long as a normal keyboard.

soil clone put straight into a foam disc that i made to hold the clone directly in the pvc

i also put a hole in the top inch of pvc so the airhose could go through.

kochab said:

pic of airstone in tube with stand.

pic of one without stand on it......

a double airpump i use with a splitter reversed to put 2 pumps onto the 1 airstone almost as long as a normal keyboard.

soil clone put straight into a foam disc that i made to hold the clone directly in the pvc

i also put a hole in the top inch of pvc so the airhose could go through.

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Where do the roots go? 2 inches of space with a 3/4 inch air stone?

this forces most root growth to be downward instead of bushing out a lot in a container.......

i sog my plants like this, that way they grow more vertically, rather than horizontally like most dwc reservoirs ....

longer root growth means longer buds on short plants

How old were your babies? I am about to do this same thing but am finding a lack of information on the process.

Works Fine With most plants. I Myself Have Tried This With many different weed strains and at differing stages of life, Including flower. The Trick that i found was dependant on the Hydro method . I found DWC Alot easyier to handle when transplanting from hydro-Soil Or SOIL-DWC ect.

My Tip is this.

First Try and get as much soil,bark ect off the roots without harming them.
Now depending on your container ect, You Want to submerge only the tip of the root mass. Ie the bottem area. This Then acts like a Wick and allows the plant to recover without the risk of drowning the roots completely.


I have done this many times without any issues. Even Brought back hyper stressed plants (Came back from holidays and my drip system was clogged) doing it this way.