How to Transplant from Hydroponic to Soil Garden

The plants I am showing in this video are Shishito peppers. The hydroponic system is Aerogarden Farm XL. You can move plants from any of the hydroponic systems to the soil garden outdoor.

[@thedouglaspodcast]

Omfg when you said, _”this guy right here is more difficult.”_ And _”the struggle is real”_ in your adorable accident.. I was *dyingggggg* laughing 🤣

[@plant4table]

Lol

[@alteredLori]

this was exactly what I was looking for!!! Seeing you cut the roots was what I needed to know. I am going to do this tomorrow with a couple of tomatoes plants I want to move. Thanks!!! New subscriber!

[@Get.better]

Cuttings the roots was what i was looking for too!

[@toneciocci]

How did it go

[@JacindaH]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I have a pepper plant I call baby and he took over my entire hydro garden. He has a trunk! Lol. I was so worrie I'd kill him trying to transplant him. Thank you so much!

[@b3naqua]

This was so helpful!! Thank you for showing all the steps 😍

[@arandomguy46]

the way you cut those roots and yank them out give me shivers lol

[@kasidysegovia9079]

I knowww i treat the roots like a newborn 😂

[@CoraRose2000]

What about the plastic thing? Don’t you have to remove it?

[@robertohara9700]

Excellent detail - very helpful. Thanks

[@runwithit4009]

Great guide! I'm going to try this method with some cannabis cuttings. Thank you for the wisdom :)

[@kurdi82]

nice informative and short thank you!

[@aliciapoteet8163]

Thank you for this video! Looking at getting a beginners kit for my son for Christmas and I wanted to make sure we could move from hydro to soil for the bigger plants like tomatoes or lettuce or bell peppers…

[@20twenty_sti40]

The struggle is real indeed 😆

[@TaelynEaton]

I needed this. Thanks

[@dannyfarmer7933]

Thank you for the video.

[@groovystoovie]

Great video, thank you! I have six pepper plants I’m going to transfer to soil.

[@rtmiv2030]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@piposanchez]

2:00 you've given me an idea to fix your problem. I'm starting a box and tower hydroponic nursery, and this step worries me the most. I will try bundling the roots after cutting them. If you wrap gently with something, it will compress the roots and make it easier to pass through the hole. I got this idea from hospitals with patients that have a ring stuck on a finger. To get it out, they wrap a thin string many times around the tip of the finger. This compresses it (as it's usually very swolen), and if they feed it under the ring and pull on it, the ring magically rolls down the tip of the finger.

[@forsakenovercast0067]

Thank you for the video! My plants have out grown their hydroponic home and need more space so this was really helpful

[@professormustard75]

So helpful! I've got a bunch of huge tomato plants growing in my hydroponics and (oops), I discovered that I'm actually allergic to them so I have to get them out of my house! I hope they survive...

[@NobodyOwesYouAnythin]

This video is a couple days over one year old, but I'm just now finding it on April 4th 2022 and I'm glad I did. I am currently growing strawberry plants via Hydroponics. This is my first time Ever using Hydroponics to grow anything. But I must tell you, they are growing like weeds and taking over my living room. These plants have a root system that is about half the size of the plants above. But I'm going to transplant into soil specifically made for strawberries. And now, using your method I am going to transplant them and keep the plants inside, using plant lights and timers, keeping the soil watered twice a day. *Subscribing and I'll let you know how they turn out. Thank you for the video. It steered me in the right direction.

[@plant4table]

I had great success with transplanting strawberries from hydroponic to soil last year. They will look wilted for 1 week or 2, then bounce back. It helps to cut off some leaves so that they dont get too dehydrated. Good luck.

[@logicmr.8351]

recently starting a habanero plant in hydroponic, alot of people tell me it will be hard to transplant into soil, it will die in most cases... Your demonstration makes it seem easy, it's an release... so i hope i will success following your tips Thank you

[@morrismapp1737]

Keep us updated

[@blessisrael6455]

But what’s the difference when people listen to her tips ? have you had success ? I grew too many tomato and pepper plants, not expecting them to live like they are, grown hydroponically, so I need to get rid of a bunch and am selling them to people…… I would feel bad if they died after I gave them to people;

[@thecheeseblock9880]

@@blessisrael6455 (for people who also have the same question) her tips would most likely mitigate the issues that most would have when moving a hydroponic plant into soil, which would usually make a plant die from shock cutting the roots would be a worry some would have in regards to moving the plant into soil, but she shows that that's not much of a concern along with easing the plant from a hydroponic environment to a more natural one i'm not sure if her tips work but it would be better to try then to not use her tips

[@thedirtywoodsman604]

Thanks for this! Nervously re-homing a pair of Serrano Peppers soon. Never gone from hydro to soil before. 🤞😂

[@nastynug4207]

@2:11 😂😂😂 yes, very real!

[@24mbronc]

Would this work with those live butter lettuce plants you get at the grocery store?

[@TheDreamHaven]

So u keep them In the sponges that they grow in?

[@JennaDanelle]

Thank you for a great video! I use that same red mulch! I have wanted to see how you harden off plants and get them in soil. Thank you for a great share! So you don’t cut the pods off the plants?

[@plant4table]

Because the root is so huge, I dont want to damage it any further. Therefore, I put the whole pod in.

[@JennaDanelle]

@@plant4table makes sense!

[@the_car_guy5915]

I have a buddy that likes to start plants as hydroponic and then move them to soil after the seedling stage. I just wanted to see whether or not it was better or easier to do it that way. I think I'll stick to just starting them in soil.

[@plant4table]

There is definitely less work if you transplant them when they are small. It took me more effort in this video because these plants are already fully grown.

[@vice8063]

Great video!! Can there gardening machines be kept outside on a balcony? I have all season weather.

[@plant4table]

I don't see why not, people grow veggies hydroponically in the green house all the time. The only concern I have is high temperature might make the roots rot, or lettuces bolt faster.

[@jbrogen]

I'm wondering about the plastic root basket that it's growing in. You didn't remove yours? Should they be removed so they don't strangle the plants?

[@plant4table]

If the plant is small and I can remove the roots without damage, I remove the basket of course. If the plants are already big, it is impossible to wiggle the roots out. It is best to leave it intact and then dig the basket up later once done.

[@adamlackey9677]

@@plant4tablewise words! I tried cutting mine out and the plant couldn’t survive the trauma 😢

[@katedonovan5209]

Aerogarden has a "newish" design where the top of the unit is swapped out for a special "seed starting top". This is sold as an add-on. It has many more holes because you don't have to allow lots of space for mature root growth. Have you heard of this? I am thinking of buying one.

[@plant4table]

Aerogarden has been offering this seed starting option for a while now. I have one for the Basic and one for the Farm XL model. I like it for starting seeds before taking them outdoor to plant in ground for spring.

[@02121978able]

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[@Kateandmykimmytheguineapig]

We don’t need to take them out from sponge or even that white plastic basket?!

[@plant4table]

If your plant is small and doesn't have much roots, I would remove the plastic basket. The plants I have in this video have developed root systems. Removing the plastic basket would put the plants under a lot of stress, and they are more likely to die. You can always dig up the plastic basket when your plant is done being in the soil.

[@Kateandmykimmytheguineapig]

@@plant4table also we can keep sponge in the soil right ? Thank you

[@plant4table]

@@Kateandmykimmytheguineapig yes, you can

[@nkc9788]

Did it survived?

[@plant4table]

Yes, they both did.

[@marycabello6900]

You don’t take out of the little plastic holder?

[@plant4table]

I take it out when the plants are small and roots are easily to be removed without being damaged. The plants in this video are mature and they are very hard to be removed. That's why I left them in.

[@CoraRose2000]

Do you have a technique for removing the plastic from smaller plants without damaging the plant or it roots?

[@timschafer2536]

I don’t know why but my plants do not grow such large root systems

[@plant4table]

Do you plant peppers? Different plants have different root sizes. Lettuce and herbs wouldn't have this much roots. Cucumbers on the other hand have huge root system.

[@antandshell]

Lol! The struggle is real! 😅

[@MobileDecay]

Should I take them out for a walk? Lol.

[@plant4table]

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