Help! I this a transplant shock?

DwayneWayne said:

So if I go from my aero cloner to coco pots, say smart pots, and just hand water and feed them they will continue to grow water roots unlike soil?

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I go from my TurboKloner to 50/50 Coco/Xlg Perlite after they root in the cloner they grow in Coco/Perlite. I start seed in Jiffy Pellets and then they move to Coco/Perlite. Just like the picture I posted. I don't know what you mean by "water roots".

curious2garden said:

I go from my TurboKloner to 50/50 Coco/Xlg Perlite after they root in the cloner they grow in Coco/Perlite. I start seed in Jiffy Pellets and then they move to Coco/Perlite. Just like the picture I posted. I don't know what you mean by "water roots".

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I think I got it. It drains so fast, cant over water it.

Still not happy. I wonder if it is root lockout. It did not look bad when I transplanted it.

curious2garden said:

I don't know what you mean by "water roots".

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Good morning Curious,
Wateroots are larger, fatter and develop in hydro. Soil roots are really fine. It's one reason why it's best to do hydro plants all in hydro rather then starting in dirt. You get delay from plant having to grow more appropriate roots. Not sure what happens underneath the coco. I'm not root obsessed. lol
JD

JohnDee said:

Good morning Curious,
Wateroots are larger, fatter and develop in hydro. Soil roots are really fine. It's one reason why it's best to do hydro plants all in hydro rather then starting in dirt. You get delay from plant having to grow more appropriate roots. Not sure what happens underneath the coco. I'm not root obsessed. lol
JD

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Thank you JD, I had no idea but it makes sense you'd need a different morphology for soil. I would think Coco is a hybrid between the two. I have a friend who is a Ph.D. Biochemist so I asked him and he said that soil roots have more structural lignin. Similar to human structural change in low gravity or bed rest.
Thanks again, I always appreciate learning something new.