Okay to recycle soil?

Hey guys and girls I'm just wandering If someone could help me out? I just had a plant that went male on me this morning so I yanked it out with what roots where in tact but it was out of a pretty large size pot and didnt want to waste the nice soil that was left in the pot so I upsized one of my other plants into this pot using half the soil from the previous pot, sorry I'm dragging this out I'll get to the point? Would a bunch of left over roots of a male plant jeopardize a female plant if recycling the soil.
Cheers RUI

Should be fine. Just added compost to feed the herd is all. A little more dry time between watering if the roots are thick or clumped. Root rot is the concern there. As long as it wasn't excessive your good.

If you are growing organically, 100% recycle the soil.
Even better to keep the old root system in place as its already got the good bugs/microbes established and nutrients broken down to where the plant can use it.

If using chemical nutes, salt will build up in the soil eventually and will need to be replaced, or flushed.

D'sNuts said:

If you are growing organically, 100% recycle the soil.
Even better to keep the old root system in place as its already got the good bugs/microbes established and nutrients broken down to where the plant can use it.

If using chemical nutes, salt will build up in the soil eventually and will need to be replaced, or flushed.

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Thanks dude good information.

D'sNuts said:

If you are growing organically, 100% recycle the soil.
Even better to keep the old root system in place as its already got the good bugs/microbes established and nutrients broken down to where the plant can use it.

If using chemical nutes, salt will build up in the soil eventually and will need to be replaced, or flushed.

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Old roots deteriorate and rot if not shredded. Should be evenly mixed into soil. Never a solid mass.

I ripped out the bigger clumps of roots and evenly mixed with new soil. Just noticed there was a few strands And the plant I replaced it with was only a little clone got lots of room in it's new pot. Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it.

MICHI-CAN said:

Old roots deteriorate and rot if not shredded. Should be evenly mixed into soil. Never a solid mass.

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The old roots will break down without shredding it up. It is a good idea to let the pots sit for a bit though first if you can, before planting another plant in the pot. You also destroy the fungal hyphae network when you mix the soil. You can also buy an enzyme product like Hygrozyme to break them down faster.

Sorry guys I just realized I mispelt the abbreviation of RIU at the end of my post.

I've been reusing coco and soil for years. Never had any problems.