Need to transplant 5 littluns from a Long, Rectangular pot...

Whatsup, RIU!

This is my first post, as I am new here and have a quick question for whomever could answer... I mistakenly started 5 plants in a long, "Trench-pot" if you will, and after figuring out that I won't be able to finish all 5 because of my lack of lighting (only have enough for 2), I gotta change them over to 2 bigger square pots. So my reasoning is that since I don't know how far spread the root system is for each one, how would I go about extracting them without harming the root structure. Please reply if you have any knowledge regarding this subject, and I thank you in advance.

-JH

I had this problem in my first grow. After thinking about it for awhile I felt the best way to go about it was to use snips and snip all 4 corners of the trench pot when the soil was nice and dry. Then snip the flaps off which leaves just the bottom. After that I put a line in the soil between all the plants. Then I started pulling soil away carefully between the plants and when I got to the roots I set the spray bottle to stream and starting spraying and washing the dirt away. If the roots are growing together you are going to have to sacrifice some. Snip the ones that are bound together gently (unless you can unravel them)and after doing this for about 2 hours I had them separated. Then I transplanted,watered good and it took about a week for them to get over their shock. They grew to be some nice plants. They can manage to loose a few roots if they aren't a small seedling, too many and they will die though so be careful.

get a bottle of superthrive and follow the directions on the bottle for the right amount to use. this will help with the shock. They have it at walmart/menards etc

what an ez problem to solve and an amazing lack of responses. Cannabis is a fiberous rooted hardy annual. Mostly all plants that have a fiberous root system are very easy to move. disturb the roots as little as you can and try to get a rootball that is intact. expect wilting and keep the tops and the roots moist. you can lose a good amount of roots during the process and still be successful if you prune the tops of the plant back a little to make up for the root loss. it's less stress on the plant to support all those leaves with a compromised root system. i've never used superthrive. idk anything about it. seperating your plants is ez just keep them from losing too much moisture. you'll be alright.