Hi all, due to my past 2 hospital visits my grows have gotten so out of hand that I had to gift a bunch of plants away that were ready for flowering and there are still too many for me to flower indoors. They have just gotten too big for my grow plan
So, I have some Bruce Banner plants in late veg that I have decided will be better to just flower them outdoors. They are in 23cm plastic pots and in a 70/30 coco perlite mix. I would like to put them into 50 litre grow bags outdoors but to rather transition them to soil for the flowering period. I have loads of home made organic compost available.
Could I just do the transplant with the coco surrounding the roots straight into the soil filled bags?
And should I slowly raise the PH over a few weeks?
I would also have to harden them off by introducing them to the sun the first few weeks…so then should the pot to bag transfer be done prior to the permanent outside transition to prevent too much shock?
We are approaching Autumn here so will be perfect timing to do this. This pheno seems very resistant to Mildew so should handle the humidity.
I’ve never tried, but it feels like the coco would probably rinse away fairly easy. I would try to massage root ball a little then see if dipping in bucket of clean water wouldn’t rid you of most of the coco.
I think you’ll be fine going coco into compost for what you’re thinking. I would not want to disturb the roots. They’ll grow through a fabric pot down into the soil.
Just put them in the bags with soil . . . maybe a touch of transplant shock but they should be good. I donate my extras all the time and dude just dumps the pots (small plastic with 70/30 coco perlite) and plops them into grow bags of Happy Frog . . . don’t think he’s lost one yet.
Honestly the only thing would be to introduce them to full sun incrementally. I see no purpose or reason to remove the coco… I would simply just plant it as is, in the ground. Once it was adjusted to the sunlight of its destination… it would be overall better for / easier on the health of the plant that way too. The roots are going to hit earth instantly anyway and spread out… It won’t at all effect the moisture. The soil will retain it’s moisture and the Coco will sap from that. Not that it would matter. Since your root ball will outgrow the original pot size almost instantly. Just don’t overthink it. Stick it in the ground once it’s used to the sun… done.
Removing the roots from the Coco would be the equivalent of removing the roots from a jiffy puck before putting it in soil… unadvised. No one does it. Literally exact same thing. Except that Coco has a natural neutral pH… peat… does not at all. It’s natural pH is not cannabis friendly. But that’s what jiffy pucks are made of and how they are used. The natural pH levels are the only real differences in these two products. Coco being the proper one. So if you wouldn’t de root a jiffy puck, why would you deroot such a small container of Coco before putting it in a much much larger soil container? You wouldn’t…
Thanks Budz, I had no intention of removing the coco though. I only want to basically up the container size and fill with soil and transition outdoors…
I have done this before but kept the plants indoors. I did alter the PH after a while once the roots were feeding off the soil.
I have also moved plants in coco from indoors and planted directly into the ground outdoors before, they took off just fine but this time I need to keep them in 50litre grow bags so I can still move them away from violent storms.
I see. Well yeah, then proceed as planned. I’ve literally done this, accidentally, both ways. Soil starter into coco and once went from 2 gallons of Coco to a 5 filler with reused soil. Just cut away the area needed to transplant. Had a little burn, from the heat of the soil and still having to water basically like Coco. But leveled out pretty quickly. I mean that’s literally what a pot for pot uses. Basically a 50/50 of super soil and Coco.