stunted growth after transplant

amsterdam_goodies

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Hi all, so I just transplanted my plants from their original medium which was Scott's potting soil, to anew combination, growmax coco and perlite... the thing is, when I was transplanting my plants, the root balls wernt very solid so I might have damaged the roots while transplanting....

Since I put them in their new medium, growth has been slow. Given that they are still at a young age and shouldnt be blossoming, it looks as though they arent getting any bigger at all.. Could they be regenerating roots that I damaged? if so what's the best/fastest way to get them going again.
 

Dirtyboy

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Its called transplant shock.
Now is the time superthrive is used. They will bounce back in a week or 2.
 

la9

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They are probably getting used to the different soil you used.

On the other hand you said growth has been slow since you transplanted, Did you transplant 5 minutes ago and haven't saw a difference or a month ago ?

Did you transplant them from outside to inside ?

Sometimes a little more details will get you better answers.
 

Baz

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im the master at repotting, since i started growing weed about erm... how olds my plant.... hmmm 10 weeks ago, No seriously i am, idk where this skill has come from, maybe a past life.. when my plants get shock, they are shocked at how good i am at repotting :D
 

Dirtyboy

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I use a product called plant success. The plants dnt get shocked and it gives them a boost to grow.
 

amsterdam_goodies

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sorry, the plants were about 3 weeks old and I moved them out of like 5 inch mini clay pots to 1 gallon plastic ones i got at the hydro store... they have been indoors all along and the transplant was a few days ago... It makes sense that they havent started to jump again if transplant shock is 2 weeks... is there anyway to minimize that? and what are these products you guys are talken about?
 

la9

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Sounds like you are doing things correctly, or at least how I do them, the only difference is I use the same soil thoughout the grow, what is the reason you changed ?
Don't know what you mean by the rootball wasn't very solid. If it wasn't very big you might not have let them grow long enough in the small pot.

Here is how I do it.

I water the plant in the old pot and work it loose so all the soil and roots come out as one. Then I fill up the new pot about a 1/3 of the way and set the plant on top of the new soil. If the dirt level is about the same and level with the new pot then I pour the new soil around the outside and fill the new pot all the way in. Make sense ?

Basically you try not to disturb the roots at all. I know some people get the hose out and try to wash all the dirt off the roots and plant it in the new soil.

I know you are an expert at transplanting, so if you think I'm doing something wrong let me know.
 

amsterdam_goodies

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i changed because the first soil i was in had pre added nutrients and those were messing with nute levels in my plant...

I think that i did indeed not let them grow long enough in their old pots. 2 out of the 3 came out as a solid root ball/pot formation.. 1 out of the 3 i literally had to scoop out.... It was pretty bad sight but I was already in too deep(and the soil NEEDED to go!)


but now that I have them in their new pots they should start to grow again soon. Even if I damaged their old roots or didnt transplant the entire root system, th ey will still regenerate these? I am tryen to figure out how i could speed this up
 

la9

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One of your plants might just have bad Genetics if 2 out of 3 were good.

Trying to speed it up ? I just let mother nature run it's course.

Good luck with your grow
 
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