Waited for the soil to dry out and managed to transplant.
I'm going to be honest it was fucking rough. The soil I have is not 'improved' with anything and doesn't percolate so the water will form these huge clumps. And there was a large clump in the bottom. One root shoot was stuck in that clump and got ripped - I was about to panic. I moved to the new pot, as gently as possible, with the newer 'improved' soil (it has sand in it, between 15-20% sand.
Right after transplant:
Comparison old home (with one of our basil plants) - to new home.
One good thing is that even though a piece of root ripped, I watered and she perked up right away. It has been approx 5 hours and no signs of wilting, no looking sick, no yellowing, and no drooping to the side yet. I think she is taking the transplant well, even though there was some trauma there. I could see the mycorrhizae in the root system so there's a colony started already. I think we're doing good boys. Let me know what you think in the comment thread linked below - cheers.
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Link to comment/discuss
https://www.rollitup.org/t/redividers-apartment-balcony-single-plant-discussion.983332/
I'm going to be honest it was fucking rough. The soil I have is not 'improved' with anything and doesn't percolate so the water will form these huge clumps. And there was a large clump in the bottom. One root shoot was stuck in that clump and got ripped - I was about to panic. I moved to the new pot, as gently as possible, with the newer 'improved' soil (it has sand in it, between 15-20% sand.
Right after transplant:
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Comparison old home (with one of our basil plants) - to new home.
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One good thing is that even though a piece of root ripped, I watered and she perked up right away. It has been approx 5 hours and no signs of wilting, no looking sick, no yellowing, and no drooping to the side yet. I think she is taking the transplant well, even though there was some trauma there. I could see the mycorrhizae in the root system so there's a colony started already. I think we're doing good boys. Let me know what you think in the comment thread linked below - cheers.
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Link to comment/discuss
https://www.rollitup.org/t/redividers-apartment-balcony-single-plant-discussion.983332/