transplanting large plants

DrunkenRampage

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Hello fellow growers! So, being new to all this, (three years deep wet behind the ears), this is my first year trying to grow under the sun. i still have an inside crop but i wanna see what mother nature has to offer. Well, there isnt a word to describe how unprepaired i was. I usually finish out my grow room in 10 gallon pots which is sufficient enough for under the HPS, and i made the mistake of throwing out 6 plants in the same pots around the beginning of July. From what i read, after plants get a certain size its not a good idea to transplant again. After looking at my garden and the size of my girls, I am 6'2, and the girls are at my neck in those pots, and where im from, Maine, there is still a good month and a half of vegging. I have never had a plant go rootbound, but i am now terrified i will lose my whole harvest or at least dramatically decrease my yields because of these pots, and i had no idea the way these things grow outside, nothing like the grow room. So i would like to know if anybody here has personally transplanted plants from 10-15 gallon pots to larger pots? or is this crazy stressful and difficult? I tried googling this but came up with nill for results, would love to hear from a person who has done this. any help would be great! Thanks....
 

DrunkenRampage

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sweet so nothing to worry about? ive never had a problem transplanting and only get shock from seedlings, how do you get them out of the buckets? a step ladder? i always hear not to pull the stem but damn the stems are 3" dia...
 

DrunkenRampage

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this weekend i will try a transplant, ill let you guys know if i fuck it up or it turns out great, im shooting for 25-30 gallon smartpots, i would love to go bigger (like 100 gallon) but soil gets costly when your lazy and dont want to make it yourself.
 

Silky Shagsalot

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you'll prob. do a bit of root damage, but it's no big deal. maybe some droop for a day or so. but they should bounce back fairly quickly...
 

S'Manta

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Let them dry a bit, and if really root bound, you'll be lifting mostly root and not so much soil. It's not so stressful for plants, they'll grow into the new place and love it. Good luck.
Mine were semi-root bound and I tipped the pots at a 45° angle and loosened the sides like @angryblackman told me to. When it felt loose I did grab the fat stem and the bottom of the root ball and placed it in the larger pot and back filled it. No transplant shock...just happy girls in a new spacious airy home. Good luck.
 

doublejj

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Mine were semi-root bound and I tipped the pots at a 45° angle and loosened the sides like @angryblackman told me to. When it felt loose I did grab the fat stem and the bottom of the root ball and placed it in the larger pot and back filled it. No transplant shock...just happy girls in a new spacious airy home. Good luck.
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