Yes, you can go from soil to hydro, it's possible. How well your plant does and how long she takes to recover is a matter of much you avoid damaging the little tiny root hairs in the process.
If you get your bucket assembled and filled with nutrients, and your basket and clay balls, etc.
Gently take your root ball and poke it in a bucket of water and gently work the dirt out of the roots. The roots can actually take a bit of abuse, but the gentler you are, the faster she will recover. When you get it clean, submerge the roots in a clean bucket of water and work the roots into your grow cup. I like using chopsticks instead of fingers. If the roots are crazy long and you can't get them in, just snip them off shorter.
Once its evenly spaced, with the cup and roots still submerged, start filling the cup with hydroton pellets. They float. As you add some to the top, poke them down into the roots and start raising the cup out of the water. Repeat until full with pellets worked down into the roots.
Set it in your grow lid and start your bubbles. Use light nutrients until she tells you she wants more.
Good luck, and post pics!
