Thank you, it's nice to be back and see familiar faces.. er, names loldick! Glad you're back after taking a break, and don't dive too far in this thread or you might get lost in the weed(s).
Top of the previous page is all you really need and you're up to date here.
Ask questions if you have any and join in the great banter!
Thanks Bode! I'll try to make it as smooth a transition as possible.
That's what I figured...as long as I had the pots and the ProMix out, do them all!
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Great stuff Shed and lovely pictorial on the root ball pruning and transplant, it's great seeing the actions in pictures. I did similar with a large fiddle leaf house plant when I re-potted it a few months ago into a new pot of that was wider but not as tall, I had massive trouble with cutting a third off as I forgot that 10 years ago when potted it I had added a bunch of scoria at the bottom so it really wreaked my arborist saw in cutting thru it.That was my plant activity for the day. I hope your Saturday is going splendidly!
Nice update, Shed.That's what I figured...as long as I had the pots and the ProMix out, do them all!
And with that in mind, here is a rare Saturday afternoon update
Let me start with the root pruning I did on the Candida mother and clones. They've been in the 1 gallon pots for a long time now so they were due. I've shown this before but I thought I would put a few pics up for folks that haven't seen it.
Here is the rootball:
I take a saw and cut off the bottom third:
Then I square the sides by taking off about an inch, leaving me with a cube:
Into fresh ProMix HP it goes. Here it is all done and thinned on top as well:
OKay, let's move on to the Spring Grow transplanting process. I use the inverse (or inverted) sand castle method, which puts very little strain on the plant.
Start by filling up the new pot around a pot the same size as the current pot:
Pack the soil down and slide the pot out. I rotate it counter-clockwise (because I'm right handed?) as it comes out to smooth the sides:
Gently slide the rootball out of the old pot. For plastic pots simply squeeze the sides and tap the bottom, then flip it over:
Drop it into the hole, press it down carefully, and fill the pot with more soil:
And here they all are:
They all got about 2g/gallon of MC except Tin Can Kush 2, which I top dressed with 3Tbs GeoFlora (I did not mix it with the ProMix on transplant) and watered in. It seemed to do well for the GA3 Candida so I thought I'd try it with a normal plant...we'll see!
That was my plant activity for the day. I hope your Saturday is going splendidly!
FTFY
(for those of us that hoot... )Was going to say there’d be no need to score, but you already didn’t
I did note and wonder about that too. Not that I use them but I would if I had them, maybe Shed's just out of them!No mycos?
That's what I figured...as long as I had the pots and the ProMix out, do them all!
And with that in mind, here is a rare Saturday afternoon update
Let me start with the root pruning I did on the Candida mother and clones. They've been in the 1 gallon pots for a long time now so they were due. I've shown this before but I thought I would put a few pics up for folks that haven't seen it.
Here is the rootball:
I take a saw and cut off the bottom third:
Then I square the sides by taking off about an inch, leaving me with a cube:
Into fresh ProMix HP it goes. Here it is all done and thinned on top as well:
Okay, let's move on to the Spring Grow transplanting process. I use the inverse (or inverted) sand castle method, which puts very little strain on the plant.
Start by filling up the new pot around a pot the same size as the current pot:
Pack the soil down and slide the pot out. I rotate it counter-clockwise (because I'm right handed?) as it comes out to smooth the sides:
Gently slide the rootball out of the old pot. For plastic pots simply squeeze the sides and tap the bottom, then flip it over:
Drop it into the hole, press it down carefully, and fill the pot with more soil:
And here they all are:
They all got about 2g/gallon of MC except Tin Can Kush 2, which I top dressed with 3Tbs GeoFlora (I did not mix it with the ProMix on transplant) and watered in. It seemed to do well for the GA3 Candida so I thought I'd try it with a normal plant...we'll see!
That was my plant activity for the day. I hope your Saturday is going splendidly!
Shed. You truly are a gem.
Thanks Stunger!
Oof! I can't see sawing through volcanic rock.
Thanks GDB! I pruned those two as well because it may be a while before the new seed Candida is ready to get flipped for (hopefully) new seeds, so I wanted to keep them healthy.
Not so much about keeping the plant small as it is to keep it putting out new healthy roots and not getting bound in the 1 gallon pot. I've done this before with mother plants and they have always sprung right back!
If hootin' is your thing, go for it!
ProMix HP has mycorrhiza already mixed in, so I got out of the habit of using it on transplant. I also forgot that I just got a bag of @DYNOMYCO! Another reason I tend not to think of it is there is research showing that adding mycorrhiza to Canadian peat moss isn't all that useful:
Indeed, around 18" from the soil.
Here is the long answer:
Thanks HG! Anything I can do to helpThat was a truly wonderful post.
I bookmarked several things.
.Not just easier, but completely new root growth in fresh substrate. New roots are healthier and the plant isn't rootbound.
I know right? And much less stress than trying to hold the plant steady and fill in the soil around it.
you didn’t mention the mums specifically... but I surmise from what you wrote that they have been under both 20/4 and 24/0 schedules at different times...Darn tootin’!
Good to know. I’ve often wondered about the differences it would or wouldn’t make with exclusively “synthetic” nutrition. It’s still the case that those plants have/build a rhizosphere though isn’t it? So there’s some kind of root colony going on.
Great idea! I'll be doing this for all my plants that gets up-potted from here on. It's mostly chilis and herbs, but I have started two Jack Hair autos in smaller pots for up-potting (always planted in final container previously), so this tip comes at the best possible time...
Okay, let's move on to the Spring Grow transplanting process. I use the inverse (or inverted) sand castle method, which puts very little strain on the plant.
Start by filling up the new pot around a pot the same size as the current pot:
20210306_122317 transplanting.jpg
Inverse sand castle
- InTheShed
- Yesterday at 11:30 PM
Pack the soil down and slide the pot out. I rotate it counter-clockwise (because I'm right handed?) as it comes out to smooth the sides:
20210306_122344 transplanting.jpg
Inverse sand castle
- InTheShed
- Yesterday at 11:30 PM
Gently slide the rootball out of the old pot. For plastic pots simply squeeze the sides and tap the bottom, then flip it over:
20210306_122402 transplanting.jpg
Transplanting
- InTheShed
- Yesterday at 11:30 PM
Drop it into the hole, press it down carefully, and fill the pot with more soil:
