My lease is up and I need to move. I have 5 female plants in the ground and they are in week 5 of flowering. They are so resiny!! They are LDT to be low to the ground and angles the sun hits. ... my question.. can I dig them up and put them in 5 gallon buckets to transport them to the new house? Literally 3 blocks away lol. Will I stress them? Hermi? Shock. Death? Anybody with a similar experience?
Definitely gonna stress them out, not sure how recovery would be, they'd either bounce back or they'd die. I mean if you ain't gotta choice, you gotta do what you gotta do. But I don't see it ending very well unfortunately. Sent from my LM-X420 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
You can try 5 gallon buckets but when you take as much soil as possible the root ball may fall apart easier when using buckets. Maybe carefully wrap the root ball in fabric and put both the fabric and root ball into their new homes. There will be transplant shock, to what degree is the question. Good luck.
I would really soak the root mass, if you can take a large square lump out of the ground slide it on a board and pot it up without damaging the root mass or the plant, I think you have a good chance.
Thank you all for your responses. I don't have a choice anymore. This will be happening with in the next 5 days. That will be the last thing I take. I will dig up a huge square and try to keep it together and replant. I know they will be shocked, figures for a week or sooo. If not, back to step one boys. I will keep you posted on results and pics before and after. Transplanting late flower emergency
I think if you can dig them up all the way for the most part you know the big root ball. And get a big enough Container which might be bigger than 5 gallons you might have a great chance but as the first gentleman said you have to do what you have to do
Good afternoon, those are the pics above of them transplanted Into a 5 gal bucket . They are holding up well. I have them in a shade place with less sun as to calm down the stress ( wish I could just smoke them out lol ) Would it be best to give them a good feeding of PK?
A little dose of superthrive with the water might work wonders for them. It stimulates root growth and it helps plants that are stressing from transplant. Sent from my LM-X420 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
They are doing great. I have a problem with one plant it has brown dots on the leafs? Anyone have a similar problem? Maybe stress. Cal Def. Or leaf serosis
Great job on your transplant, nicely done. Yep, deficiency. Phosphorus. You did use 100% native soil right? If you used new soil it worth checking pH is in the good range but otherwise I wouldn't worry about it as plant appear to grew healthy so far.
Sorry for the crappy pics. Phone is low quality as I dropp3d it. I tried tale some better ones. Yes they came with thier native soil they were grown in. Yes they are healthy I am surprised they didn't die on me during the transplant. I have bought them some organic phosphorus. To help them with that extra push they need. Figures the transplanting stress took a toll on them. I will keep updating till harvest or if anymore conditions appear.