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mrdizzle
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the bags I use are plastic grow bags, there like .25cents a piece. after a month in them the rootball is huge and the bag is quite packed. its also best to let them get dry before transplant, wet coco is too heavy and decreases the stability of the rootball when trying to transplant
I basically fill my big bins with perlite on the bottom until over my drain, I put a small piece of window screen over the drain so it doesnt get clogged, then a small layer of the coco perlite mix, maybe 5in worth.
I cut up the side of the bags without diggin in too deep so that I just cut the plastic and not the roots.
Then I peel the bag down so the rootball is sitting on the plastic bag. then I grab the stem at the base and I put my hand under the plastic supporting the bottom of the plant as I lift them up and put them in the big bins, then I filled it into the pot and then pull the plastic out from underneath them.
if your using smartpots just roll the sides down until its at the bottom of the rootball and do the same thing I do with the bags
I basically fill my big bins with perlite on the bottom until over my drain, I put a small piece of window screen over the drain so it doesnt get clogged, then a small layer of the coco perlite mix, maybe 5in worth.
I cut up the side of the bags without diggin in too deep so that I just cut the plastic and not the roots.
Then I peel the bag down so the rootball is sitting on the plastic bag. then I grab the stem at the base and I put my hand under the plastic supporting the bottom of the plant as I lift them up and put them in the big bins, then I filled it into the pot and then pull the plastic out from underneath them.
if your using smartpots just roll the sides down until its at the bottom of the rootball and do the same thing I do with the bags