Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
Ok, I want to transplant these plants, but I don't want any of the soil to go with them. I want to put them in fresh soil that I've PH tested and NPK tested. I've read the transplant threads on here but they all seem to be about transplanting while keeping the soil around the roots.

How would I go about it if I wanted to get rid of the soil around my roots. I was thinking about doing it in a dark room, with room tempature PH balanced water and picking most of it off (roots can't be that large yet) and using the water to wash off the rest... Then using the rest of the steps from the "Stress Less Tranplanting" thread with the rooting hormone and super thrive, Using water to fill the dirt in around the roots.

Again all this in the dark with as little air movement as possible.

Does this sound feasible. I'm about to head out in the freezing rain to attempt to find some nute free soil.

I just found the real nursery around here that is worth a damn, hopefully they'll have something good there for me.

Any input on transfering a plant while removing the existing soil would be appreciated.

Thanks
You will probably kill the plants doing this. You would be much better off just flushing the pot. You need to get something to test the pH of your water - a pH meter, liquid test kit or litmus paper - then properly pH the water then water with 3x the volume of your pot. As the last of your flushing water is draining from your pot, save some and test the pH of the runoff.

When you get back to normal watering, don't water around the base of the plant. Water a few inches away from the plant - make your roots grow to get the water they need. Next time you grow, start your seeds in smaller cups. Then, when you water, let the soil dry more in between waterings. The top soil will dry first and so the roots will have to grow to chase the water. Starting in a smaller cup is not absolutely necessary and some people use only one pot all the way through the grow. But something just isn't right with the way you are doing things, so you might as well get a little more basic and eliminate any problems you can until you figure out exactly what it is you're doing wrong.

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