Wilting after transplanting
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The roots were coming out the bottom and sides of my 1L rhizo pot. So thought it was best to transplant.
How can I help my plant recover?
Thanks
Treesomewanted77
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Not a lot you can do at this point.
Did you disturb the roots much when you transplanted?
I just transplanted 4 seedlings that didn’t have any roots poking out the solos and they didn’t show any signs of shock but I do use mykos when I transplant seems to help for me anyway.
OldMedUser
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Cut the bottoms off a couple of milk jugs to place over the plants as makeshift humidity domes until they perk up. Remove a couple times a day for air exchange.
I don't know if I'm just lucky or what but I never see any kind of transplant shock and I saw the bottom of the rootball off each time.
I disturbed the roots quite a bit . Now I realise I shouldn't have.Cut the bottoms off a couple of milk jugs to place over the plants as makeshift humidity domes until they perk up. Remove a couple times a day for air exchange.
I don't know if I'm just lucky or what but I never see any kind of transplant shock and I saw the bottom of the rootball off each time.
I'll put the humidifier on full to get it back up to 60 thanks
Nope_49595933949
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You can litterally break up root balls when you replant them and not have issues. Did you water them after you up potted?
speedwell68
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Looks like a bit of shock. Keep them moist and they will recover quite quickly. Is that coco or soil?
VincenzioVonHook
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Right? I even cut the bottom inch of my root balls off with a knife and score the sides as well and have never had transplant shock.
simpleleaf
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I too would like more details on the potting mix.
I had something similar to that happen long ago when I tried to plant in peat moss. Haven't used it ever since.
I had something similar to that happen long ago when I tried to plant in peat moss. Haven't used it ever since.
OldMedUser
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Straight peat moss or a peat-based medium? I've used ProMix HP for the last 15 years and Sunshine Mix #4 before that and it always works great. Tried coco once and that was shit but it was also 20 years ago and a cheap brick of it that I didn't know to rinse first. Just hydrated it and added a bunch of perlite then fed with hydro nutes like the ones in peat. Got a big bag of Canna coco to try one of these days and hoping for better results.
OldMedUser
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I do this at every transplant so each plant gets about 4 hacks during it's life cycle. There's never any roots around the bottom of the final pot but the whole root ball is filled with fine feeder roots from top to bottom at the end. Have to jump on the damn root balls to break them up for the compost they're so held together by the roots..
coreywebster
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This is why I use plastic pots until final pot because transplanting from cloth pot will be more of a disturbance to the roots.
I'll will be fine, it's just transplant shock.
But personally I wouldn't of transplanted till it were bigger and I'd not jump from so small to so big of a pot.
I like plastic with holes drilled everywhere around the bottom third until final transplant into cloth pots.
That way you still get air pruning but it's less stress to slip them out and thus less stall time.
Coco/perlite.
I watered them as soon as transplanted. With 50% nutrients and a tea
I get you , I'll keep it in mind next run
Sorry for delay been busy. It's coco with perlite and charge
simpleleaf
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Pretty sure it was straight peat without any magnesium-lime buffer. It was like 40 years ago and I barely remember, one of my first growing attempts. Back then I found a commercial product called Supersoil which billed itself as steam sterilized which worked great, so never tried peat or peat-based again. The commercial Supersoil disappeared from the market but I still try to duplicate it, it was basically composted forest products and sand.Straight peat moss or a peat-based medium? I've used ProMix HP for the last 15 years and Sunshine Mix #4 before that and it always works great. Tried coco once and that was shit but it was also 20 years ago and a cheap brick of it that I didn't know to rinse first. Just hydrated it and added a bunch of perlite then fed with hydro nutes like the ones in peat. Got a big bag of Canna coco to try one of these days and hoping for better results.
Thanks. I haven't used coco.