POT SOLDIER 420
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How long should it take for a plant to recover from shock from transplanting to a bigger pot?
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Nugglet
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What are u transplanting from and to? I went from a Little paper cup to a 2 gallon pot when my baby was very tiny lol. Just be careful and if your using a cup, have a hole ready in your new pot and put the stem between your fingers and turn your cup upside down. The hole soil/roots should pop out in a clump. Be gentle and u will be fine.
CrackerJax
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The actual transplant should be the last thing you do. Set everything up and get it straight. You can pop the plants out a couple of days ahead just to make sure you are at right time to transplant, which in my opinion is the major cause of stress.
Dig your hole in the new home and slip it in and gently firm it up.
Same as Boneman, I rarely even see any difference.
A lot of times, you won't see much growth on top after a transplant. That's because the bottom is growing, finding itself surrounded by new and vacant soil , it wants to take advantage.
Dig your hole in the new home and slip it in and gently firm it up.
Same as Boneman, I rarely even see any difference.
A lot of times, you won't see much growth on top after a transplant. That's because the bottom is growing, finding itself surrounded by new and vacant soil , it wants to take advantage.
And just to add to what the others are saying, if you want to shock a plant less, transplant right before lights out so the plant can use the night to recover. It's easier than during the light hours on the plant. You can also as a little Vitamin B1, which works to destress a plant.
CrackerJax
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Now I don't grow indoors, but I always transplant when it is raining. Not torrents of rainfall, just a good rain. Just make them as comfortable as possible.
When I was growing outdoors I sed to water the ground first and then put a soaker hose on for 1/2 hr after I transplanted. Where I live it can be a long time between rains sometimes. Well last year we had a record rainfalls and the yrear before was the dryest on record, go figure.
I always wet the soil of the plant that is going to be transplanted so it all comes out in one piece rather than having the dry dirt crumble up in your hands. Place the stem between the third and fourth fingers of your hand (closest to the soil), then turn the container upside down. Everything should come out in one nice big clump. Soil that it's going into should be nice and moist, but not sopping wet. Never have had any unhappy plants doing it that way.
POT SOLDIER 420
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No ive already done it and its been 4 days the plant is healthy jus hasn't grown so i think its still in shock. I transplanted from a half gallon to a 2 gallon pot. Whats the longest ur plants have stayed in shock?
POT SOLDIER 420
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a little dirt fell off thats it
It might not be shock exactly. I've had plants that I took from 4" pots to 5 gallon and they had really slow growth after that for like 3 weeks. It was weird, but it was all root development. All of a sudden it just started shooting up really quickly. It went from no growth to oh my god, I have to keep triming it every few days cutting it back. It was about 1 foor when transplanted to maybe 3" growth over three weeks then all of a sudden to like 6" - 8" each week. It's loving it. It's one of my moms and she still grows good. Shes about 4 feet tall now and I have to cut her back every 3 - 5 days to keep her short enough to keep in the closet.