Washing off soil to put into hydro???

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herbalage

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #1

Hey everyone a quick question:

I have a SWT#3 clone that is pretty big now and I want to put it in my waterfarm. Is this possible? Can I carefully wash off all of the soil and then place the hydroton around it? If anyone has done this before please PM me of post here because I really want to get this hydro system of mine up and running now that I got my pH problems takin care of (Hopefully).... If anyone has done this get back to me please.. Thanks everyone!

~herbalage

the clone is on the right side of the below picture

 

G

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #2

shure you can ive done it.and so do many others

 

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #3

its even better if the soil is on the dry side, yo ucan just shake the soil off in a bag. or if its wet already go ahead and rinse in a bucket

 

stikky budz

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #4

Yeah its possible,,,, i've transfered from soil to rockwool many times without a problem - although my clones were no where near the size of yours.

What you want to do is submerge the entire plant (pot n all) in water. Leave it there for a few mins for the soil to become saturated and "loose", then gently slide it out the pot. Most of the soil will drop away naturally (the perlite will float to the top) though you may get quite a few bits still clinging to the roots. Personally i use a syringe to remove these last bits ~ kinda like a blast from a power hose

Good luck

 

Sauce

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #5

Yeah it's fine as long as they don't have a large root system. The bigger the roots, the easier they get damaged in the process.

Just let the soil dry out then shake off as much dirt as possible, then soak in a bucket or cup of water. Get as much soil off as possible. Putting it under the sink last works well but could be harmful to the plant so do at your own risk. I've done it before but the plant might go into shock. Use thrivealive/superthrive if you have some in the hydro res.

 

TNTBudSticker

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #6

Many times...get running water and fill the pot as to overflow it keep doing this till the roots gets loose,,,pull plant out...then you have the root mass..depending on how big the roots mass is..you can soak the root mass in a bucket and shake anything loose... I can get everything off the roots,,need a few tools like a pin,toothbrush to get the bark that usually is harder to get off

 

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Haps

stone fool

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #7

Get a pan or tub big enough to work in without banging sides and a dish to rinse in. Soap wash hand and alcohol rinse before touching roots. Gentle, gentle, like taking the panties off a 19 year old flower for the first time. Suppport the plant along one hand and forearm, leaving the other free to gentle off the soil. Don't worry too much about a few clumps left in the roots. The lady will be less stressed if you hum, sing, or tell her lies while you work with her to make her feel special. Explain to her how she will fullfil her nature by enriching your spirit.
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Babbabud

Bodhisattva of the Earth

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #8

take out of pot ...wash roots off in sink and place in hydroton...ive done it and been succesfull but it takes a few days for the roots to really take to the new medium and you could prolly have another clone rooted and growing almost as fast.

 

mrwags

********* Female Seeds

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #9

Ok here is the thing,I always, always use soil before hydro in buckets. To preveg in soil makes for a nice root structure,and in my opinion gives a little soul back to the plant that the hydro yakes away. I have talked about this before in other threads but here is what I mean.


From seed in rooters:









Then preveg in soil:







Then on to the buckets and the mom's will stay in pots. It does help for the soil to be on the dry side but trust me you will have no ill effect if done correctly.


Mr.Wags

 

G

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #10

just put the thing in the waterfarm and fill in empty space with hydroton.
waterfarms hold two gallons of water if ph fluctuates its easy to change.
i love waterfarms i have 8 and run them seperate and its work if you leave the soil just turn off drip ring when lights go out...i have done this infact even in hydroton they like the pump off at night..just my.02 waterfarms can grow monsters!!!

 

Blunt_69

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• Apr 16, 2006

• #11

Done it lots. Im a dry transplanter myself. I find the drier the medium the easier it is to have the soil fall away.Wet soil seems to rip roots because of pure density of it when wet... I start all clones in soil and move them into the trays when the root structure is large enough.

 

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herbalage

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• Apr 17, 2006

• #12

Sucess! Well at least I hope

Sucess! Well at least I hope

Thanks to everyone for the replies... It was a little harder than I thought to get all the soil off because of the massive root structure, but will a little bit of time, a little bit of effort, and a huge amount of water I got the roots about 95% clean which I think will be sufficient.

- How long does it usually take for the transplanted plant to get used to the new hydro and start growth again?

- Has anyone had sucess with two plants in a waterfarm? If so can I gets some tips from them. I wanted to do all hydro this time around because I have 2 femn'd WWxBig Bud and 1 femn'd grapefruit (the grapefruit was the 1st plant to go into the hydro setup but it got f@cked up because I found out I have to much calcium carbonate in my tap water). I put the grapefruit into soil in hopes that it will come back, but I think the damage has already been done. The two WWxBig Bud are on their 2nd node as of today, so I want to make another waterfarm or something of the sort so I can grow those hydroponically as well.

Im including a pic of what I did so everyone can see.. Thanks again to everyone.

~herbalage

 

Blunt_69

the keeper of the creeper

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• Apr 17, 2006

• #13

give it about 5-7 days. Should be rocken by then

 

deZerTomB

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• Apr 17, 2006

• #14

I tried to grow 2 in one waterfarm and 1 plant grew but the other didn't. Now that I know how big they get, no way can you put more than 1 in a waterfarm bucket, get another bucket.

 

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herbalage

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• Apr 17, 2006

• #15

Thanks again guys, My digital pH meter came in the mail and the rez pH is at 6.0. Im colorblind so it was hard as f@ck to read the color strips. Anyone have any good links on how to make a waterfarm type system? Thanks again

~herbalage

 

G

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• Apr 18, 2006

• #16

i have 4 kali-mist in one water farm i only veged the clones for three days
the problem with multiple plants in a farm is there water consumption if they are sativa you can train them a little easier.im learning alot of rules are really fucked
this my third year growing indoors non-stop and rules im learning are bendable peace to all magic

 

BigToke

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #17

.............well I’m not saying it can’t be done, but what soil that is left of the roots may fuck with your ph a little but other than that you good to go….

 

RuralRoute420

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• Apr 19, 2006

• #18

you'll end up with a dirty rez that will need changed, that last pic of swt don't look so hot....with this strain, the leaves never point downward, very hardy

 

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herbalage

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• Apr 20, 2006

• #19

the clone is fine, I can show you pics that look great now, thanks for all who have helped, Im going to make another dwc bubbler with 2 net pots for a total of 3 plants in this box. Im prolly going to need some more help but thanks for all the great feedback youve give so far

~herbalage

 

G

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• Apr 20, 2006

• #20

i have run my waterfarms with coco-tek you just turn pumps off at nite
as for ph fluctuation with the soil depends on whats in the soil and how much.two gallons of water makes it rather easy to change.me personaly would have dealt with the ph problem rather than stress the hell out of the plant,but thats the wonderfull thing about cultivation so many ways to go about it.to each his own peace magic