20 litre pots

Bigby said:

The issue that concerns me regarding this now is - how do you transplant a trained plant that is in a 20 litre pot? I imagine it will be tricky to turn her out of that, I mean I struggle with 8 inch pots - plus then there is the issue of the tie downs from the training.

Considering getting some 39 litre Rhizo pots, and trying to move them into there - but really feel the transplant could be a job beyond me.

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If it is a rootbound as you believe it to be just let the soil get a little dry and pick her up out of the pot by the main stem.
Whole root mass will just slip out without any issues.

Get your bigger pot ready (substrate in base so that roots have some space to grow down).
Take the plant and gently push the pot inward all round (about 1cm inward will be fine).
Hold the pot down with one hand, gently pick the plant up by the stem.
Put in other pot.
Fill with substrate and water properly (I usually drench the pot about 3 times).
Add more substrate if needed and give some more water.

Best time to do this is late evening when the plant is "sleeping" and just before it needs a watering.

It's best off cutting the pot off if transplanting at them size pots