transplant shock, damaged roots, help fast

Farmer's Hat said:

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

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its all good there ok

rapierce said:

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  • then don't comment...i hate when people do that...sooo you just signed in to say nothing...i don't care how old this forum is...people like me still use this information...damn!​

    
    
    
    
    
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I can second this comment. It's 2016 and trust me... people still browse these threads for information. A LOT of people are too paranoid to post their own info, so they go google searches and idiots like that pop up every damn time lol.

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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No one should give advice online about how to save plants with torn roots. Someone stole my plants today by ripping them out by there roots. I would bet money that morons who steal people's plants come on sites like this to get advice on how to save plants they damaged after stealing them. Any legit gardener knows not to rip plants out by the roots. Please everyone stop giving out how to save your plant tips. Anyone who spends the money into buying and growing plants learns about how to care for them first.

Brick Top said:

Either you damaged roots or some roots were exposed to air for to long. It is a coin toss as to if it will recover or not. It might be fine and it might die. It was mentioned that SuperThrive might not be a bad idea. It does help to reduce plant shock.
　
Ok, there is one other possibility depending on how you transplanted. If you did not give the plants a real good soaking after transplanting it is possible the soil around that one plant’s roots is just to loose. That is a low probability chance but it is still a chance.

Since it is obviously outside it would be a good idea to block the wind to the plant as much as possible and maybe even cut back slightly on the light for a few days .. like if there is a slightly shady place you can put the plant and protect it from wind … that would be the place to put it now.
　
Something else you can do is to trim back your plant, cut it back to a size that the root system can support. Not knowing what damage was done or to what extend it is hard to know how much to cut but if your options are to lose a plant or cut maybe one third of it back so it lives ….. which route will you take?
　
It’s a tough call …… sit it out and see if it comes around and risk losing it or take action that in the end might not have been needed to take?

For future reference .. when you repot follow the following steps.
　
Select the pot size you will be transplanting into. (I suggest growing in nothing smaller than 5-gallon pots and I normally use 7-gallon pots and I start out my plants in them and never repot.)
　
Allow the soil in the pot your plant is in to dry out and slightly pull away from the sides of the pot.
　
(The following applies if you are right handed. If not reverse the hand position/use instructions)
　
Partially fill your new larger pot with quality soil so when you insert your plant into the new pot and fill in around the rootball the top of the soil will be at the correct level.
　
Pick up your old pot with your left hand.
　
Place your right hand on top of the soil with the main stem between your first and second fingers.
　
Gently tap the edge of the pot on a countertop or a workbench or something similar. The entire rootball should slide out in one piece, possibly with a slight amount of soil loss, but no damage to or loss of roots unless the plant was so root-bound that the roots had grown through the drain holes. If that is the case clip them first.
　
Your plant and rootball are then securely held in your right hand. Inspect the rootball and if it is tightly packed/twisted/root-bound slightly score/cut the edges of the rootball and also slightly score/cut the bottom of the rootball.

If you do not score/cut the root-ball that the roots will want to continue to follow their circling pattern and their growth progression both down and to the sides into the fresh deeper soil will be much slower. Each cut root will push out new roots and they will go both out and down into the new soil.
　
Place the plant into the new pot.
　
If the surface level of the old rootball is to low or two high remove some soil or add additional soil.
　
Next fill in around the edges between the rootball and the sides of the larger pot.
　
Water thoroughly to cause the soil to settle without compressing it too much by packing it down by hand. If needed add additional soil and water again.
　
Normally plants will undergo very little to no shock when transplanted in this manner but it would not be an injudicious thing to do to use a product like SuperThrive or something with the same general properties because they will reduce plant stress helping them to overcome it quicker and easier.

　
　

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No one should give advice online about how to save plants with torn roots. Someone stole my plants today by ripping them out by there roots. I would bet money that morons who steal people's plants come on sites like this to get advice on how to save plants they damaged after stealing them. Any legit gardener knows not to rip plants out by the roots. Please everyone stop giving out how to save your plant tips. Anyone who spends the money into buying and growing plants learns about how to care for them first.

Brick Top said:

Either you damaged roots or some roots were exposed to air for to long. It is a coin toss as to if it will recover or not. It might be fine and it might die. It was mentioned that SuperThrive might not be a bad idea. It does help to reduce plant shock.
　
Ok, there is one other possibility depending on how you transplanted. If you did not give the plants a real good soaking after transplanting it is possible the soil around that one plant’s roots is just to loose. That is a low probability chance but it is still a chance.

Since it is obviously outside it would be a good idea to block the wind to the plant as much as possible and maybe even cut back slightly on the light for a few days .. like if there is a slightly shady place you can put the plant and protect it from wind … that would be the place to put it now.
　
Something else you can do is to trim back your plant, cut it back to a size that the root system can support. Not knowing what damage was done or to what extend it is hard to know how much to cut but if your options are to lose a plant or cut maybe one third of it back so it lives ….. which route will you take?
　
It’s a tough call …… sit it out and see if it comes around and risk losing it or take action that in the end might not have been needed to take?

For future reference .. when you repot follow the following steps.
　
Select the pot size you will be transplanting into. (I suggest growing in nothing smaller than 5-gallon pots and I normally use 7-gallon pots and I start out my plants in them and never repot.)
　
Allow the soil in the pot your plant is in to dry out and slightly pull away from the sides of the pot.
　
(The following applies if you are right handed. If not reverse the hand position/use instructions)
　
Partially fill your new larger pot with quality soil so when you insert your plant into the new pot and fill in around the rootball the top of the soil will be at the correct level.
　
Pick up your old pot with your left hand.
　
Place your right hand on top of the soil with the main stem between your first and second fingers.
　
Gently tap the edge of the pot on a countertop or a workbench or something similar. The entire rootball should slide out in one piece, possibly with a slight amount of soil loss, but no damage to or loss of roots unless the plant was so root-bound that the roots had grown through the drain holes. If that is the case clip them first.
　
Your plant and rootball are then securely held in your right hand. Inspect the rootball and if it is tightly packed/twisted/root-bound slightly score/cut the edges of the rootball and also slightly score/cut the bottom of the rootball.

If you do not score/cut the root-ball that the roots will want to continue to follow their circling pattern and their growth progression both down and to the sides into the fresh deeper soil will be much slower. Each cut root will push out new roots and they will go both out and down into the new soil.
　
Place the plant into the new pot.
　
If the surface level of the old rootball is to low or two high remove some soil or add additional soil.
　
Next fill in around the edges between the rootball and the sides of the larger pot.
　
Water thoroughly to cause the soil to settle without compressing it too much by packing it down by hand. If needed add additional soil and water again.
　
Normally plants will undergo very little to no shock when transplanted in this manner but it would not be an injudicious thing to do to use a product like SuperThrive or something with the same general properties because they will reduce plant stress helping them to overcome it quicker and easier.

　
　

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No one should give advice online about how to save plants with torn roots. Someone stole my plants today by ripping them out by there roots. I would bet money that morons who steal people's plants come on sites like this to get advice on how to save plants they damaged after stealing them. Any legit gardener knows not to rip plants out by the roots. Please everyone stop giving out how to save your plant tips. Anyone who spends the money into buying and growing plants learns about how to care for them first.

monkeyinthemist said:

did you use super thrive after you transplanted it ruduces shock and stress from transplanting.

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No one should give advice online about how to save plants with torn roots. Someone stole my plants today by ripping them out by there roots. I would bet money that morons who steal people's plants come on sites like this to get advice on how to save plants they damaged after stealing them. Any legit gardener knows not to rip plants out by the roots. Please everyone stop giving out how to save your plant tips. Anyone who spends the money into buying and growing plants learns about how to care for them first.

Anyone who spends time and money growing plants should have a safe place to do so.

The worlds full of assholes, most can be avoided with common sense and a little forethought. Most of the time this happens from telling people or having them in plain sight.

It's a cash crop treat it that way or risk losing it. Grow forums don't encourage plant theft anymore than car forums promote auto theft. Shit happens, better luck next time.

KryptoBud said:

Anyone who spends time and money growing plants should have a safe place to do so.

The worlds full of assholes, most can be avoided with common sense and a little forethought. Most of the time this happens from telling people or having them in plain sight.

It's a cash crop treat it that way or risk losing it. Grow forums don't encourage plant theft anymore than car forums promote auto theft. Shit happens, better luck next time.

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At least you said it. Thats just bad luck or he made the newb mistake of annoucing his grow to the world. Prolly the ladder. Juat because he messed up doesnt mean the info is wrong. Preach it