Nomad's Cannabis Plant Tansplanting Technique

Contributed By: Psychotropic Nomad

I've tried transplanting many times, sometimes I would use all sorts of techniques to transplant a plant to a larger medium. I will share some tips on how to do it successfully so you wont kill your plant doing it the wrong way (been there done that).

Good-to-know tip: When transplanting a plant into a larger medium, make sure the soil is nice and moist. Moist soil will stick to your finger, if the soil consistency is just right you can begin transplanting. Another tip, for clones and seedlings use a paper-cup, paper-cups are most easy to deal with with a transplanting situation... just cut the bottom of the pot and push gently so the soil mass goes up and releases from the sides of the cup.
In my situation im transplanting a plant from a 2 gallon plastic pot to a 5 gallon bucket. This can be tricky, usually transplanting a large plant such as this one would need 2 people to do this (one to hold plant securely and the other to pull the container off), but it can be done with one person. The trick is to tip the plant just slightly so it slides out, usually it takes a bit for it to budge... what I do is I use my index finger and I jab it into one of the drainage holes then push down, now this wont effect large plants but do so gently just enough to get it going... this works really well to get the soil detached from the sides.