I would have loved to have actually seen a video of a plant going through transplant shock, how to treat it, and the follow up of how the treatment helped the plant a few weeks later. This is such an important topic.
I just transplanted a bunch of my kale and cabbage seedlings. First time gardener I think I transplanted them too early. But after a week most of them recovered and are growing nicely.
Thank you for all this I subbed. First year gardener. Well not technically I tried last year bought thousand dollars worth of full grown flowers last year and they all had shock all summer. I had no idea what I was doing. Figured they'd grow back this year strong bc they would be use to it now..no they were all annuals!! I thought annuals meant they grew back annually 🤦♀️ honestly why would anyone plant annuals they die after a year. So where I'm at the nurserys only sell annuals so I decided to learn everything I could and turn my brown thumb green. I am growing preninual seeds instead of the grand on flowers I spent it on grow lights they are growing super fast im so so excited. I have about 800 flowers growing now. I just sit and stare at them for hours bc im so in awe of them. I created life 😭😭😭😭
I was feeling a bit concerned about the 2 mature Anitas that I just transplanted... you restored my confidence... I live in the Philippines and it can be really hot here... I tried to save the plants that are scorched for years under the sun... I lost most of the soil because there have been a lot of weeds growing in them and their roots intertwined with the actual plant... 2 days after, the scorched leaves turned yellow and started to fall but the rest which are sun bleached kept its sun bleached colour but remained attached to the plant... I felt quite relieved after watching this video as I seem to have done the right steps on transplanting...
I'm so glad YT algorithm recommended you. Great video. This is the 1st time I've had to deal with transplant shock. I normally use paper pots and plant the whole thing. This time I transplanted 4 cucumbers and it's not pretty. But the Pickling Cucumbers were not affected. This is year I'm deep diving more into the science behind what I'm doing. Now it's time to will marathon watch your content.
Hahah wow that’s a huge compliment! Did I show up in your home page because that would be cool! I honestly think the science simplifies things because at the end of the day it gets rid of the misinformation.
I am going to STUDY this video step by step!! Transplant SHOCK is very, very disturbing and heart Breaking. I have to FURTHER EDUCATE myself about this so I can have a smoother transition when transplanting my Veggies!!! Thanks Ashley. Keep up that Nerdy Science in you!!! we need MORE tips and strategies!!! =)
I transplanted everything 4 days ago and it all looks great except the tomatoes. The plants were huge coming from the greenhouse and looked fine yesterday but today they are extremely wilty. I watered them well when I transplanted them and again yesterday....the plants looked good. Today the soil was only slightly damp, so not water logged. All the other plants (peppers, leeks, onions, petunias, marigolds) are fine. Note, everything is in containers....
It’s try to get them out of the heat and wind then and continue with the regular watering. You’ll only need to shelter them for about a week and they’ll pop right back up. But the main goal is preventing dehydration from heat and wind.
Very timely. Finally warm enough to plant my tomatoes today after a week of hardening off. Zone 5b at the north end of the GTA. Good to have a Canadian gardening source.
Nice! I’m done 3A Saskatoon area! I’m glad you enjoyed it. That’s my intention is to give a place for Canadians because things are so much different here compared to other places in the world. Please share with anyone you think would find value in the videos ☺️. Peavy Mart recently proposed a sponsorship which is really cool and I’m coming that will give me more traction as well.
Thank you for this! A friend repotted a banana plant for me a few days ago. The day she repotted she gave it to me and by evening it t was wilted. I watered it well and after watching this vid I put it in a shady spot protected from wind. I’m in zone 6. The plant is about 3 feet high. i’m hoping that works!
I got 3 different pepper plants that are shocked there all under 12 inches. I will follow your 3 steps. My question is how long do you think it will take for it to get back up? Or for at least to see a positive result ?? Thanks I appreciate your time
Thank you so much! This was so helpful and the most helpful account online I’ve found so far! Thank you! I wish I could show you pictures of how you helped me save my cucumbers and pumpkins!
Thanks for the incredible content Ashley; getting a scientists input is so helpful. I know this is an old video but I hope you can help; if a houseplant is in unsuitable soil, how do you repot? Do you recommend just knocking off some of the old soil or washing a lot off with water? Do you have any tips that can help reduce shock to the plant? Thanks for any help
What about houseplants? How do you treat them when they are shocked? Often times sellers ship plants "semi bare root" these days and roots are frequently disturbed before shipping. Or i had a situation where I needed to repot a pant that was in too large of a pot, a few days later it got knocked over and fell out and then a few more days later a child completely pulled it out of the pot. It lost tons of leaves and foliage and the rest got crisp spots on the leaves
Yea! Great question and houseplants could honestly be a video to itself. But the treatment varies in the situation so bare rooted plants I would put into pure water for a day or two. A plant that’s been knocked over; depending on the damage would be replanting or even taking cuttings and discarding the rest of the plant. Or take the cuttings and repot the remainder hoping for action. It’s not uncommon to see nearly zero growth after a transplant for weeks and in some cases months.
Im glad i found this. I recently had a seedling plant shipped to me but it’s experiencing shock right now. The leaves are wilting and im slightly worried. So far i’ve done from watering to putting it in a shady area. Will it recover?
Any advice on a timeline for transplant shock recovery? I re-potted a golden pothos and now it looks dead - wilting and leaves turning yellow and falling off gradually from bottom up... more every few days. Fertilized it and trying to keep it fed without over-watering, but from what I've read its best to just leave it alone and let it settle. Its been 2.5 weeks since transplant and about 4 days since i "left it alone" and there's no significant sign of it bouncing back yet. And she was so luscious and beautiful! :(
Girl lovely video. Informative, descriptive, and too the point! I got more information than bargened for 👍👍 Had to good deadhead, and i needed to know that. Thanks for the video! Still helpful 2 years later!
Literally just took my weed plant outside and threw it in the ground, leaves didnt droop at all and it was perked up looking for the sun within an hour. Next day and its already got new growth, completely avoided transplant shock. I feel like the key is to let the roots get a little bit root bound, and make sure when you take it out of the pot, that the dirt or roots dont move or pull apart at all.
place the potted plant into the soil in the new larger container while still in its pot. This will make the hole size exactly the same size. If it is not root bound as you show then drop it inside as is.
Noticed a tumeric ryzome growing on its own at home. Decided to plant it. Followed a video tutuorial that said, keep it in water until it grows roots, a stem and leaves, then pot it. It had been growing indoors with diffused natural light in air conditioning of 75 degrees. All was successful until I potted it in a fabric pot, put it in the shade on my balcony and exposed it to full Texas heat. Wilted in one day. It's now back indoors. Shall I keep it indoors for a bit and gradually bring it closer to the balcony door/light before applying the 5 gallon bucket rule? TY
First of all. Thank you for this video! So educational : D i have a question. My lemon tree is in shock, i tried to move it to a larger container but the root ball broke apart. 💔 I moved it inside so its nice and shady snd no wind. How do i tell when its no longer in shock?
You will know after about two weeks. Then we should bounce back and you should see some new growth. I would keep it in a state that is conservative in nature until the plant has some new growth or signs of growth
Just transplanted a Blue Porter Weed and today, it looks saggy. It’s way too big for some of your solutions. Could I put a sheet over it? Going away for the weekend, so looking for a food solution! The roots were a little disturbed, because the soil was quite loose when we took the plant out of its pot.
Hi! I just found this video (and your channel) and I must say, I really love this video, and your channel. I am actually looking for someone who explains these plants/gardening-related topics based on science. I was wondering if these tips are also applicable for succulents? I live in a tropical country and a lot of factors differ (climate, soil, humidity etc) and also succulents have a 'different' or 'special' care needs since they do not like to be watered, and are easily susceptible to root rot.
Hi can you tell us how to cure a shock that happens to plants when they come through courier or mail Especially when the leaves are falling down too quickly. How to keep the plants alive or help them recover quickly. Thanks
Is it an import cutting or an entire plant? I have two videos to date but let me know if I’m missing anything. Mail order whole plant with soil ruclips.net/video/ny7HXpuB1pY/видео.html Imported cutting ruclips.net/video/uaCnm4Uk1Zc/видео.html
Hello, sort of desperation trying to bring back a tree that recently plant in a new location. 5g tree been in the pot for too long, I had to untangle the root system, most roots starting to go in circles, I had to discourage that grow, hopefully I did. As a result extreme shock, did all the basic, twice the root ball, twice the depth and width, add sandy for well drain soil. Tree is in wilting state, I have been watering but I guess not deep enough or long enough, fortunately last week and this week we had some showers, that tree need it. As mentioned before moisture and hydration was what made the tree to start looking better. Thanks for the video which re-enforce my inkling. I always wanted an Arbutus not sure if is enudo or marina. It seems tree is recovering.
Lots of my cool season annuals not taking well. Lupins , stock etc. I was covering with wire row cover and bed sheets. Then making shade with wicker chairs, baskets , boxes , tables , whatever... You see I have a flower farm and the heat is not appreciated. After I ran out of things to make shade then I just lay dead sunflower stalks covered with dead grasses to create shade. My garden looked funny ! At home I drape old lace tablecloths over a ladder. Saving my plants is serious business because I grow them all from seed
Hi! I'm from the Philippines and really thankful that I stumbled upon your very informative video. I have a Monstera Adansonii and I just repotted it 3 days ago and I think it is suffering from transplant shock because its leaves are starting to wilt but there is still new growth coming. I have a question when should I water because you said to water it religiously after transplanting? I checked the soil it is still quite wet and I'm tempted to water it again but it might lead to root rot. Thank you.
I recently noticed these small plastic baskets around the roots of my Chinese evergreen that was on top of the soil. I immediately removed the plants (4 in the planter) & struggled to remove the plastic from each plant. The roots were large but quite tangled. This was done Feb.12 and still today the leaves look wilted. I did water it and placed it back in its original pot. Will it recover? How long will it take to see improvements? Help!
I leave some plants in their pots and put the whole pot in the ground. I cut the bottom off, with my kitchen shears. This is after I have hardened them off. I would appreciate your opinion on this. Thanks!
It’s the pot a peat pot or a plastic pot? I personally wouldn’t do it with a plastic pot and the reason being you want the rhizosphere to extend into the soil horizontally as well as vertically. You may run into root bound plants but then again depending on the pot size vs the end size of the pot it may just grow around the pot. I have a video where I use paper pots and plant them directly into the soil and this worked great because the plant roots can move out.
Hi. Yesterday I transplanted Magnolias & Jasmines. 3 out of 15 of the plants seems to have transplant shock. I've moved them to the greenhouse for wind, sun, & rain protection. I watered it with a little bit of Vitamin B. The other 12 are doing okay. The three plants are still in shock today (20 hours after transplanting). Should I just water them regularly or do I need to cut the leaves?
@@GardeningInCanada hi, thanks for the reply. They are semi-wilted. The bottom half of the plants seems fine. The top of the plants with the young leaves seems to lose structure.
You’ll want to water once everything is planted up. But just initially leave the main substrate dry it makes it easier to mold around the plant without snapping roots.
Uhh- Okay, so my situations a bit weird. So basically, someone I know tried growing apple trees from seed. They placed 6 seeds in a 2 litre bottle (so they've been in there for a month or so with barely any root system, It took like 6 weeks for the pot to dry) They started declining from over-watering and gave them to me. So I don't have a garden, but I do grow plants (trees included) indoors. So I tried replanting the saplings, but the soil was so compact on itself that It was practically glued to the bottle, and I could barely get my fingers into the soil due to how cramped it was so I've had to resort to trying to loosen the soil ontop so I can pluck the saplings out which ended up with me damaging quite a lot of the roots of one of them. I managed to get two of them out so far, One of them is doing fine, but the smaller one with the damaged roots immediately wilted, so much so to the point where even the bottom of the trunk is looking iffy. I've followed the advice of the video, I've uppotted it from the terracotta pot I originally placed it in into a larger plastic pot and gave it a good water, Though, I'm not sure if it will bounce back. The top of the trunk is fine, the bottom of the trunk is brown and the leaves are just flopping everywhere. The poor thing can barely hold itself up straight, so I've had to try and prop it up with other items. Do you think it will bounce back after a while? And if so, how long? It looks half-dead, and I can't tell if the browned trunk at the bottom is going to be able to support the plant. Is there anything else I can do? Or do I just wait to see how it goes?
wish I watched this before I transplanted my cucumbers from tiny cells to small pots. It was cloudy, windy and 55 degrees. I did the work in my sunken patio which blocked much wind; it was breezy. The seeds were planted 23 days prior. The roots got caught up in the holes at the bottom of the cell. Many of them had 10 to 20% of the bottom of the bulb/roots torn off (same with my zucchinis the day before but they did fine. Anyway by the time I was done (45 seedlings) the leaves were wilted. I brought them inside and watered. The wilted leaves seem to recover but quickly curled up. The next day I returned them to the greenhouse. Will they recover? Any ideas? It was sunny when I put them in the greenhouse, but its cloudy today and foretasted to be be all week
Yeah I realized now I messed up. I brought a beautiful pepper plant home, it was rather large. I thought you had to rough the root ball before planting, as I was roughing halve of it fell off.. 🤦🏻♂️ now it lost all its leaves and might die. Should have watched this first!
If might not die, don’t give up. Think about putting it into a pot only 1inch larger diameter then the root ball mass. This will force you to water more often but lessen the risk of rot.
Help....I have a plant. It's 2 weeks old. I moved it from the humidity done to a hydroponics DWC. About 12 hours into transplant it started wilting. My PH was 6.0 and PPM 400. I took the seedling/plant out of hydroponics and rinsed it with distilled water and put it back under humidity dome. How do I harden this plant and transplant with minimal to no shock?
That’s really tough to do in a soulless medium. Sometimes in those cases you need to transplant and run the risk of a bit of die back unfortunately. It’s due to the change in balance.
I am old. The recommended thing years ago was to use a vitamin B1 water solution when transplanting nursery bought plants. I wonder if this practice has been found to be unnecessary. The nurseries near me don’t sell it anymore. If it is a useful thing, can I make some with vitamin B1 pills? Do you have a formula?
Hey from Montreal here,I'm just in the beginning of the video,but I need to ask this question. I got banana pepper plant from nursery, put it in the pot and left it outside, 3 days later it looks exactly like uou said, floppy, but the guy had it outside in solo cup when I got it,do you think.it wasn't harden off before? Or is it just too cold now for them outside,and can I still save the plant? Thank you
@@GardeningInCanada yes,today I followed your advice and moved to shady drought free location,I guess we'll see in few days, not sure how long it takes for plant to react.
I repotted my chilli pepper plant couple days ago and after watching your video i'm guessing I must have damaged the roots maybe. I watered it slightly after repotting to ensure it wasn't overwatered. The plant started immediately wilting slightly. Its still in the same location just a larger pot. The leaves are still shrivelled and curled & the flowers and leaves are dropping excessively :( what can I do?
Great video. I have a lot of succulent and cacti that need to be repoted because the soil from the nursery retains way too much water. Disturbing the roots may cause shock but bad soil could rot the roots. Which of this 2 scenarios is more probable and worse?
I was making a bonsai tree from a blue point juniper (juniperus chinensis ‘blue point’). My mistake was pruning some of its roots late into the spring as we’re going into summer here in California and repotting it in a smaller container using akadama soil (which wasn’t its original medium). Now my tree is in shock. I want to take your advice of putting it in the shade and watering it, but its species needs to be in full sun and free from overwatering. Does your advice apply to my tree? What should I do? Any advice highly appreciated. The tree is beautiful and I want to save it.
@@GardeningInCanada Oh I forgot to ask. Would you recommend adding phosphorus-rich fertilizer to help root growth since I stressed my juniper's root system?
I torn apart my peppers and cucumbers and planted them in my raised beds and pots none of them suffered transplant shock.I had 5 peppers 4cm from each other like a 5 dice. The cucumbers they were 4, left two of them togueter because they were pretty much glued next to each other and separating them might have resulted into the death of both plants. The temps were around 20 celcius.
Well my 18 inch Bougainvillea plant pot got a crack so i had to repot it into a new one. My gardener ALWAYS breaks the soil around the roots making its roots completely exposed to air and after repotting, all its leaves and flowers fall off and more than 50% of the times it dies. I am so afraid if repotting now. Please tell me there's a way to fix this. Thanks
HELP!? so my cucumbers have been transplanted I got soil that was fully infested with hundreds of fly eggs and so much mushroom spores that my pots where full of mushrooms taking up all the nutrition the plant needs so I had to gentry loosen the soil over a period of an hour then I washed the remaining old soil off the roots I then put in new soil that wasn’t infested and put in slow release feed I put the plant in and have watered it heavily. I have 2 plants done so far, both are going trhoigh shock the older one lost a little of the root growth, it didn’t help it was getting root bound and so was a little harder to remove the soil. It’s my 1st time ever experiencing this shock. Im a little panicked it’s only been a day, so maybe I’m over worrying but can I improve there chances? If needed I can reseed it just took a lot of patience to grown them and they are almost at flowering point now so it means going even longer with out the fruits of my labour 😅
I did damaged my two bell peppers roots, but it's minimal. No signs of wilting, it's been 6 hours idk if it shows signs of transplant shock tommorow, is it ok to damage some roots while transplanting?
I've gotten 4 mulberry clippings to start growing after a few weeks and then the sprouts stay at that point and then die. I've used potting soil in sunny and shady spots. Any suggestions?
did i kill my new gold lantana? bought potted a year ago, she's been great, moved to bigger pot about 6 months later, everything fine. then, about a month ago i accidentally sprayed pinesol on her, then a couple nights later i MAY HAVE splashed her with acetone when killing a huge palmetto bug on wall near her. saw no signs of trouble for a month but then a week ago, i was in bed sick for 4-5 days which means i didn't go outside to water her & tell her she's pretty for 4-5 days, when i finally went to see her the leaves were dry/shriveled. this is my first plant, idk what im doing so i have to google/youtube everything. was afraid it meant that after a month the pinesol/acetone made its way thru root system & she was dying from being poisoned. mom said maybe she's outgrow pot, so i followed some instructions on how to re-pot. lined the plastic pot with coffee filters, put all new soil down, then pruned the hell out of her as the instructions said, including roots. i trimmed roots, shook free ALL the soil in roots/root ball, had a hard time getting her to sit right, kept adding soil, packing tightly, i think i manhandled the hell out of her. she looked better the very first morning after transplanting her, leaves had gotten bigger/fuller & it appeared she was doing better. the next day (and ever since) leaves had shrunken again wilted. moved her to full sun for 2 days but still shriveled & not appearing to be getting better. she's mostly been kept in partial sun, watered almost daily but after reading that you should only water 1-2 times a week i was afraid maybe root rot. root didn't appear black or rotten & it didn't smell. i think she's dying. the full sun for 2 days only made it worse (maybe bcuz she's not usd to it). don't know if should keep watering her daily to help get the roots going/transplant shock (especially since that's what she's always been used to) or do i stop watering her for a few days? i'm so scared she's gonna get thirsty & i starve her/make her feel even worse. i literally did everything wrong, idk why the website told me to prune roots when i now see everyone else saying the opposite now. i hope someone can help me. i don't even know if she's properly potted i think i killed her.
I would start actually with introducing it to leca to toughen up the outer root cuticle and then work your way into soil. This video maybe helpful ruclips.net/video/itWyD43obm0/видео.html
Good morning I had planted some cantaloupe the first transplant went well so well that one of the cantaloupe grew sooo long and with sooo many vines it was growing everywhere I had to transplant it into a different location because of my other plants but the same day it wilted sooo bad it already has about 5 small baby cantaloupe growing and I don’t want to lose it so I looked it up and saw ur videos I went yesterday as soon as store opened and bought a tarp did everything u said but it’s not showing improvement I just transplanted it the day before yesterday and yesterday I covered it up and watered it how long should it take before I see improvement and is there anything else I should do? Also I did damage some roots when I transferred it!!! Please help
Thanks for the video! Im like many people here and wish I would have watched this and the hardening video before. Regardless, I'm doing the bucket technique but I was wondering how much to water it? I usually stick my finger in the dirt to see if it's moist and if it's not I water. Worked great while they were in doors but should I be watering them more when they are in shock?
Not sure if you’ll see this-I really hope you do, but I have a baby palm tree that I dug up who’s been in shock for a little while now and I don’t know if I should water him daily or every few days?
I guess I accidentally dropped a cannabis seed on the ground, it eventually started to grow. When I transferred it to a pot, it suddenly wilted. Should I just follow what you said in this video or is there no hope?
I recently separated my monstera and repotted them and now some of them are going into shock: drooping & turning yellow. I feel like I’m going through the shock as well trying to keep them alive 🥲🥲
what if the plant shock is from a cutting a stem and repotting it? like the plant we have. my dad suddenly cut a branch frm the plant and stuck it on soil. the next day the leaves fell droopy and sad. how do i cheer it up?
I love your videos! Shout out from Regina... I have a topic... My dog chewed the stem of my lilac standard. It was grafted . The other two are budding out this one is definately trying but behind.... Any hope?
First off, I don’t know how you keep up with all the comments! But I’m also hoping I can pick your brain quickly. And by quickly I mean, sorry for how long this explanation is. 🙈 I bumped up some tomatoes and they’re acting a little funky. They were crowded before and starting to show nutrient deficiencies so I separated and potted them up and definitely shocked their roots in the process. I gave them some 2-3-1 fertilizer a day before and again when planting so they had the Phos to ease the shock. I kept them in the same grow room under the same lights (mistake #1 maybe?) and kept them watered. They had some wilting and leaves drop and leaf roll but after a few days they started growing new leaves super big and fast. But the leaves are still wilty and rolling and showing some chlorosis and edema (I think? They’re white bumps on the leaves). And the old leaves are yellowing and getting dark spots. But even though they’re not looking so hot the new leaves are still growing like crazy. Have you ever seen/heard of this before? Are these guys just struggling for nutrients or maybe my pH is off or this is just part of the process and they’ll all be fine?
Also, can you overdose your plant on microbes? I just checked the bottom of one and there’s like a mat of fungi spreading across one of the drainage holes. I did mix Espoma bio-tone into the new soil… maybe I put in too much?
Hey Actually yesterday transplanted my Basil plant in pot it is 1 -2 year old plant And i think That some of the roots got damaged and Today the leaves are became dry please say me what should i do how can i savey plant please 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video. Let me know if you’ve experienced plant shock and how you solved the issue in your garden. Or was it a lost cause for your plant. Do you think this video was helpful ?
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Actually just added you. I put so many in and got 1 just 1 that looks pitiful. Im zone 6 but we this year are really fluctuating between 45 and 50 to 90 its so crazy this year. So I'm going to try to fix the poor thing. I'm usually pretty good at saving them. Thankfully we've had 3 days of rain.
Yes it was sorta helpful but I transplanted some of my outdoor plants inside & put them into shock lol so this did not really apply to my situation but I’ll find out how they r doing when I get home in 2 days maybe they just need a fan and less light because their under grow lights now lol I’m in zone 5eh!
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I saw a RUclips video that claims that if to you add Mycorrhizal Fungi powder on the roots when transplanting a plants it prevents transplant shock. Is this true?
Partly right. I would argue applying the fungi during the bumping up process is likely the better result. It gives the plant time to establish a symbiosis and therefore when you do transplant a potential for transplant shock remedy
I bought two huge ferns. I & watered them but didn’t soak them. They are inside where they get no sun nor wind….decorate a lg hallway. It’s been about a week now & all of a sudden they’re drying up. The last 3days I’ve been sorting them. It’s not helping. Help!
So I transplanted a False Aralia that I had bought. The older soil I noticed had spiders and insects and wasn't looking good at all. So to prevent that from spreading I had to transplant. But now it's drooping and the leaves have curled up. I did water it thoroughly after transplant. I don't know if it will survive. Anything I can do to help?
My mom gave me a pomegranate and avocado tree from her garden. They were always in the shade. She took them out of her garden, put them in a pot and gave them to me. The leaves are super droopy on the avocado tree. The pomegranate tree leaves look like they are dry and sad. I put them under grow lights to avoid direct sunlight. Is that okay? I don’t want them to die. 🥺😭
Hi, I just transplanted my peace lily that I got from the store for the first time. A day after potting, the plant started drooping on one side. I then again transplanted it using a different soil. A day later more leave started drooping. How can I save the plant?
Gardening In Canada The soil is moist.. one half of the plant is still wilting. It’s been two days since I repotted it. It has lots of flowers. Also should I cut the flowers so the plants can recover?
I would definitely cut the flowers yes unfortunately. I’m wondering if the half that’s wilting has root rot, meaning you’d have two separate plants potted togetwhr
Gardening In Canada I have cut off the flowers.. so the plant was healthy before I repotted it. Only after I repotted ..one half of the plant is wilting.. Am not sure it could be a rot?!
Hi! I have got a problem... i have an eastern redbud that I transplanted to a new area. And I'm sure I hurt many roots. It is wilting already within 5 hours of transplant. Will it die or is there a chance It will come back. It's about 2 ½ feet tall. Should I use the 5 gallon bucket tip? Thanks in advance
Stephen The Fish if you can get the bucket then yes try. It’s most likely just transplant stress so that’s good news. But lots of water, limit it’s exposure to sunlight and wind for the next week or so. If you can get a bucket try if not anything would work even plywood.
It’s completely normal I just moved a snowball hydrenga this year and it was look rough but two weeks later it’s starting to come back. Expect leaf losses that’s normal. But just water whenever it’s feeling less then a moist sponge wet.
I had a Beautiful Marijuana plant that I started from seed. It was well watered, tall and GREEN. My son took it to his green house with his others and in less than 24 hours after he planted it in five gallon bucket, it was wilted and still on day 2, NOT looking good at all I am completely mortified as I would turn her throughout the day, she's straight as an arrow. Just want to know what could have happened. Thanks, Fran 😢😢😢
Intrigued by the newspaper origami pots that some of the plants are in. Surely though those would get too soggy to maintain structure, so maybe it is a page from a glossy magazine.
I sure can! I have a video on exactly how I transplant my succulents right now but I can go over what it looks like when they are going through transplant shock. ruclips.net/video/GC1eWNWin-c/видео.html
My manjula pothos is experiencing transplant shock right now :( moved it to a clay pot coming from a seedling bag. Everything is floppy :( am I supposed to stake the plant up while it's recovering?
@@GardeningInCanada neither. Locally sourced, it looked like it had good root system already in its seedling bag. Upon further inspection, it suffered from root rot already :( I wasn't able to save most of it, just one cutting which I'm trying to propagate now.
My rosemary experienced a transplant shock. I read somewhre that it doesnt need too much watering, do I still need to water it regularly? Im scared it might suffer from root rot.
Bea Kwon how long have you had it in the shaded area? What I would do is water him and slowly introduce him to a sunnier area if you’ve had him shaded for at least a week or so. Keep the soil moisture up for the next week or two you need to help the roots establish. Once you bring it inside or you start noticing he is doing better then you can look into backing off watering. But with it being summer time and outside water is going to be your friend. Until it’s inside, dormant, or totally drenched from endless rain I wouldn’t worry about root rot.
I recived a online plant (passion fruit vine) it is shoked its leaves started droping ... i have planted it in pot ... if i keep it in shade will it recover???
WOWSAH!! This worked SO WELL. It had been lifeless most of the day. I found your video but thought too much time had passed..NOT. That morning she had perked right up! Thank you do much!!
Hi! Love the video :) I recently put my wildflowers that were in three different small pots, to one very big pot so that they have more room. They are very droopy and wilting, it’s been about a day (they love a LOT of water, watered everyday) and I’ve watered them as usual. Is there anything else I could do for them? Will they die? I’ve been thinking about using some plant food, they are not fully grown, is there any advice in helping my newly potted plants? Thank you so much !!
@@GardeningInCanada it’s going to be very hot next week in Southern California. Temperatures will be in the 90s (~36-37 C?). I’ve had my shocked plant in the shade for a week and it doesn’t look any better.
I transplanted my tulips and lily’s because they were in the shady area in my garden but I noticed after I transplanted a day later, they were all droopy?
yea bulbs generally don’t like being transplanted after they have come up. make sure you provide lots on water and protection. they way come back but it’s hard to say. if not they will come back next year
I repotted my calathea zebrina and crimson. The crimson has lost majority of it leaves 😭😭😭 they crisped up and dried. The zebrina is developing yellowing of its leaves😭😭😭😭 what do I do? They are kept indoors. Please help 😭😭
@@GardeningInCanada I am watering it once the top inch is getting dry. The soil is moist right now, I made a mixture of cocopeat, compost and perlite so I guess it's pretty well draining. While I was repotting I checked the roots they looked healthy. I don't think they had signs of rot but I guess I disturbed the root ball way too much and it is not recovering now 😭😭😭😭
That seems really odd. Have you tried moving them closer to a light source? Do you have Instagram or Facebook? You could send me photos there. instagram.com/p/CFLWKmkgaKq/?igshid=c6m9xtdra5am
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I would have loved to have actually seen a video of a plant going through transplant shock, how to treat it, and the follow up of how the treatment helped the plant a few weeks later. This is such an important topic.
I had an older video but I can do an update video this year when the time comes ruclips.net/video/a_WvgnlTnxs/видео.html
i clicked looking for the same thing....
I’ll be making making one. ❤️
Same here my tomatoes are in shock from roots being moved
@@GardeningInCanada I’m not sure if it’s just me, but this link seems to be sending me straight back to the same video?
I just transplanted a bunch of my kale and cabbage seedlings. First time gardener I think I transplanted them too early. But after a week most of them recovered and are growing nicely.
nice!
Thank you for all this I subbed. First year gardener. Well not technically I tried last year bought thousand dollars worth of full grown flowers last year and they all had shock all summer. I had no idea what I was doing. Figured they'd grow back this year strong bc they would be use to it now..no they were all annuals!! I thought annuals meant they grew back annually 🤦♀️ honestly why would anyone plant annuals they die after a year. So where I'm at the nurserys only sell annuals so I decided to learn everything I could and turn my brown thumb green. I am growing preninual seeds instead of the grand on flowers I spent it on grow lights they are growing super fast im so so excited. I have about 800 flowers growing now. I just sit and stare at them for hours bc im so in awe of them. I created life 😭😭😭😭
That’s amazing! Great job I love that you didn’t give up
I Kno what your saying but I smoke my flower. 😂
I was feeling a bit concerned about the 2 mature Anitas that I just transplanted... you restored my confidence... I live in the Philippines and it can be really hot here... I tried to save the plants that are scorched for years under the sun... I lost most of the soil because there have been a lot of weeds growing in them and their roots intertwined with the actual plant... 2 days after, the scorched leaves turned yellow and started to fall but the rest which are sun bleached kept its sun bleached colour but remained attached to the plant... I felt quite relieved after watching this video as I seem to have done the right steps on transplanting...
Oh yes the Philippines are mega warm. Most of my transplant shock people come from there. It’s very common in hot environments.
Wish I saw this video on how to transplant before I transplanted a bunch of plants this afternoon. Sigh.
Well you can still apply it next year! 😊
Same here 😔
Oh no ❤️
I'm so glad YT algorithm recommended you. Great video. This is the 1st time I've had to deal with transplant shock. I normally use paper pots and plant the whole thing. This time I transplanted 4 cucumbers and it's not pretty. But the Pickling Cucumbers were not affected. This is year I'm deep diving more into the science behind what I'm doing. Now it's time to will marathon watch your content.
Hahah wow that’s a huge compliment! Did I show up in your home page because that would be cool! I honestly think the science simplifies things because at the end of the day it gets rid of the misinformation.
@@GardeningInCanada Yes, you appeared on my home page. BTW for analytics purposes this notification just appeared.
Mine are always delayed as well sometimes by weeks so weird!
I am going to STUDY this video step by step!! Transplant SHOCK is very, very disturbing and heart Breaking. I have to FURTHER EDUCATE myself about this so I can have a smoother transition when transplanting my Veggies!!! Thanks Ashley. Keep up that Nerdy Science in you!!! we need MORE tips and strategies!!! =)
I transplanted everything 4 days ago and it all looks great except the tomatoes. The plants were huge coming from the greenhouse and looked fine yesterday but today they are extremely wilty. I watered them well when I transplanted them and again yesterday....the plants looked good. Today the soil was only slightly damp, so not water logged. All the other plants (peppers, leeks, onions, petunias, marigolds) are fine. Note, everything is in containers....
It’s try to get them out of the heat and wind then and continue with the regular watering. You’ll only need to shelter them for about a week and they’ll pop right back up. But the main goal is preventing dehydration from heat and wind.
Very timely. Finally warm enough to plant my tomatoes today after a week of hardening off. Zone 5b at the north end of the GTA. Good to have a Canadian gardening source.
Nice! I’m done 3A Saskatoon area! I’m glad you enjoyed it. That’s my intention is to give a place for Canadians because things are so much different here compared to other places in the world. Please share with anyone you think would find value in the videos ☺️. Peavy Mart recently proposed a sponsorship which is really cool and I’m coming that will give me more traction as well.
Thank you. I planted black eyed Susan’s and the next day they were wilting. I followed your advice and they popped up right away.
Oh wow! That’s amazing I love to hear that! Happy growing
Thank you for this! A friend repotted a banana plant for me a few days ago. The day she repotted she gave it to me and by evening it t was wilted. I watered it well and after watching this vid I put it in a shady spot protected from wind. I’m in zone 6. The plant is about 3 feet high.
i’m hoping that works!
That’s awesome
I got 3 different pepper plants that are shocked there all under 12 inches. I will follow your 3 steps. My question is how long do you think it will take for it to get back up? Or for at least to see a positive result ?? Thanks I appreciate your time
Thank you so much! This was so helpful and the most helpful account online I’ve found so far! Thank you! I wish I could show you pictures of how you helped me save my cucumbers and pumpkins!
You're so welcome!
Thanks so much! I was transplanting my morning glories that were flowering soon and their leaves drooped. hopefully It will still grow
It should bounce back that are pretty hardy plants!
Learnt a lot by just watching your videos. Love it
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed feel free to share :)
Thanks for the incredible content Ashley; getting a scientists input is so helpful. I know this is an old video but I hope you can help; if a houseplant is in unsuitable soil, how do you repot? Do you recommend just knocking off some of the old soil or washing a lot off with water? Do you have any tips that can help reduce shock to the plant?
Thanks for any help
is pot size the issue or is the soil smelly?
@@GardeningInCanada pot size is too big and the soil is too organic/moisture retentive for my home environment and the plant
What about houseplants? How do you treat them when they are shocked? Often times sellers ship plants "semi bare root" these days and roots are frequently disturbed before shipping. Or i had a situation where I needed to repot a pant that was in too large of a pot, a few days later it got knocked over and fell out and then a few more days later a child completely pulled it out of the pot. It lost tons of leaves and foliage and the rest got crisp spots on the leaves
Yea! Great question and houseplants could honestly be a video to itself. But the treatment varies in the situation so bare rooted plants I would put into pure water for a day or two. A plant that’s been knocked over; depending on the damage would be replanting or even taking cuttings and discarding the rest of the plant. Or take the cuttings and repot the remainder hoping for action. It’s not uncommon to see nearly zero growth after a transplant for weeks and in some cases months.
Im glad i found this. I recently had a seedling plant shipped to me but it’s experiencing shock right now. The leaves are wilting and im slightly worried. So far i’ve done from watering to putting it in a shady area. Will it recover?
What type of plant is it?
Cannabis!!
Any advice on a timeline for transplant shock recovery? I re-potted a golden pothos and now it looks dead - wilting and leaves turning yellow and falling off gradually from bottom up... more every few days. Fertilized it and trying to keep it fed without over-watering, but from what I've read its best to just leave it alone and let it settle. Its been 2.5 weeks since transplant and about 4 days since i "left it alone" and there's no significant sign of it bouncing back yet. And she was so luscious and beautiful! :(
Oh man. For something like that it can take up too a month. Mostly because it doesn’t use as much water.
@@GardeningInCanada Oh okay! That's good news, at least not all hope is lost. I will leave it be for a while longer. Thank you!
Sounds good!
Girl lovely video. Informative, descriptive, and too the point! I got more information than bargened for 👍👍 Had to good deadhead, and i needed to know that. Thanks for the video! Still helpful 2 years later!
Glad you enjoyed
I grow bonsai plants. I was instructed to let the medium dry before the transplant or repot. So, the plants can adjust to drier environment.
How tall should a makeshift cardboard shelter be? The height of a five gallon bucket? Does it depend on the seedling’s height?
Literally just took my weed plant outside and threw it in the ground, leaves didnt droop at all and it was perked up looking for the sun within an hour. Next day and its already got new growth, completely avoided transplant shock. I feel like the key is to let the roots get a little bit root bound, and make sure when you take it out of the pot, that the dirt or roots dont move or pull apart at all.
Nice! That’s super convenient
place the potted plant into the soil in the new larger container while still in its pot. This will make the hole size exactly the same size. If it is not root bound as you show then drop it inside as is.
Noticed a tumeric ryzome growing on its own at home. Decided to plant it. Followed a video tutuorial that said, keep it in water until it grows roots, a stem and leaves, then pot it. It had been growing indoors with diffused natural light in air conditioning of 75 degrees. All was successful until I potted it in a fabric pot, put it in the shade on my balcony and exposed it to full Texas heat. Wilted in one day. It's now back indoors. Shall I keep it indoors for a bit and gradually bring it closer to the balcony door/light before applying the 5 gallon bucket rule? TY
That’s a good idea!
First of all. Thank you for this video! So educational : D i have a question. My lemon tree is in shock, i tried to move it to a larger container but the root ball broke apart. 💔 I moved it inside so its nice and shady snd no wind. How do i tell when its no longer in shock?
You will know after about two weeks. Then we should bounce back and you should see some new growth. I would keep it in a state that is conservative in nature until the plant has some new growth or signs of growth
Just transplanted a Blue Porter Weed and today, it looks saggy. It’s way too big for some of your solutions. Could I put a sheet over it? Going away for the weekend, so looking for a food solution!
The roots were a little disturbed, because the soil was quite loose when we took the plant out of its pot.
Give it a couple days rest and it will bounce back.
@@GardeningInCanada Thank you! It looked better this morning!
Hi! I just found this video (and your channel) and I must say, I really love this video, and your channel. I am actually looking for someone who explains these plants/gardening-related topics based on science. I was wondering if these tips are also applicable for succulents? I live in a tropical country and a lot of factors differ (climate, soil, humidity etc) and also succulents have a 'different' or 'special' care needs since they do not like to be watered, and are easily susceptible to root rot.
Glad you’re enjoying! And yes the do apply to the world of succulents.
Hi can you tell us how to cure a shock that happens to plants when they come through courier or mail Especially when the leaves are falling down too quickly. How to keep the plants alive or help them recover quickly. Thanks
Is it an import cutting or an entire plant? I have two videos to date but let me know if I’m missing anything.
Mail order whole plant with soil ruclips.net/video/ny7HXpuB1pY/видео.html
Imported cutting ruclips.net/video/uaCnm4Uk1Zc/видео.html
Hello, sort of desperation trying to bring back a tree that recently plant in a new location. 5g tree been in the pot for too long, I had to untangle the root system, most roots starting to go in circles, I had to discourage that grow, hopefully I did. As a result extreme shock, did all the basic, twice the root ball, twice the depth and width, add sandy for well drain soil. Tree is in wilting state, I have been watering but I guess not deep enough or long enough, fortunately last week and this week we had some showers, that tree need it. As mentioned before moisture and hydration was what made the tree to start looking better. Thanks for the video which re-enforce my inkling. I always wanted an Arbutus not sure if is enudo or marina. It seems tree is recovering.
sorry i just saw this comment how are thing going
@@GardeningInCanada I have the same issue. I am in Alberta tho. So no avoiding wind and sun. Lilac tree
Lots of my cool season annuals not taking well. Lupins , stock etc.
I was covering with wire row cover and bed sheets. Then making shade with wicker chairs, baskets , boxes , tables , whatever... You see I have a flower farm and the heat is not appreciated.
After I ran out of things to make shade then I just lay dead sunflower stalks covered with dead grasses to create shade. My garden looked funny ! At home I drape old lace tablecloths over a ladder. Saving my plants is serious business because I grow them all from seed
Hi! I'm from the Philippines and really thankful that I stumbled upon your very informative video. I have a Monstera Adansonii and I just repotted it 3 days ago and I think it is suffering from transplant shock because its leaves are starting to wilt but there is still new growth coming. I have a question when should I water because you said to water it religiously after transplanting? I checked the soil it is still quite wet and I'm tempted to water it again but it might lead to root rot. Thank you.
If it feels and looks wet then just wait for a period of time. In the meantime keep it out of direct sunlight.
Thank you! :)
Anytime!
I recently noticed these small plastic baskets around the roots of my Chinese evergreen that was on top of the soil. I immediately removed the plants (4 in the planter) & struggled to remove the plastic from each plant. The roots were large but quite tangled. This was done Feb.12 and still today the leaves look wilted. I did water it and placed it back in its original pot.
Will it recover? How long will it take to see improvements? Help!
With trees it may take some time. I would say a week or so. But make sure to really water nice and heavy
I recently transplanted my tomato seedlings in a bigger pot, there are just 6cm long however 2 of them already died, what should I do..
I leave some plants in their pots and put the whole pot in the ground. I cut the bottom off, with my kitchen shears. This is after I have hardened them off. I would appreciate your opinion on this. Thanks!
It’s the pot a peat pot or a plastic pot? I personally wouldn’t do it with a plastic pot and the reason being you want the rhizosphere to extend into the soil horizontally as well as vertically. You may run into root bound plants but then again depending on the pot size vs the end size of the pot it may just grow around the pot. I have a video where I use paper pots and plant them directly into the soil and this worked great because the plant roots can move out.
Hi. Yesterday I transplanted Magnolias & Jasmines.
3 out of 15 of the plants seems to have transplant shock. I've moved them to the greenhouse for wind, sun, & rain protection. I watered it with a little bit of Vitamin B.
The other 12 are doing okay. The three plants are still in shock today (20 hours after transplanting).
Should I just water them regularly or do I need to cut the leaves?
Are the severely wilted or just semi wilted?
@@GardeningInCanada hi, thanks for the reply. They are semi-wilted.
The bottom half of the plants seems fine. The top of the plants with the young leaves seems to lose structure.
I would leave them then they will come back as long as it has not hot the PWP (permanent wilting point)
@@GardeningInCanada I see. Thanks. Will do that.
Sounds good let me know how it goes
Great informative video👍🏽 so basically we wet the initial container and not the new soil in the beginning? People say transplant and water heavily.
You’ll want to water once everything is planted up. But just initially leave the main substrate dry it makes it easier to mold around the plant without snapping roots.
Uhh- Okay, so my situations a bit weird.
So basically, someone I know tried growing apple trees from seed. They placed 6 seeds in a 2 litre bottle (so they've been in there for a month or so with barely any root system, It took like 6 weeks for the pot to dry) They started declining from over-watering and gave them to me.
So I don't have a garden, but I do grow plants (trees included) indoors. So I tried replanting the saplings, but the soil was so compact on itself that It was practically glued to the bottle, and I could barely get my fingers into the soil due to how cramped it was so I've had to resort to trying to loosen the soil ontop so I can pluck the saplings out which ended up with me damaging quite a lot of the roots of one of them.
I managed to get two of them out so far, One of them is doing fine, but the smaller one with the damaged roots immediately wilted, so much so to the point where even the bottom of the trunk is looking iffy. I've followed the advice of the video, I've uppotted it from the terracotta pot I originally placed it in into a larger plastic pot and gave it a good water, Though, I'm not sure if it will bounce back. The top of the trunk is fine, the bottom of the trunk is brown and the leaves are just flopping everywhere. The poor thing can barely hold itself up straight, so I've had to try and prop it up with other items.
Do you think it will bounce back after a while? And if so, how long? It looks half-dead, and I can't tell if the browned trunk at the bottom is going to be able to support the plant. Is there anything else I can do? Or do I just wait to see how it goes?
It's going to take time. Possibly a month or more. But just baby it until then.. So long as stuff is not getting brittle it will come back.
@@GardeningInCanada Ah okay, thanks
wish I watched this before I transplanted my cucumbers from tiny cells to small pots. It was cloudy, windy and 55 degrees. I did the work in my sunken patio which blocked much wind; it was breezy. The seeds were planted 23 days prior. The roots got caught up in the holes at the bottom of the cell. Many of them had 10 to 20% of the bottom of the bulb/roots torn off (same with my zucchinis the day before but they did fine. Anyway by the time I was done (45 seedlings) the leaves were wilted. I brought them inside and watered. The wilted leaves seem to recover but quickly curled up. The next day I returned them to the greenhouse. Will they recover? Any ideas? It was sunny when I put them in the greenhouse, but its cloudy today and foretasted to be be all week
Yeah I realized now I messed up. I brought a beautiful pepper plant home, it was rather large. I thought you had to rough the root ball before planting, as I was roughing halve of it fell off.. 🤦🏻♂️ now it lost all its leaves and might die.
Should have watched this first!
If might not die, don’t give up. Think about putting it into a pot only 1inch larger diameter then the root ball mass. This will force you to water more often but lessen the risk of rot.
Gardening In Canada ok thank you
Anytime!
This was so helpful, thank you!
Is this something you should do for all plants? Such as Dracenas?
Yea even houseplants they all need time to adjust. Even cacti & succulents need time to pivot and change.
Help....I have a plant. It's 2 weeks old. I moved it from the humidity done to a hydroponics DWC. About 12 hours into transplant it started wilting. My PH was 6.0 and PPM 400. I took the seedling/plant out of hydroponics and rinsed it with distilled water and put it back under humidity dome. How do I harden this plant and transplant with minimal to no shock?
That’s really tough to do in a soulless medium. Sometimes in those cases you need to transplant and run the risk of a bit of die back unfortunately. It’s due to the change in balance.
I am old. The recommended thing years ago was to use a vitamin B1 water solution when transplanting nursery bought plants. I wonder if this practice has been found to be unnecessary. The nurseries near me don’t sell it anymore. If it is a useful thing, can I make some with vitamin B1 pills? Do you have a formula?
Hey from Montreal here,I'm just in the beginning of the video,but I need to ask this question. I got banana pepper plant from nursery, put it in the pot and left it outside, 3 days later it looks exactly like uou said, floppy, but the guy had it outside in solo cup when I got it,do you think.it wasn't harden off before? Or is it just too cold now for them outside,and can I still save the plant? Thank you
If may have gotten too cold. Or it was under watered it’s hard to say without seeing photos
Have you tried giving it a water?
@@GardeningInCanada yes,today I followed your advice and moved to shady drought free location,I guess we'll see in few days, not sure how long it takes for plant to react.
I repotted my chilli pepper plant couple days ago and after watching your video i'm guessing I must have damaged the roots maybe. I watered it slightly after repotting to ensure it wasn't overwatered. The plant started immediately wilting slightly. Its still in the same location just a larger pot. The leaves are still shrivelled and curled & the flowers and leaves are dropping excessively :( what can I do?
if the soil is dry at all i encourage giving him another watering and then try to keep him out of the sunshine and wind if possible
Great video. I have a lot of succulent and cacti that need to be repoted because the soil from the nursery retains way too much water. Disturbing the roots may cause shock but bad soil could rot the roots. Which of this 2 scenarios is more probable and worse?
Bad soil 110%. disturbing roots results in less then 25% damage of done gently and can actually cause a more fibrous root system.
@@GardeningInCanada Thanks. I learned a lot from your videos. Keep them coming they are great.
That’s awesome glad to hear
My fig tree is going through shock right now 😳 it had outgrown its pot, so I put it in a bigger larger pot. All the leaves have wilted 🥺
they are so dang sensitive!
Is there anyway to help them after they are already in shock? I will know better for next year
Just cover them/ water
I was making a bonsai tree from a blue point juniper (juniperus chinensis ‘blue point’). My mistake was pruning some of its roots late into the spring as we’re going into summer here in California and repotting it in a smaller container using akadama soil (which wasn’t its original medium). Now my tree is in shock. I want to take your advice of putting it in the shade and watering it, but its species needs to be in full sun and free from overwatering. Does your advice apply to my tree? What should I do? Any advice highly appreciated. The tree is beautiful and I want to save it.
It will be okay in the shade for a week or so.
@@GardeningInCanada Thanks so much. I truly appreciate it. I find your video helpful.
@@GardeningInCanada Oh I forgot to ask. Would you recommend adding phosphorus-rich fertilizer to help root growth since I stressed my juniper's root system?
Glad you enjoy!
Yup! 110%
I torn apart my peppers and cucumbers and planted them in my raised beds and pots none of them suffered transplant shock.I had 5 peppers 4cm from each other like a 5 dice. The cucumbers they were 4, left two of them togueter because they were pretty much glued next to each other and separating them might have resulted into the death of both plants. The temps were around 20 celcius.
Well my 18 inch Bougainvillea plant pot got a crack so i had to repot it into a new one. My gardener ALWAYS breaks the soil around the roots making its roots completely exposed to air and after repotting, all its leaves and flowers fall off and more than 50% of the times it dies. I am so afraid if repotting now. Please tell me there's a way to fix this. Thanks
Just don’t tussle the roots and simply repot into the same size pot or something only an inch larger in diameter
HELP!? so my cucumbers have been transplanted I got soil that was fully infested with hundreds of fly eggs and so much mushroom spores that my pots where full of mushrooms taking up all the nutrition the plant needs so I had to gentry loosen the soil over a period of an hour then I washed the remaining old soil off the roots I then put in new soil that wasn’t infested and put in slow release feed I put the plant in and have watered it heavily. I have 2 plants done so far, both are going trhoigh shock the older one lost a little of the root growth, it didn’t help it was getting root bound and so was a little harder to remove the soil. It’s my 1st time ever experiencing this shock. Im a little panicked it’s only been a day, so maybe I’m over worrying but can I improve there chances? If needed I can reseed it just took a lot of patience to grown them and they are almost at flowering point now so it means going even longer with out the fruits of my labour 😅
I did damaged my two bell peppers roots, but it's minimal. No signs of wilting, it's been 6 hours idk if it shows signs of transplant shock tommorow, is it ok to damage some roots while transplanting?
It’s okay and happens to everyone. You will know if you did a lot of damage after about 24 hrs.
I've gotten 4 mulberry clippings to start growing after a few weeks and then the sprouts stay at that point and then die. I've used potting soil in sunny and shady spots. Any suggestions?
Hello. Does this method of watering heavily also apply to lavender? Afraid I might overwater it since I read it liked dry soil.
Is it inside or outside? and if it’s outside container or ground?
@@GardeningInCanada it's potted indoors in a tropical climate. It was doing well until I transplanted it from its nursery bag.
Typically speaking lavender likes to go dormant and needs a cool down period. Do you know what variety it is?
did i kill my new gold lantana? bought potted a year ago, she's been great, moved to bigger pot about 6 months later, everything fine. then, about a month ago i accidentally sprayed pinesol on her, then a couple nights later i MAY HAVE splashed her with acetone when killing a huge palmetto bug on wall near her. saw no signs of trouble for a month but then a week ago, i was in bed sick for 4-5 days which means i didn't go outside to water her & tell her she's pretty for 4-5 days, when i finally went to see her the leaves were dry/shriveled. this is my first plant, idk what im doing so i have to google/youtube everything. was afraid it meant that after a month the pinesol/acetone made its way thru root system & she was dying from being poisoned. mom said maybe she's outgrow pot, so i followed some instructions on how to re-pot. lined the plastic pot with coffee filters, put all new soil down, then pruned the hell out of her as the instructions said, including roots. i trimmed roots, shook free ALL the soil in roots/root ball, had a hard time getting her to sit right, kept adding soil, packing tightly, i think i manhandled the hell out of her. she looked better the very first morning after transplanting her, leaves had gotten bigger/fuller & it appeared she was doing better. the next day (and ever since) leaves had shrunken again wilted. moved her to full sun for 2 days but still shriveled & not appearing to be getting better. she's mostly been kept in partial sun, watered almost daily but after reading that you should only water 1-2 times a week i was afraid maybe root rot. root didn't appear black or rotten & it didn't smell. i think she's dying. the full sun for 2 days only made it worse (maybe bcuz she's not usd to it). don't know if should keep watering her daily to help get the roots going/transplant shock (especially since that's what she's always been used to) or do i stop watering her for a few days? i'm so scared she's gonna get thirsty & i starve her/make her feel even worse. i literally did everything wrong, idk why the website told me to prune roots when i now see everyone else saying the opposite now. i hope someone can help me. i don't even know if she's properly potted i think i killed her.
I discovered a good way to make a little greenhouse… Just make one with sticks and saran wrap
Yea!!! That’s awesome
How would u recommend transplanting a hydroponic avocado that’s 9 months old to soil ? Should I keep the soil very wet? or?
Is it in a leca or just straight water?
@@GardeningInCanada straight water from the tap (Europe)
I would start actually with introducing it to leca to toughen up the outer root cuticle and then work your way into soil. This video maybe helpful ruclips.net/video/itWyD43obm0/видео.html
Good morning I had planted some cantaloupe the first transplant went well so well that one of the cantaloupe grew sooo long and with sooo many vines it was growing everywhere I had to transplant it into a different location because of my other plants but the same day it wilted sooo bad it already has about 5 small baby cantaloupe growing and I don’t want to lose it so I looked it up and saw ur videos I went yesterday as soon as store opened and bought a tarp did everything u said but it’s not showing improvement I just transplanted it the day before yesterday and yesterday I covered it up and watered it how long should it take before I see improvement and is there anything else I should do? Also I did damage some roots when I transferred it!!! Please help
You’ll have to give him some time it can be a week or longer sometimes
@@GardeningInCanada okie dokie pokie thank you sooo much
Thanks for the video! Im like many people here and wish I would have watched this and the hardening video before. Regardless, I'm doing the bucket technique but I was wondering how much to water it? I usually stick my finger in the dirt to see if it's moist and if it's not I water. Worked great while they were in doors but should I be watering them more when they are in shock?
What type of plant is it? And what is your climate?
@@GardeningInCanada it's a Latham Raspberry bush and I live I zone zone 4? I think i just looked I up. It's cold here alot.
For that you’ll want to water more often .
@@GardeningInCanada thanks so much, I can do that!
Sounds awesome!
Not sure if you’ll see this-I really hope you do, but I have a baby palm tree that I dug up who’s been in shock for a little while now and I don’t know if I should water him daily or every few days?
I see everything haha. Does he have lots of sunlight? Over 14 hrs?
@@GardeningInCanada Yaaay so happy to hear it lol and yeah he does!
I would just water ever few days considering the time of year
@@GardeningInCanada Okay thank you soooo much!! And I love that you live in Canada lol it seems like such a cool country!
It’s had it’s moments!
I guess I accidentally dropped a cannabis seed on the ground, it eventually started to grow. When I transferred it to a pot, it suddenly wilted. Should I just follow what you said in this video or is there no hope?
Yea it should rebound as long as you didn’t damage the root
How long does it take for the plant to get back to normal?
For how many days should I keep the plant in a shaddy place?
A week or two depending on how the plant is responding
thank you
Anytime
I recently separated my monstera and repotted them and now some of them are going into shock: drooping & turning yellow. I feel like I’m going through the shock as well trying to keep them alive 🥲🥲
Does this apply to houseplants after shipping as well?
I transplanted a papaya tree from my garden into a 20 gallon pot. All bottom leaves are dying. I moved it to the shade. What else should I do?
leave him and watch for further signs of decline
@@GardeningInCanada thank you!...When should I put it back into full sun?
what if the plant shock is from a cutting a stem and repotting it? like the plant we have. my dad suddenly cut a branch frm the plant and stuck it on soil. the next day the leaves fell droopy and sad. how do i cheer it up?
Try to remove most of the leaves except for a couple. It’s to difficult to support a large network of leaves when it’s a cutting.
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My dog chewed the stem of my lilac standard. It was grafted . The other two are budding out this one is definately trying but behind....
Any hope?
First off, I don’t know how you keep up with all the comments!
But I’m also hoping I can pick your brain quickly. And by quickly I mean, sorry for how long this explanation is. 🙈 I bumped up some tomatoes and they’re acting a little funky. They were crowded before and starting to show nutrient deficiencies so I separated and potted them up and definitely shocked their roots in the process. I gave them some 2-3-1 fertilizer a day before and again when planting so they had the Phos to ease the shock. I kept them in the same grow room under the same lights (mistake #1 maybe?) and kept them watered. They had some wilting and leaves drop and leaf roll but after a few days they started growing new leaves super big and fast. But the leaves are still wilty and rolling and showing some chlorosis and edema (I think? They’re white bumps on the leaves). And the old leaves are yellowing and getting dark spots. But even though they’re not looking so hot the new leaves are still growing like crazy. Have you ever seen/heard of this before? Are these guys just struggling for nutrients or maybe my pH is off or this is just part of the process and they’ll all be fine?
Also, can you overdose your plant on microbes? I just checked the bottom of one and there’s like a mat of fungi spreading across one of the drainage holes. I did mix Espoma bio-tone into the new soil… maybe I put in too much?
Google tomato edema and let me know if it looks similar to this
@@GardeningInCanada that was it!! I let it dry out and they recovered!
Awesome!
Your newspaper tunnel mention got me thinking of paper mache for some reason.
Hey Actually yesterday transplanted my Basil plant in pot it is 1 -2 year old plant And i think That some of the roots got damaged and Today the leaves are became dry please say me what should i do how can i savey plant please 🙏🙏🙏
Morning 🙂 are they Wilted or crispy?
@@GardeningInCanada ya they are willted
@@GardeningInCanada till now
@@GardeningInCanada pls tell me what should ido
Have you watered him and kept it out of full sun/wind?
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video. Let me know if you’ve experienced plant shock and how you solved the issue in your garden. Or was it a lost cause for your plant. Do you think this video was helpful ?
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Actually just added you. I put so many in and got 1 just 1 that looks pitiful. Im zone 6 but we this year are really fluctuating between 45 and 50 to 90 its so crazy this year. So I'm going to try to fix the poor thing. I'm usually pretty good at saving them. Thankfully we've had 3 days of rain.
Yes it was sorta helpful but I transplanted some of my outdoor plants inside & put them into shock lol so this did not really apply to my situation but I’ll find out how they r doing when I get home in 2 days maybe they just need a fan and less light because their under grow lights now lol I’m in zone 5eh!
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Awesome idea with the buckets
I saw a RUclips video that claims that if to you add Mycorrhizal Fungi powder on the roots when transplanting a plants it prevents transplant shock. Is this true?
Partly right. I would argue applying the fungi during the bumping up process is likely the better result. It gives the plant time to establish a symbiosis and therefore when you do transplant a potential for transplant shock remedy
I bought two huge ferns. I & watered them but didn’t soak them. They are inside where they get no sun nor wind….decorate a lg hallway. It’s been about a week now & all of a sudden they’re drying up. The last 3days I’ve been sorting them. It’s not helping. Help!
So I transplanted a False Aralia that I had bought. The older soil I noticed had spiders and insects and wasn't looking good at all. So to prevent that from spreading I had to transplant. But now it's drooping and the leaves have curled up. I did water it thoroughly after transplant. I don't know if it will survive. Anything I can do to help?
Keep it out of the heat. Is it in a warm area?
@@GardeningInCanada Not really. It's still cold here so the temperature inside is around 70.
Then just aim to keep the humidity nice and high
@@GardeningInCanadaThank you. I hope it makes it. It's a beautiful plant.
My mom gave me a pomegranate and avocado tree from her garden. They were always in the shade. She took them out of her garden, put them in a pot and gave them to me. The leaves are super droopy on the avocado tree. The pomegranate tree leaves look like they are dry and sad. I put them under grow lights to avoid direct sunlight. Is that okay? I don’t want them to die. 🥺😭
Yea that will be fine
Hi, I just transplanted my peace lily that I got from the store for the first time. A day after potting, the plant started drooping on one side. I then again transplanted it using a different soil. A day later more leave started drooping. How can I save the plant?
It maybe a bit water starved. Peace lillies can be dramatic when it comes to water sensitivity. Is the soil dry or can you feel some moisture?
Gardening In Canada The soil is moist.. one half of the plant is still wilting. It’s been two days since I repotted it. It has lots of flowers. Also should I cut the flowers so the plants can recover?
I would definitely cut the flowers yes unfortunately. I’m wondering if the half that’s wilting has root rot, meaning you’d have two separate plants potted togetwhr
Gardening In Canada I have cut off the flowers.. so the plant was healthy before I repotted it. Only after I repotted ..one half of the plant is wilting.. Am not sure it could be a rot?!
This may help you determine what is happening ruclips.net/video/65Tqi8WQL0E/видео.html
Hi! I have got a problem... i have an eastern redbud that I transplanted to a new area. And I'm sure I hurt many roots. It is wilting already within 5 hours of transplant. Will it die or is there a chance It will come back. It's about 2 ½ feet tall. Should I use the 5 gallon bucket tip?
Thanks in advance
Stephen The Fish if you can get the bucket then yes try. It’s most likely just transplant stress so that’s good news. But lots of water, limit it’s exposure to sunlight and wind for the next week or so. If you can get a bucket try if not anything would work even plywood.
@@GardeningInCanada Thank You!! That takes away some stress to know it will rebound.
It’s completely normal I just moved a snowball hydrenga this year and it was look rough but two weeks later it’s starting to come back. Expect leaf losses that’s normal. But just water whenever it’s feeling less then a moist sponge wet.
Let me know how it goes or if you see anything else odd. If you need you can always tag me on Instagram or post a photo on the Facebook group as well!
@@GardeningInCanada Thank You so much!!
I had a Beautiful Marijuana plant that I started from seed. It was well watered, tall and GREEN. My son took it to his green house with his others and in less than 24 hours after he planted it in five gallon bucket, it was wilted and still on day 2, NOT looking good at all I am completely mortified as I would turn her throughout the day, she's straight as an arrow. Just want to know what could have happened. Thanks, Fran 😢😢😢
Intrigued by the newspaper origami pots that some of the plants are in. Surely though those would get too soggy to maintain structure, so maybe it is a page from a glossy magazine.
My toddler pulled out my 2 week old seedling... Re planted it. It's wilted until it's laid over completely. Help
Oh no that’s not good! Do you remember what type of plant it was?
Can you also do succulent transplants and it's shock effects.
I sure can! I have a video on exactly how I transplant my succulents right now but I can go over what it looks like when they are going through transplant shock. ruclips.net/video/GC1eWNWin-c/видео.html
My manjula pothos is experiencing transplant shock right now :( moved it to a clay pot coming from a seedling bag. Everything is floppy :( am I supposed to stake the plant up while it's recovering?
I wouldn’t stake him no. Was it an import or cutting?
@@GardeningInCanada neither. Locally sourced, it looked like it had good root system already in its seedling bag. Upon further inspection, it suffered from root rot already :( I wasn't able to save most of it, just one cutting which I'm trying to propagate now.
Alyzandra Beatriz Lanuza yea I was going to say it sounds like root rot moreso then transplant shock
This is my video on root rot I just did. Hopefully it helps out a bit. ruclips.net/video/65Tqi8WQL0E/видео.html
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Thank you for the kind words! I truly appreciate it!
Wowwwwwwww. Thank you for making this video!!!! Im blown away 3:33 so true
glad you enjoyed!
My rosemary experienced a transplant shock. I read somewhre that it doesnt need too much watering, do I still need to water it regularly? Im scared it might suffer from root rot.
It won’t I promise. Is the plant outside?
@@GardeningInCanada it is outside but in shaded area
Bea Kwon how long have you had it in the shaded area? What I would do is water him and slowly introduce him to a sunnier area if you’ve had him shaded for at least a week or so. Keep the soil moisture up for the next week or two you need to help the roots establish. Once you bring it inside or you start noticing he is doing better then you can look into backing off watering. But with it being summer time and outside water is going to be your friend. Until it’s inside, dormant, or totally drenched from endless rain I wouldn’t worry about root rot.
@@GardeningInCanada okay thank you so much!
No problem! Come back and let me know if it works for you. If you want you can follow me on Instagram or Facebook and post photos there for me to see.
So basically shade them , feed them and give them water ?
Yup!
What is the purple and white flower shown at 2:21 ?
Galaxy petunia!
I recived a online plant (passion fruit vine) it is shoked its leaves started droping ... i have planted it in pot ... if i keep it in shade will it recover???
Shade, out of the wind and also water. With that guy you may loose some lives, but not all.
Gardening In Canada thank you so much for your help ☺️☺️
Can you just bring an outside repotted plant indoors?
you could! may be a bit stressful though
WOWSAH!! This worked SO WELL. It had been lifeless most of the day. I found your video but thought too much time had passed..NOT. That morning she had perked right up! Thank you do much!!
Also! I didn't bring it inside. I put it close to the outside wall of the house and cut open a card board box to block the air on the other sides👍
Hi! Love the video :) I recently put my wildflowers that were in three different small pots, to one very big pot so that they have more room. They are very droopy and wilting, it’s been about a day (they love a LOT of water, watered everyday) and I’ve watered them as usual. Is there anything else I could do for them? Will they die? I’ve been thinking about using some plant food, they are not fully grown, is there any advice in helping my newly potted plants? Thank you so much !!
They will spring back they may just be in a bit of shock from the transplant. If you tussled the roots too much it can cause issues.
Gardening In Canada thank you so much ! do you happen to know how long it would take for them to spring back? thanks again :))
It truly depends on the damage it could range from days to weeks.
I have a peace lily that is in plant shock. How do I revive him? It is a house plant.
Peace lillies tend to be sensitive mostly to changes in watering. How dry is your soil?
How long would you keep a potted plant in the shade?
Depends on how hot it is. But high heat 2 weeks, regular moderate temps 1 week
@@GardeningInCanada it’s going to be very hot next week in Southern California. Temperatures will be in the 90s (~36-37 C?). I’ve had my shocked plant in the shade for a week and it doesn’t look any better.
Your watering on a regular basis? I would leave them there till they bounce back. I may take another week or two
@@GardeningInCanada twice a week. Junipers hate too much water
The juniper is what is wilted?
THank you for the info!
Great advice. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
I transplanted my tulips and lily’s because they were in the shady area in my garden but I noticed after I transplanted a day later, they were all droopy?
yea bulbs generally don’t like being transplanted after they have come up. make sure you provide lots on water and protection. they way come back but it’s hard to say. if not they will come back next year
@@GardeningInCanada They are getting a lot better, I made sure to water them.
Okay perfect glad to hear
I repotted my calathea zebrina and crimson. The crimson has lost majority of it leaves 😭😭😭 they crisped up and dried. The zebrina is developing yellowing of its leaves😭😭😭😭 what do I do? They are kept indoors. Please help 😭😭
Is it because of root rot moreso then transplant shock do you think? Is the soil moist or dry?
@@GardeningInCanada I am watering it once the top inch is getting dry. The soil is moist right now, I made a mixture of cocopeat, compost and perlite so I guess it's pretty well draining. While I was repotting I checked the roots they looked healthy. I don't think they had signs of rot but I guess I disturbed the root ball way too much and it is not recovering now 😭😭😭😭
That seems really odd. Have you tried moving them closer to a light source? Do you have Instagram or Facebook? You could send me photos there. instagram.com/p/CFLWKmkgaKq/?igshid=c6m9xtdra5am