Wash the roots? WTF dam, I think someone was pranking you. Did they come back with a way to reduce root shock?...Sprinkle a handful of salt around the base of the plant. (don't try that). However, I do remember my next door neighbors son Rehan 18yrs, had a couple in a pot out the front of his porch. (we lived up a right of way next to each other. He said they were tomatoes I just laughed. Anyway, a week later he says, look what my mum did, and opens up my rubbish bin lid, there were his two little six inch babies, ripped out and thrown in a plastic bag and dumped in my bin. Hmmm, I thought, they do say the're weeds. So I took them round the back and planted them and gave them TLC (I thought it was a fair swap, a little TLC for a lot of THC later...hahaha). So, anyway, I just watered them in the pot and they grew into what you see next to me. The last funny part was that they got to around 4 foot and one day I found that someone had cut one off at the base and just left a stump there, but they'd left me the other slightly bigger one, how cool was that. I had to smile. Now it's 6 years later my mate rings me up and says, "Dave, I'm looking after 80 seedlings for someone for a couple of weeks, do you want a few? well is the pope a catholic, so I've got 5 out the back on the patio, and my mum's telling me what a bad influence I am on my kids (Ayla wants to put one in her room...LOL) she's 15. They're between 380 and 510mm high and growing at a rate of between 20 and 30mm a day now. I might just post them here every week. Moving them to 48 litre airpots end of next week. Will have a mix worked out from all the expert knowledge around, mushroom compost, worm castings, and a few other things along with my organic potting mix.....Sorry, I have to tell someone....LOL
Oh top to bottom, January 13th, January 23rd, January 27th, February 5th
im genuinely concerned. He has checked in regularly a long time.
Give him time hes still getting through all the comments on this thread. Can take years
Are you talking about inside or outside use. You'd be screwed for inside unless they were tiny mini ones wouldn't you. First transplant and I planted my plants into supermarket reusable bags, (11 - 12 litres of soil) same sort of thing. call me cheap. LOL I have noticed that you cant put them down with a higher bit in the middle because the soil cracks like the grand canyon (WTF), so you have to keep them on a wire mesh, or bricks on the outside edges of the underneath. I'm keeping my soil damp, I know what saturated and drained weight is so I weigh mine every morning (because they are outside in the sun all day) and I just add the amount of water I have lost over the last day, slowly around the outside, haven't had any run out, but yes, you do have to be careful when handling them, I don't like the look of the bigger ones. I just bought some 27 litre ones and they just aren't going to work, too wide, not deep enough, so I'm giving them to my mate who doesn't move his. I just ordered five 48 litre air pots, I'm going to line them with coir, they need to be easy to move around. I'll work out an awesome balanced natural soil mix and hopefully get 6 footers. Outside growing seems very forgiving, inside growing seems very complex, too complex for me. Hat's off to you guys.
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