Need help ASAP! Hydro to soil can it be done?

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TasteMyRainbow

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A friend gave me some mothers today that he had in a hydroponic setup, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to take them so he started taking less care of them, I got them today. I need to transfer to soil and outdoors they're in those rockwool cubes. He started budding two weeks ago I'm seeing some starts, I don't want to shock them too bad to where they die but I would hopefully like them to flower before the snow comes in a couple of months. Any help on how I should go about this?I forgot to say please. and since it was hydro should I keep them in water til I can plant em?
 
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grorite

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be very careful and plant them in your soil pray for the best. id choose a soil with low nutes then give them a very light feeding at transplant.
 
Belle of Buds

Belle of Buds

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grorite said:
yup prob around 20% 30% perlite should be fine
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Yep, I'd say that's about right. I've successfully gone from hydro to soil, but not on a flowering plant. The one I took had been vegging for about 3 weeks and I put her in soil with perlite for a couple of weeks to let her adjust then flowered her just fine.
 
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grorite

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TasteMyRainbow said:
Hey thanks a lot this is probably a stupid question but I probably can't get soil until tomorrow so How should I treat the root mass? like have it in a bucket or just hose it down or what?
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what do you mean? is it just sitting in a stale bucket of water? should at least have an air pump in it. if not your gonna wanna give it a shake atleast every hour to keep some oxygen in the water
 
chillnburn1

chillnburn1

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Big tip before you replant her into the soil..is say if your holding the plant in your left hand take a hand full of medium in your right hand and set your plant on top of your right hand slowly working the medium in to spread the root a little then simply guide the plant into the pre-hole and add your medium. Never pack anything keep everything as airy as possible. Also after the initial feeding I like to water my perimeter of my pot more then the middle. Gives the roots a chance to spread out. No matter what shes gonna stress a little but give her time and dont start nuteing her or watering her to death it will be fine. Best of luck hope this helps.
 
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TasteMyRainbow

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chillnburn1 said:
Big tip before you replant her into the soil..is say if your holding the plant in your left hand take a hand full of medium in your right hand and set your plant on top of your right hand slowly working the medium in to spread the root a little then simply guide the plant into the pre-hole and add your medium. Never pack anything keep everything as airy as possible. Also after the initial feeding I like to water my perimeter of my pot more then the middle. Gives the roots a chance to spread out. No matter what shes gonna stress a little but give her time and dont start nuteing her or watering her to death it will be fine. Best of luck hope this helps.
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yeah thanks a lot, good advice to know. Do you mean like fan the roots out? and do I leave the roots in the rockwool? and one of the more bushier ones has split any tips besides twine and stakes?
 
topfuel29

topfuel29

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The rule of thumb is you can go from hydro to soil, but not soil to hydro.
You should have much problems transplanting.
I'd do some root pruning before you transplant.
 
ArCaned

ArCaned

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grorite said:
what do you mean? is it just sitting in a stale bucket of water? should at least have an air pump in it. if not your gonna wanna give it a shake atleast every hour to keep some oxygen in the water
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I lolled so hard! Why not get a straw and blow bubbles :D
 
Dgringo69

Dgringo69

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Lets not forget about hardening off! If this plant has been under any light less powerful than a 400w hid then you will need to take the time to harden this plant off before it sees direct sunlight. I would suggest transplanting into a good base soil in 1gal pots for a few weeks before going directly into the ground. This will help with a couple of things..your plants will be mobile which is important when hardening off and this will allow your roots to adapt to soil in a more oxygen rich environment. Back to hardening off.. Over a period of a week or so you want to slowly expose your plants to direct sunlight. Maybe 30 min the first day and an hour the next day or two and then progress throughout the week until your plant can handle 6+ hrs of sun. This process may take longer. It really depends on what your plant can handle. To aid your plant, use a silica product such as ProteKt by Dyna Gro. This will increase cellular strength. Remember to choose a location that will receive at least 6hrs of direct sunlight daily. Happy growing
 
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TasteMyRainbow

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Dgringo69 said:
Lets not forget about hardening off! If this plant has been under any light less powerful than a 400w hid then you will need to take the time to harden this plant off before it sees direct sunlight. I would suggest transplanting into a good base soil in 1gal pots for a few weeks before going directly into the ground. This will help with a couple of things..your plants will be mobile which is important when hardening off and this will allow your roots to adapt to soil in a more oxygen rich environment. Back to hardening off.. Over a period of a week or so you want to slowly expose your plants to direct sunlight. Maybe 30 min the first day and an hour the next day or two and then progress throughout the week until your plant can handle 6+ hrs of sun. This process may take longer. It really depends on what your plant can handle. To aid your plant, use a silica product such as ProteKt by Dyna Gro. This will increase cellular strength. Remember to choose a location that will receive at least 6hrs of direct sunlight daily. Happy growing
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The plants were his mothers and were under 1000w MH or 800w MH I can't remember which one, he got rid of them because they got too big and he'll be at burning man. Should I still have to harden them off like you said? I think I was going to put them into five gallon buckets that are drilled rather than straight in the ground, just so I can move them around because Colorado's whether has been Ridiculously sunny but then it'll downpour for the past couple of weeks and I'm assuming the rain on em might fuck with em somehow... I don't know. Oh when he was grabbing one it split any way to fix it.?
 
Dgringo69

Dgringo69

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TasteMyRainbow said:
The plants were his mothers and were under 1000w MH or 800w MH I can't remember which one, he got rid of them because they got too big and he'll be at burning man. Should I still have to harden them off like you said? I think I was going to put them into five gallon buckets that are drilled rather than straight in the ground, just so I can move them around because Colorado's whether has been Ridiculously sunny but then it'll downpour for the past couple of weeks and I'm assuming the rain on em might fuck with em somehow... I don't know. Oh when he was grabbing one it split any way to fix it.?
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If they were under 1000w or 800w you are good to go I believe. Keep an eye on em for the first few hrs in sunlight just to be safe. Out of curiosity, do you know what kind of hydro system they were in? 5gal buckets with plenty of holes should be fine. Post a pic of the damage so we have a more specific idea of how to go about fixing things.
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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There should be no problem with going from Hydro to soil.

I have done it before, but be careful if you have them in net pots. You can try all you want to get the roots untangled but they wont budge. I ended up ripping off the roots on a first attempt and said fuck. I just took some scissors and cut the net pots off where I could.
 
RyanTheRhino

RyanTheRhino

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Dgringo69 said:
Lets not forget about hardening off! If this plant has been under any light less powerful than a 400w hid then you will need to take the time to harden this plant off before it sees direct sunlight. I would suggest transplanting into a good base soil in 1gal pots for a few weeks before going directly into the ground. This will help with a couple of things..your plants will be mobile which is important when hardening off and this will allow your roots to adapt to soil in a more oxygen rich environment. Back to hardening off.. Over a period of a week or so you want to slowly expose your plants to direct sunlight. Maybe 30 min the first day and an hour the next day or two and then progress throughout the week until your plant can handle 6+ hrs of sun. This process may take longer. It really depends on what your plant can handle. To aid your plant, use a silica product such as ProteKt by Dyna Gro. This will increase cellular strength. Remember to choose a location that will receive at least 6hrs of direct sunlight daily. Happy growing
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**EDIT: Hardening off is always a safer solution **


If they are mothers growing under an HID, I would bet they are already Hard-ish. Worse case is they wilt a little on an extremely hot UV-day but they should be mature enough to handled some uncomfortable conditions .

Also noticed how growing under an HID is in bold.
 
Dgringo69

Dgringo69

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RyanTheRhino said:
There should be no problem with going from Hydro to soil.

I have done it before, but be careful if you have them in net pots. You can try all you want to get the roots untangled but they wont budge. I ended up ripping off the roots on a first attempt and said fuck. I just took some scissors and cut the net pots off where I could.
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..Leave the net pot intact. Don't try and remove it. Just treat it like part of the roots and collect the pot again after harvest.
 
Dgringo69

Dgringo69

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I go from hydro to soil all of the time. I clone with a dwc setup and then transplant to living soil. If a plant struggles, I do not hesitate to go from soil back to dwc. It is a little trickier but a gentle root wash and I'm good to go.
 
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