tabi
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Hello fellow gardeners ! Its great to have the possiblity to be here and present this guild to transplanting your plants from pots to large grow bags!
First off lets get all the supplies ready for this :
1. Soil (miracle-gro for this perticular guide)
2. Grow bags/containers (3 galon for this guide)
3. Knife (for loosening of the root system)
4. Vermiculite (optional)
5. Water
6. Nutrients (mild solution)
7. Ceader wood chips (optional)
Okay after all these things are collected and your location that is preferably close to grow place you can begin opening by the bag of soil and filling the new container about half full. Add vermiculite to the soil if you want.
Then break up any clumps that might have formed from being compacted in the bag. Fill the rest of container till about 1-2 inches is left till the rim of container (dont forget to loosen up the soil again!)
It is very important to have a good growing medium and that there are no air pockets! Air pockets and clumps of medium are like black wholes for your root system!
Next take your plant and prepare it for transplantation.
This process starts 1-2 days prior, that is you should let the soil of the container that you will be transplanting from, dry out thourghly. (this helps with takeing the root system out without damage)
Now that you have your new container filled with medium, you are ready to loosen up the roots from the old container. To do this you need a knife that is long enough to reach the bottom of the container when you put it in at the edge of the pot.
Slowing and gently make a full rotation to seperate the roots from the pot/container. Basic principle is be gentle and fluid with your motions.
Ok so you have loosened the roots from the container, now its time to flip and gently tap the underside of the container. While tapping the bottom you can also gently tug on the stem. Switch off on this process, tap a little, tug, tap, tug. Untill the root ball comes out in one piece.
this process shoud be done over something to avoid a mess!
That is dry and in one piece! And little to no damage to the roots!
Ok so you are ready to put your plant into the new container!
First off make a hole the size of the root system in the new medium
After you place the plant into the medium, gently fill in the holes with excess medium. Then pat down soil or what ever you use making it even.
You're doing great!!! Almost home free!!!
Watering (with mild nutrient solution) plants is VERY important and since you waited for the root system to dry out the water in the new medium will help ease the stress on the plants.
Be very generous with watering when you are transplanting!!!
Notice the water has some bubbles this is ajax dish washing soap it helps with drainage (only a drop of it to a galon of water)
Make sure the medium is thourghly watered.
You might need to add some medium where the water pulled down and made canyons(the root system will be sticking out if this happenes you need to add some medium to make it even again)
This finaly step is optional (Ceadar wood chips)
Ready to put chips in....
Chips in...
Dont put to many!! just enough to cover the soil. It helps with moisture retension and is a natural pest detergent!
And FINALY
put your new containers back under some light and wait for new growth
It is important that you do not put newly transplanted plants under heavy lighting (here 400 mh light) but under some cfls that are delicate to the plant.
If you use cfl's then just go on using them.
About a day or two and plants should come back to life with avengence!!!
THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HOPE IT HELPS!
HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS!!!! ENJOY!!!!
WEED PARTTTTTYYYYY 
Looks evil!
MY FAV PIC!
Isnt that sexy??
Some equipment to keep the environment in check(humidifier, heater, and new fan w/old in back)
Please comment and leave any suggestions for a better guide!
First off lets get all the supplies ready for this :
1. Soil (miracle-gro for this perticular guide)
2. Grow bags/containers (3 galon for this guide)
3. Knife (for loosening of the root system)
4. Vermiculite (optional)
5. Water
6. Nutrients (mild solution)
7. Ceader wood chips (optional)
Okay after all these things are collected and your location that is preferably close to grow place you can begin opening by the bag of soil and filling the new container about half full. Add vermiculite to the soil if you want.
Then break up any clumps that might have formed from being compacted in the bag. Fill the rest of container till about 1-2 inches is left till the rim of container (dont forget to loosen up the soil again!)
It is very important to have a good growing medium and that there are no air pockets! Air pockets and clumps of medium are like black wholes for your root system!
Next take your plant and prepare it for transplantation.
This process starts 1-2 days prior, that is you should let the soil of the container that you will be transplanting from, dry out thourghly. (this helps with takeing the root system out without damage)
Now that you have your new container filled with medium, you are ready to loosen up the roots from the old container. To do this you need a knife that is long enough to reach the bottom of the container when you put it in at the edge of the pot.
Slowing and gently make a full rotation to seperate the roots from the pot/container. Basic principle is be gentle and fluid with your motions.
Ok so you have loosened the roots from the container, now its time to flip and gently tap the underside of the container. While tapping the bottom you can also gently tug on the stem. Switch off on this process, tap a little, tug, tap, tug. Untill the root ball comes out in one piece.
this process shoud be done over something to avoid a mess!That is dry and in one piece! And little to no damage to the roots! Ok so you are ready to put your plant into the new container!
First off make a hole the size of the root system in the new medium
After you place the plant into the medium, gently fill in the holes with excess medium. Then pat down soil or what ever you use making it even.
You're doing great!!! Almost home free!!!
Watering (with mild nutrient solution) plants is VERY important and since you waited for the root system to dry out the water in the new medium will help ease the stress on the plants.
Be very generous with watering when you are transplanting!!!
Notice the water has some bubbles this is ajax dish washing soap it helps with drainage (only a drop of it to a galon of water)Make sure the medium is thourghly watered.
You might need to add some medium where the water pulled down and made canyons(the root system will be sticking out if this happenes you need to add some medium to make it even again)This finaly step is optional (Ceadar wood chips)
Ready to put chips in....Chips in...Dont put to many!! just enough to cover the soil. It helps with moisture retension and is a natural pest detergent!
And FINALY
put your new containers back under some light and wait for new growth
It is important that you do not put newly transplanted plants under heavy lighting (here 400 mh light) but under some cfls that are delicate to the plant.If you use cfl's then just go on using them.
About a day or two and plants should come back to life with avengence!!!
THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HOPE IT HELPS!
HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS!!!! ENJOY!!!!
WEED PARTTTTTYYYYY Looks evil!MY FAV PIC!Isnt that sexy??Some equipment to keep the environment in check(humidifier, heater, and new fan w/old in back)
Please comment and leave any suggestions for a better guide!
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