If you rip a plants roots...on accident will it recover or die

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atomica92

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #1

Okay as most of you know I recently started growing an today I transferred one of the plants into a 12" pot,but I accidently ripped a few roots while doing this...will it live or die?

 

abudsmoker

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #2

a few roots is a ok, damage t many and your plant cant maintain current growth.

if you damage a large portion of roots take part of the palnt off too

 

GrowSpecialist

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #3

If you just ripped a few, it should be fine. Ripping a lot of em... or the tap root is where problems will follow.

 

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atomica92

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #4

yeah...I think it was the tap root

 

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atomica92

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #5

it was pretty long

 

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atomica92

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #6

and what problem are we talking of...DEATH =(

 

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frmrboi

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #7

atomica92 said:

Okay as most of you know I recently started growing an today I transferred one of the plants into a 12" pot,but I accidently ripped a few roots while doing this...will it live or die?

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live, it's no big deal to them, a super tough plant.

 

saynotothebs

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #8

yes it is a tough plant...i ripped over half the roots on a plant once and it lived, it didnt grow for like a week cause of the shock, but after that it took off...

 

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atomica92

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• Nov 29, 2008

• #9

I figured becuz as the FAQ's says the leaves control the roots and the roots the leaves and if you cut a leaf it doesn't die so why would a root stop it

 

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atomica92

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• Nov 30, 2008

• #10

This is the plant who's roots were torn this pic was takin about 5-6 hours after

 

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atomica92

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• Nov 30, 2008

• #11

so far so good...at least thats the last move until the finale

 

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atomica92

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• Dec 4, 2008

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funkdocKT

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• Dec 4, 2008

• #13

looks like it survived ok...congrats on not accidently killing your pal

 

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atomica92

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• Dec 4, 2008

• #14

thanks thats another one but it looks the same...that one didn'y have torn roots