ok man i was told last night from one of the very good hydro growers that he does it all the time and has never lost a plant but we use hydro water farm with hydroton ,,and he said i what he does is take the plant and let the root soak in a bucket of watter so the dirt mostly all falls out and then u take the root and gently run water on them to clean the rest of the dirt off ,,now all this has to be done with the upmost care u can ask him if u want it was HGB ,,that 6told me this cause i asked him the same question yesterday because i got a plant that i want to do the same thing on ,,he said it does shock the plant but only for a copple days and like i said he said he never lost a plant this way ,,but if for any reason ur plant is in flower dont try it then ,,but i hope this helps u a little and let me no how it goes and ill let u no how mine goes cause im gonna put mine in the water farm,,now im puting mine in hydroton like i said ,,so i dont no if u can do it if ur not useing hydroton because i did not ask him but any ways good luck bro ,,also ive lerned almost any thing is possible u just gotta try ,,and im gonna try it