I had a previous issue with horrible soil I used from my garden. Well today I transplanted my plants into Happy Frog and now they’re drooping horribly. I think they’re dying or dead. Any feedback would be helpful. The second two are before and first two after.
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How did you handle them during the transplant? What steps did you take to prevent root damage? I have killed alot of tomato plants in my past. I can probably help you.
They could just be in shock. Leave them alone. Water them one good time and wait
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@miaivette86
Looks like transplant shock. I have seen em like that before, should perk up after a day or so if it’s just shock.
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Thank you. I dug around the pot making sure to keep the root ball in tact. Other than that I haven’t done anything extra
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Thank you 
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Suggest filling those pots with soil to within a couple of inches of the rim.
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I like to water the hole i made in the new dirt really good first before i set the root ball in. Then fill it with more dirt and make sure the plant is sturdy in the new dirt, then i water it again to help flush the roots into the new dirt and settle them into place.
They are just in shock. When they die they drop over more than that. They would be flat on the ground all shriveld up.
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I will add some more. Can I do that now or wait until they recover a bit
Thank you so much. I was so nervous
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Wait a day or 2. You’ll have to lift the root ball to put more soil in. Bury the plant up to its neck when you do so. It will give the plant a more stable base to grow from.
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Will do
Are you going to be moving them into bigger growing pots/bags?
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I don’t think I’ll move them again. This move was into a 10 gallon. Is that big enough?
Technically you could grow the plant in whatever sized container you see fit. The problem will be if It can mature and produce anything. A plant can only be as big and as strong as the root structure will allow. Yes it’s probably big enough considering most indoor guys seem to be using five gallon pales by the pictures they post. This has never been how I’ve grown so I truly can’t give yes or no answers on that. What I can tell you is microbial life plays a massive impact and you want to concentrate more on that than on nutes at least in the beginning as almost all plants don’t need as much to get going early but they will need more as time progresses.
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Took mine a week to bounce back after transplanting. Just leave them Alone, if they don’t bounce back after a week then start to worry
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