Contributed By: Psychotropic Nomad
I've tried transplanting many times, sometimes i
would use all sorts of techniques to transplant a plant
to a larger medium. I will share some tips on how to do
it successfully so you wont kill your plant doing it the
wrong way (been there done that).
Good-to-know
tip: When transplanting a plant into a larger medium,
make sure the soil is nice and moist. Moist soil will
stick to your finger, if the soil consistency is just
right you can begin transplanting. Another tip, for
clones and seedlings use a paper-cup, paper-cups are
most easy to deal with with a transplanting situation...
just cut the bottom of the pot and push gently so the
soil mass goes up and releases from the sides of the
cup.
In my situation im transplanting a plant from a
2 gallon plastic pot to a 5 gallon bucket. This can be
tricky, usually transplanting a large plant such as this
one would need 2 people to do this (one to hold plant
securely and the other to pull the container off), but
it can be done with one person. The trick is to tip the
plant just slightly so it slides out, usually it takes a
bit for it to budge... what i do is i use my index
finger and i jab it into one of the drainage holes then
push down, now this wont effect large plants but do so
gently just enough to get it going... this works really
well to get the soil detached from the sides.
