Before this thread gets abandoned, I thought this would be as good a place as any to drop the Brisco County Guide for Hydro Transplanting. I've never seen this done anywhere else, which is not to say that it's not, but as far as I know it's an original technique. I experimented with one a couple of years ago, and it's now standard procedure when moving confirmed females from a filled 1 gal container to a 5 gal.
Warning: This could frighten all who 'baby' their plants, as I used to.
With a bare hand, the roots are squeezed and push/pulled up through and out of the 1 gal lid.
Then gripped and pushed through the 5 gal lid to dangle into the bucket.
Three done, 2 to go. These are 20 hours later, looking extremely content.
Thanks to those who've followed along, especially after the thread relocation