Quote Originally Posted by HARDDON
I "think" what Rezinator was asking....

When transplanting plants, yes, you can take the outter roots and "RIP" them open, or "TEAR" them apart on the outside surface.

THis practice, in theory, exposes roots tips that have become ingrown or otherwise "locked in" to new soil medium and thus accelerate the transition to the new soil.

THis is a very common and effective technique used by many 'old-timers' who garden.

I do this very thing to my garden plants......

I take them out of the container and literally RIP APART the OUTTER and BOTTOM roots...not rip them OFF, but aggressively rip them open......

I do this to small plants or small yard trees that I grow...every season.

It does work.

But i have never done this to MJ. Nor would I ever.

I just dont have the balls to risk it

If a little flower plant dies, I just get a new one.

If an MJ plant dies, a part of me dies as well
Yes when ever I transplant into a bigger pot,I scrape a little at the sides of the root ball breaking some root tissue,which enhances growth for the new soil,kinda gives the roots a new end tip,alot of the roots grow inwards after awhile by breaking or scraping slightly along the side of the root ball exsposes more ends,which now become root tips...it works for me!....