transplanting
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ceestyle
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yeah totally. i like the soil slightly moist so it sticks together. I either use something like a knife to run between the soil and pot, or i just squeeze the pot gently from different directions to get that separation. I then turn the pot upside-down, while keeping my palm on the top of the soil, with the stem between my thumb and index finger. Then I try to pull / shimmy the pot off while it's upside-down with the other hand.
When I have it out of the pot, I pull out any rocks/hydroton that I had in the bottom of the pot, loosen up my root ball a little bit and brush off excess soil, and plug it into a hole of the same size in the new pot. I make sure to backfill soil meticulously, compacting well, but not too hard. Water heavily and you're done.
When I have it out of the pot, I pull out any rocks/hydroton that I had in the bottom of the pot, loosen up my root ball a little bit and brush off excess soil, and plug it into a hole of the same size in the new pot. I make sure to backfill soil meticulously, compacting well, but not too hard. Water heavily and you're done.
MrFishy
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No you probably won't HAVE to mess w/the roots too much. If you do have a problem and the rootball kinda falls apart, just be gentile and you'll be fine.
I actually clip my tap-roots when I transplant. That'd be the longer, thicker one with all the feeder roots growing off of it . . . it's main purpose is to anchor the plant to the ground, so in a container there's no need for it to get any longer than the planter is deep. Just started doing this this grow. Have seen zero adverse affect.
ceestyle
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it is really that easy.
you don't have to mess with the roots if you don't want. loosening them up encourages them to explore the new soil. If they're root bound, the roots will be coiled around the inside of the old pot, and you should definitely do this. if they're not, no worries.
you don't have to mess with the roots if you don't want. loosening them up encourages them to explore the new soil. If they're root bound, the roots will be coiled around the inside of the old pot, and you should definitely do this. if they're not, no worries.
