Quote Originally Posted by sth
Unless I read something that was wrong, I think it's fine to rinse the roots gentley(removing all soil) and move into a different medium. It'll shock the plants of course but if they live through the first few days I'm sure they'll get healthy again. Like I said, I could be wrong but it seems to make enough sense. Thanks for the response.

By taking a plant from soil to hydro you have to be very carefull when rinsing the roots, and getting them out of the pot without ripping them. If you cause too much stress you could hermi your plant.