Transplanting for dummys

hello growers, I plan on moving my 22'' pinewarp to my secret garden in the woods to let her get chop! and was wondering what would be the best way of going about transplanting her from a small black bucket to a big 15 gallon bucket? Thank you and happy growing.

water the plant in the small bucket, fill 15gal with potting soil, flip the plant over and wiggle the rootball/soil out of the container, lightly fluff the roots and bury into 15gal container, water it, mulch it......done!

make sure your 15gal container has proper drainage holes.

i would recommend transplanting when your lights go off or the sun goes down, wich ever you are using.

do not place in direct sunlight for a few days to a week after transplanting. i recently had a few clone transplants get fried cause they were getting too much intense sun at there new home, although they were only half the size of your plant so you may be o.k. I would atleast shade it a little bit tho, you could use some branches or something.

why are you transplanting into a container? why not just use the ground?

hope this helps, good luck!

wait so u don't wanna transport like on a sunny day? i thought that would be good?

Robo high said:

wait so u don't wanna transport like on a sunny day? i thought that would be good?

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it all depends really... if your transplanting 6-8" clones from indoors, to outdoors in a very sunny location, you run the risk of them getting torched!

he will probably be fine because his plant is almost 2' and looks pretty well developed, either way its not a bad idea to shade plants a lil after transplanting. transplanted plants are prone to wilting and heat stress.

"hardening off" is a good outdoor growers technique if you care to read up on it.

keep in mind my clones were vegged under weak floros then i tried to harden them for a few days in a partially shaded area. ive found out the hard way just how powerful the sun really is!

good luck, Juan V

I filter my light with a glass table top that has a brownish tint when I harden my clones off outdoors. works perfect and doesn't stress the plant at all

I disagree on watering the plant to be transplanted before transplantation, extra water only creates an extra burden on the quasi/neo transplanted baby, better to let the container you are about to transfer from dry out s bit, this creates a nice firm/light root mass, if you water it beforehand it could get sloppy, if you have less humidity in the containers you can just pop the plants out like as if they were in pre-stamped molds, therefore water Afterwards and drench, first, perfect where, then water heavily, who the hell waters their plants before transplanting?!

stoopy said:

I disagree on watering the plant to be transplanted before transplantation, extra water only creates an extra burden on the quasi/neo transplanted baby, better to let the container you are about to transfer from dry out s bit, this creates a nice firm/light root mass, if you water it beforehand it could get sloppy, if you have less humidity in the containers you can just pop the plants out like as if they were in pre-stamped molds, therefore water Afterwards and drench, first, perfect where, then water heavily, who the hell waters their plants before transplanting?!

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sometimes a moderate watering makes the rootmass come out of the container easier. i guess it depends on the container? if you have trouble pullin the rootmass out and or you can feel roots getting torn from the sides and bottom of the container, give it a little water and it should slide right out. its alright though if you mess it up a little bit, your not diffusing a bomb or anything!

also i like to lightly break-up the roots around the outside and bottom of the rootmass. i wouldnt do this to dry roots/soil because the roots could snap alot easier, then when wet/moist.

whatever its all trial and error and whatever you find out that works for ya, stick with it. im just sharin my experiences to try to help out, no need to go gettin all negative (stoopy)!

peace

p.s this is all considerind that the plant is rootbound in the container. if you attempt to remove the plant from the container too early the soil will simply just fall apart. you'll get the idea after a few times, its not hard.