Transplanting Soil to Hydro while switching to flowering?

I got some plants that I vegged in soil. Id like to transplant to 5 gallon buckets to hydro, while also switching to flower(my veg room cant fit 5 gallon buckets, so its impossible for me to get them over the transplant shock)

Can this be done? I hear people have problems switching from soil to hydro, much less doing it while switching to flower

OneHit said:

I got some plants that I vegged in soil. Id like to transplant to 5 gallon buckets to hydro, while also switching to flower(my veg room cant fit 5 gallon buckets, so its impossible for me to get them over the transplant shock)

Can this be done? I hear people have problems switching from soil to hydro, much less doing it while switching to flower

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This is a bad idea dont do it Unless plant is only about 6" tall. otherwise there's noway it will survive. If it does there will be a period of extreme retarded growth and a great chance for disease.

What would be the proper way to switch from soil to hydro? I would have to transplant first to hydro, wait till it gets over shock, then move to veg?

OneHit said:

What would be the proper way to switch from soil to hydro? I would have to transplant first to hydro, wait till it gets over shock, then move to veg?

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If the plants under 6" tall than start by dunking the entire pot soil and all in a tubb of water(1 cap of MiracalGrow Quikstart mixed w/ water) keep submerged for about 5 min than slowly and carefully separate roots from soil,trans plant into netpots with hydro clay or just a bed of hydroclay. keep nutes at about 100-300ppm for the first two weeks than go to gradually get up to full strength.

i dont know if i would be up for this kind of risk