transplant shock, damaged roots, help fast

mine is about 10'' and i transplanted from gornd to pot but i disstubed the roots i took th esoil loose from the roots iv go in a pot but set in a window so as not to buen the leaves any advice?

sorry im really stoned right now. i meant ground to pot. and it looking like i may have over stressed it.

I always know when to transplant because my pants will start drooping, then i use the same method explained above almost to the tee and have never had any stress problems, plants are nice and perky the very next day if not the next couple hours

thank you. yea today its looking alot better i trimed the bottom two sets of leaves and set it in the dark and the main stalk has started to straitghten back up some of the fan leaves are wilted though but im going to give her a few days to recover and then im bringing her in and putting her on 12/12 to find out if she is a she of she is he or a he/she.

I've had root shock happen before and the best thing you can do is get it the hell out of direct sunlight! The roots are in shock and they still need water, but just as Brick Top said on the first page you don't want to over water them - a common mistake. Since they are in shock they can't be relied on to feed your plant. Instead the plant is going to rely on the leaves for nutrients, so mist your leaves, keep them moist and keep it out of wind and direct sunlight! Even if you're using Superthrive you should go this route just for safe measure, but I've never used it before and my plant two years ago bounced back in about 2-3 hours from a bad tear. The sound of the root ripping is like a bitch breaking your heart for the first time, everytime! Even if you feel like it's against all odds that plant can make it through, my leaves were sagging to the stalk and i took pictures, ran home, and got on rollitup to figure out what the fuck to do! I responded quickly to a bad fuck up and it turned out wonderfully - THERE IS STILL HOPE! I'm actually going through it right now because I found a nice plant growing between two bricks in the middle of my brick walk! Amazing how one seed happened to fall out there . . . So i poured some water between the crack since the dirt was dry and it was a tight space, let it soak in for about 3 minutes and etremely slowly pulled it out and the roots ripped a little, but otherwise there was absolutely no hope for this plant and it turns out it's the best one I have right now as long as it pulls through! Good Luck and I hope this Helps!

If you only transplant when fully root bound you will never get transplant shock.

Brett Brown said:

I have a plant that i just transplanted that looks just like that one but my plant is much smaller maybe 8" tall and I transplanted it into new compost that wa sugessted from just regular soil from my backyard. the first time i transplanted it I had no shock at all. I didn't lose a day of growth. now it seems to be helpless. All though it seems to have new growth in the very top of the plant but the leaves are sagging just like the picture in the above plant. it has been about 4 days and right after transplant it started to sag. and it has gone from looking good to looking sad but during sunlight times it looked worse than last night when it was in the cool night air it started to stiffen up and look as if it was coming back but the sun looked like it was making it worse. please if anyone can help ? I am on my way to get super thrive as a last resort.

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You can't plant anything directly into compost. It is so rich in microbial activity (bacteria, fungi, and enzymes breaking down organic matter into component form) that it is literally very hot and will burn and kill your roots/plant. If you did, in fact, plant into pure compost (in the future, mix compost into some base ingredients: peat moss, coco, perlite, sand, etc.), I would recommend getting her out, VERY gently rinsing the roots, transplanting into potting mix or soilless mix with very little organic matter that has yet to decompose and is meant to feed your plant as it breaks down. Your plant probably already sucked up more than its fair share of nutrients before the roots got too hot to work anymore, so a weak/soilless mix will give your plants a chance to use up the abundance of nutrients it likely has stored in its cells. Sunshine #4 by SunGro is a great soilless mix. Also, it would definitely help to add a little Superthrive and Liquid Karma (or similar ascophyllum nodosum based catalyst product) to your first watering after transplanting. Also, gradually introducing a root/soil builder containing humic acid (almost any product that says its for roots will have this) and a microbial inoculant will help to repair your roots and build a strong rhizosphere. Once your plant looks like she has bounced back and is showing signs of new growth, I would make a weak tea with that compost you have and begin feeding with that.

P.S. Root builders and humic products often also contain ascophyllum nodosum; so be sure not to use your catalyst and root supplement at the same time if this is the case.

Waiting until your plants are drooping and/or rootbound to transplant is basically just reverse transplant shock. Drooping is obviously a form of stress-sort of goes without saying I thought... and root circling is very stressful and poor use of your plant's energy and, by extension, a waste of your water/nutrients/time/money. In either case, the plants are stressed, you are losing time they could be growing, and ultimately stunting your yields.

Just so you know though, I don't mean to say you're growing wrong. Cannabis is such a vigorous, sturdy plant that it is pretty hard not to grow good amounts of pretty severely dank weed if you just love your plants. I'm sure you love your plants.

I have the same prob but I transplanted from ground to pot last night and today its looking terrible . I know there is a ratio between roots and above ground plant so I trimmed a shit load . Was that a good idea ?

I had to transplant this one because I had more than 1 in the same planter although the planter was 15gal. I carefully dug around it and deep, to insure that I didn't damage the main stem root, I did lose a couple of little off shoot roots. When it was put into the new planter I made sure to keep the soil around the roots somewhat loose and the new soil (Kelloggs Organic patio) was treated with a little B1 and then put in a shady spot. Is this normal shock? if so how what the normal recovery time?

I just transplanted my plant couple hours ago an didn't go well bout half hour after tea plant the whole thing drooped so turned light off and has regained its structure and only lost one leef in the ordeal...do I cut off dead leaf an can I turn lights back on now or do I wait for usual time to turn them back on ( 6am) cheers

The plant will do fine. When you transplant you should water right away. It is typical for a transplanted plant to droop a bit. The more transplants you do, the better you'll become at it. Some people can do a transplant with no ill side effects at all done to the plant. I guess they call it,"having a green thumb".

So do I cut the dead leaf or do leave it and do you think its ok to put lights back on now????

Got a few yellow tips now on middle leaves an drying slightly what do I do???

POLARIS01 said:

i just transplant 5 plants 48 hour ago she is the only one like this, what can i do for shock, damaged roots?

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i damaged mine today my plant is only 3 weeks old transplanting it too organic nute soil u thjink it will be ok

Keep it out of direct sunlight if you can, just for 1-2 days.

Farmer's Hat said:

Keep it out of direct sunlight if you can, just for 1-2 days.

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no i have 4 23 wtt cfls im running not outdoor? really no light

Farmer's Hat said:

Keep it out of direct sunlight if you can, just for 1-2 days.

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well its been about 2 hours since i transplant and leafs look good n healthy if it was damaged the roots would it drop right away ?????

If the leaves perked back up, then it will be ok. Keep an eye on it.