Any tips for transplanting from a 3 inch net pot with a month old veg clone into a larger 6 inch pot. Hoping to not destroy the cup.
Was thinking I could cut a 1.5 inch hole in the net cup so the rock wool cube grows most of the roots through the hole. Then a similar hole in the 6 inch pot so I can feed most of the roots through
Why transplanting?
Veg tank to flower tank. Trying for a perpetual grow and have a bunch of 3 inch net pots for early veg
Got a pic of the setup?
I’m still getting everything setup for my first grow. But it’s two 27 gallon totes in one tent. One tote has 3 inch net pots and the other tote has 2, 6 inch pots.
Plan is to veg in the 3 inch tote and keep a few small mother’s from clones. Autos or vegging large plants in the 6 inch pots.
Then I’ll transplant to the flower tent which is four, 6 inch pots in totes.
Could just surround the 3 inch in the 6 inch with hydroton without transplant?
Does that work well? What do you do with the roots?
I’ve had to transplant rockwool cubes from one pot to another that were rooted into hydroton. The easiest way ive found was to fill up a bucket of 5.8-9 ph water then submerge the netpot in the bucket. It floats the hydroton out of the pot, and isnt hard on the roots. Then you just kind of dangle the roots into the new pot, and gently fill it with hydroton. This also should be wet with 5.8-9 water.
Your roots are densely coming out of the three inch arent they? Haha
That sounds like a good method.
I’m thinking I’ll transplant around a month of veg. So the roots will be like 12+ inches long.
I haven’t started yet, so I can train most of the roots through a hole in the 3 inch pot. Sounds like I can float the whole plant and roots out in a bucket of feed if I am careful.