Transplant Shock Question?

[Guest]

Hello everyone I am currently growing 6 females in double gulp 1.9 liter cups they need to be transplanted what is the chance of shock to the plant if transplanted during flowering any? Just wondering before I make a move!!
Here are a couple of pics and a link to my grow
Thanks
Double_Gulp

Link
www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=35827&page=1&pp=15

 

[dre86]

If you are really good at transplanting, you can transplant them without they notice it Just be careful, plan what you'll do, do it gently and you should be fine..Good luck!

edit: looking at your pots..you should be better of just cutting the bottom off I think

 

[SweetIndica]

As long as your gentle they will be fine. Wait till the soil is fully dry, and just slide the pot off. The whole plant/root/soil will come out in the shape of the pot. Take the pot your transplanting too, and fill it with soil, so when you add the older soil ball, the bottom of the stem of the plant is level with the top of the pot. Then put the old soil ball that the plant is in and put it on top of the new soil. Then pack soil around the sides since if the new pot is wider there will be space around the edges. Once the soil is all done, water the plant good (water it until water drains out of the bottom holes, pour in slowly, because the water takes a little bit to reach the bottom). I use this method everytime i transplant, and they never notice it...infact they usually start shooting out in growth due to the new space. Good Luck.

 

[Guest]

Sweet
thanks sweet indica and dre 86. Now I just have to figure out what I am going to transplant to containers or making a bed with 6 individual plant spaces.
Much appreciated
Double_Gulp

 

[the cult]

man, make sure you WATER the plant completely 5-10 min before you do the transplant, this will keep the soil together, if the soil is dried out the plant will be harder to get out of the pot, and the soil will break up, exposing the roots and causing tears and stress, you dont want that really. it doesnt mean complete disaster if it happens, but it will cause more stress for the plant.

after you completely drained the soil, make sure water comes out at the bottom, you fill up the new pot but leave enough space to fit the plant in. you might even pot it quite deeply and cover the stem with fresh soil, i see you got quite a stretch there and it wouldnt be a bad idea to pot it deeply, new roots will form from the stem anyway and you get a shorter plant.

anyway, when your ready, just try to get plant out of pot, if you followed my set of instructions you will easily get it out of its original pot, place it into the new soil, add fresh soil and your done. as far as watering is concerned, you shall water the plant well now, but you neeed cut back on the nutes if you are transplanting into soil rich in nutes. i experienced fert burns once when i watered with solution rich in nutes as the fresh soil contained alot of nutes already.

anyway, happy transplanting, its easy really, just a few rules to abide to. the plant wont suffer at all if done right and your yield will increase.

 

[SweetIndica]

man, make sure you WATER the plant completely 5-10 min before you do the transplant, this will keep the soil together, if the soil is dried out the plant will be harder to get out of the pot, and the soil will break up, exposing the roots and causing tears and stress, you dont want that really. it doesnt mean complete disaster if it happens, but it will cause more stress for the plant.

after you completely drained the soil, make sure water comes out at the bottom, you fill up the new pot but leave enough space to fit the plant in. you might even pot it quite deeply and cover the stem with fresh soil, i see you got quite a stretch there and it wouldnt be a bad idea to pot it deeply, new roots will form from the stem anyway and you get a shorter plant.

anyway, when your ready, just try to get plant out of pot, if you followed my set of instructions you will easily get it out of its original pot, place it into the new soil, add fresh soil and your done. as far as watering is concerned, you shall water the plant well now, but you neeed cut back on the nutes if you are transplanting into soil rich in nutes. i experienced fert burns once when i watered with solution rich in nutes as the fresh soil contained alot of nutes already.

anyway, happy transplanting, its easy really, just a few rules to abide to. the plant wont suffer at all if done right and your yield will increase.

Actually, it's the exact opposite. When it's wet, some soil will try and stay in the pot and seperate. When it's dry it comes out in one big "plug".

 

[the cult]

dude thats not true, my experience is the completely different, the whole idea of transplanting is that your plant has become rootbound, the roots will hold the soil together as its moist, dry soil will simply fall off. i have as a noob once repotted with dry soil and it falls apart, exposing and tearing roots, i learned my lesson. your idea will just cause unneccesaray stress to plants, its just contrary to everything one can learn from any grow book or from any veteran that grew cannabis for 15 year, trust me, i know some.

just for the record, from Ed Rosenthal and Mel Franks "Marijuana growers guide," section 8.3

Transplanting from smaller to larger pots is a simple procedure. The Marijuana root system quickly fills small pots. To transplant, moisten the soil and let it sit to become evenly moist. Pick the potted plant up, and, while holding the base of the stem, rap the pot sharply against something solid. You might cover the soil surface with a piece of newspaper or aluminium foil, which makes the job cleaner. When it is done at the right time, the root system, with all soil adhering, will pop out of the pot intact.

 

[dre86]

It depends on the type of soil you use. Some soil works better dry...some better wet..

 

[Maj.PotHead]

personally i would lightly water the soil so its damp holds together better. now sharp sissors and cut the cup heres 1 of my 2 liter soda bottles i cut for transplant



notice in the pic soil is damp not fully watered, fully watered can be heavy and tear roots easier. no shock i give my normal watering for transplant i give seaweed extract and 1/4 dossage ff grow big, just before flowering 1wk i transplant and use 1/2 cup big bloom and 1/4 dossage grow big and tiger bloom. when the flowers start to show i hit them with expert gardener bloom boost 10-52-10 npk @ 1/4 dossage also. i never exceed 1/2 dossage. plant in the pic was vegged along with 17 others under 280w cfl. as long as your careful you'll have n/p

see that poor little mum i cut that huge swath of root mass off her here she is recovered nicely also this is my 1st attempt at a bonsia mum she's 3-4 months old from clone cutting. just to prove canibis can take some mis treatment and with love and care they rebound back n/p

 

[SweetIndica]

Eh, i guess it depends on the soil. But think about it, it's alot lighter when it's not wet, therefor you don't have the weight pulling down on the roots. When i have tried watering and then transplanting, big clumps of soil are heavy so they fall off of the bottom. When it's dry it comes out perfectly in the shape of a plug. It's much harder to pull out the plan/rootball/soil when the soil is wet because it's alot heavier so when your pulling it out it can tear roots because the heavy soil tries to stay behind.

 

[Guest]

i agree it depends on the soil you use in that case, but one very important factor when transplanting is that you do it when the lights are off. Or when the light cycle just begins; this will help from stressing the plant. I like to give a nice shot of B1 hormones right after the transplant, also i like to snip the roots a tad to promote new growth. Finally- make sure you use room temp water- u dont wanna shock them roots in their new home. ya know that cold water ballz thing..lol...

 

[BlueBear]

I just went from 2 gallons to 3, or really 1.6 gallon that they just call 2 gallons into 3 gallon pots in the second week of flower without any shock, as a matter of fact they took off after the move like you wouldn't believe. I wait until light cycle is about to start that way after the move they wil be able to be bathed in light for 12 hours. I wait until almost dry, has been the easiest method for me to get out of the pot, plus I like to do a heavy watering once the girl is in the new soil and it helps when she is dry IMO. I use rooting powder, not cloning powder so not to confuse some, but transplanting rooting powder that I sprinkle in the whole that I will be moving the girl to and since the root ball is so dry I mist it with SuperThrive and sprinkle some rooting powder on it as well, put the plant in the new pot and fill in the rest of sides and the top and then give a good water until I am getting run off. The rooting hormone powder is Murkorzi, at least that is how it sounds, bad spelling, it is a rooting bacteria I believe, wouldn't repot without it now, roots love it, like a booster or something, no shock what so ever.
Adieu

 

[Guest]

I've never experienced transplant "shock" after hundreds of transplants I still dont know what that is lol.If you're careful your plant should take off immediately after transplant.I usually like the soil to be dry,I use oscillating fans from the start and the stalks are normally thick and strong.This enables me normally to just loosen the dirt from the sides of the container,grab the stem at the base near the soil and pull straight up out of the container,when the rootball is wet and heavy this is difficult to do,too much weight on the stalk when you remove it.

 

[dre86]

There are different ways to transplant. Mine is first filling your new pot with soil..Holding the old pot with plant sideways and just pushing against the bottom of the pot..works very well! Never experienced transplant shock either, but..practice makes perfect! You have to find out what works best for you

 

[Maj.PotHead]

There are different ways to transplant. Mine is first filling your new pot with soil..Holding the old pot with plant sideways and just pushing against the bottom of the pot..works very well! Never experienced transplant shock either, but..practice makes perfect! You have to find out what works best for you

very true but the problem here is the plants grew up in big gulp soda plastic cups no way to push on bottom. easiest way is cut down both sides of each cup then pull plant by stem near dirt level it should n/p pull right up. and your right there shouldnt be any shock to the plant. i like to jossel the roots on the bottom loosen them up so the can grow out and expand to the side's of new pot properly

 

[MyBongsBetter]

Looks to me that your better off cutting off the bottom of cup,if your that far into flowering....just my 2 cents

 

[SweetIndica]

There are different ways to transplant. Mine is first filling your new pot with soil..Holding the old pot with plant sideways and just pushing against the bottom of the pot..works very well! Never experienced transplant shock either, but..practice makes perfect! You have to find out what works best for you

That's pretty much exactly the method i said, thanks for the useless post. Way to be a childish moron by the way, you gave me bad rep for no reason and then disable your rep? You also disabled pm's so i can't respond. Seriously, grow up and stop being full of yourself. Your info is useless, you just copy what other people have already said several times to get your post count up. You obviously care way too much about your rep too, oh noes...let's disable my rep so i can't get bad rep, if i get one bad rep i'm going to kill myself! Boo hoo, stop being a little pansy bitch and be useful once in awhile.

 

[Guest]

Well I did a lil bit of transplanting and found that I really didn't need to transplant as fast as aI thought they actually still had quite a bit of room would have taken pics but my damn camera battery went dead I left one in a double Gulp cup just to see what happens and I planted 2 plants into one large container for space purposes. I think i burned em a bit though during the process oh well we will see what happens here are some pics and thanks everyone for the advice it is always taken with gratitude!
Double_Gulp

 

[Gangabiss]

I've always transplanted around half way through the plants water regime so I know for sure that the soil is evenly damp throughout the pot but not too heavy from having just watered.

I always get success with this method.

Are those pink buds I see there!?

 

[Guest]

heck yea those are some pink budsssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!