Transplant from outside to inside

[PearlJamFan]

Last winter I as kinda baked when I decided to drop some seeds into my flower garden. So this spring 2 popped up and started to grow. Well now they are about 2' in height and are starting to be noticible with the naked eye. So I want to transplant them indoors, since my current grow is ready for harvest. Also the outside temps right now are about 110 degrees during the day, 80-90 at night. The other problem is that the 2 plants are only about 2" from each other and most likely have crossed roots.

My question is what should I do.

a) Do I seperate the plants by soaking the soil in that area to remove the roots from the existing soils and replant them in 5 gallon pots?

b) Do I just dig the 2 plants up and transplant them as is to a new 5 gallon bucket?

c) Try to leave them where they are?

Below are some photos taken today. At the time of the photo it is 108 degrees F outside.

 

[glock23]

I would pull them apart and tie them to stakes to separate 'em. Pull them a little further apart every day. They should do fine if you can train them to grow away from each other. I'm partial to bamboo stakes myself. Is security a problem where you are?

 

[PearlJamFan]

I would pull them apart and tie them to stakes to separate 'em. Pull them a little further apart every day. They should do fine if you can train them to grow away from each other. I'm partial to bamboo stakes myself. Is security a problem where you are?

Yes security is an issue, this is right in my backyard mixed with my roses and canna plants. They will be very visible soon.

My main goal is to get them into my growing cabinet.

 

[Fast Pine]

Yes security is an issue, this is right in my backyard mixed with my roses and canna plants. They will be very visible soon.

My main goal is to get them into my growing cabinet.

If ya have to dig em up...Id dig very wide and deep...It may be a huge pain in tha neck!...If there is any way ya could transplant some cover plants into yer garden, Id deffinantly do that..


Hope everything works for ya!

 

[PearlJamFan]

I will certainly think about that, the cover plants that is. But I don't think they will survive to well in this heat. It will be 100+ for probably another month. I have a cabinet with an AC that is 70-85 everyday.

But when I dig them up, do I leave them in the soil they are in, or do I tray a whole transplant into new soil?

Do I try to seperate them or just train them in opposite directions?

 

[glock23]

They should be fine even if it's over 100. Just make sure you water em every day. They're gonna get huge if you leave em out there. If you take em inside, there's a good chance you'll be bringing a crapload of bugs with you. That's if you don't kill the plants in the process of moving them to a pot that is.

Any chance you could keep 'em there (using cover plants) and just avoid having people over? You don't have Mexican landscapers do you?

 

[Chamba]

my advice is to leave them where they are .....surround the ganja plants with other pot plants.....bamboo is good to cammo things or use any plain green leafed plants..creepers are good too as you can weave them around the ganja...do this and no one wil spot it!..

but if the heebie-jeebies are getting to you and you have to take them inside I'd suggest you do it sooner than later becasue they will only get bigger as they grow and stretch into flowering

and take/dig out as much of the original root ball as possible so use a shovel and dig deep and take it all in one grab!..put them in a slightly larger pot and infill with medium to rich organic soil that drains well...

but if it is not flowering and the soil isn't the best, use a garden trowel, dig out a smaller root ball and plant into fresh good draining soil

I'd also make sure to give the plant a spray with medium strong sprays of water on the top and bottom of every leaf to blow away any eggs or insects before bringing them indoors where insects can thrive, multiply and take over with the lack of predators....if you spot the beginnings of mites I would spray the plant with a miticide before transplanting and taking it indoors..

hope it goes well!..keep us informed!

 

[sproutco]

The plants are noticible to you because you are looking for them. Blend in some other flowers around them. Most people are clueless about what a pot plant looks like anyway.

 

[JJScorpio]

If you have to dig them up just dig a trench around the outside and take the soil and all in a chunk about the size and depth of a 5 gallon pail. I have had to move plants a few times and they were never even fazed by it. It takes a while to do and is very heavy to carry though.

 

[PearlJamFan]

Thanks a bunch for the tips guys. I may try the camo thing, but I wonder how tall these will get. I have to tie them down I think.

What about seperating the 2 of them, do I just leave them as is and train them?
Or do I try to put them in seperate pots?

I got some Mite-x the other day and will start spraying it down. I have already had problems with mites in my cabinet. I will be bleaching that once I harvest my current grow.