I am trying to stay with the small party cups until they veg longer simply because I don't know which ones I want to keep yet. My problem however is, they want more soil, they want to spread their legs out and it is causing issues with the leaves.
Does anyone know the best way to keep plants happy in small containers? I will assume that with the small soil footprint that they will eat up whatever nutes are in the soil atm so would that also mean I might have to start feeding veg nutes to them faster?
I was watering them once every 2-3 days depending on how long it took for the cup to feel light. I pulled out a few and they have a nice root mass forming and WANT a larger container but I am trying my best to hold off until I find my "keepers" to then switch to the 1 gallon then 3 gallon pots.
I know they are/will be rootbound and they should go into a larger container BUT any thoughts or suggestions on how to keep them happy and fed in these small cups for at least another week or two?
They are about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks old and range in height of 4 to 6 inches depending and the soil is (I know the soil sucks lol) MG Organic with perlite in it 50/50 mix.
What I think I should do,
Water more often possibly and not let them dry out as much.
What I want to know though,
Should I give up on holding out and just put as many as I can into 1 gallons and cull the rest or is there a chance at keeping them happy for another week in these little ass red party cups?
Also, the mg organic has stuff in it that should feed for I think a month or so but I am thinking that the size of the rootmass and the size of the container they will eat through that in no time IF they haven't already. I don't want to add nutes to any of them and fry them but with yellowing leaves I think it does need something BESIDES the larger container.
any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated,
I didn't know if I should post it here or ask around in the micro grow section. I can see many in that thread growing 2 foot tall plants in tiny party cups but since the plants aren't happy and maybe others might want to keep their plants in these small cups a bit longer might find information here useful.
I will take pics of the root mass once one dries out a bit more as well as the leaf issues that are showing currently.
I was thinking of adding hydr perox with the water to help aerate the soil better and maybe some molasses but don't really want to assume a nute issue with the most assumed issue being the size of the pot and the plants not being happy in them.
The strain btw is my f1's of (ducksfoot male x white rhino female) X Romulan Female so I don't think there is really anyone with this cross who can tell me how the f1's can and will grow. I can't wait to see what the f2's look like and what phenos pop out and is why I want to hold off on culling any until I see something that grabs my attention whether good or bad with each one.
I have enough room for 6 1 gallon pots in the veg cab and currently have over 3 times that in little cups trying to pick my favorites and that is a huge amount to cull all at once and don't want to toss a keeper or two just because I couldn't fit em in the cabinet.
All I need is one more week at most but don't want to hermie or kill em doing it.
Does anyone know the best way to keep plants happy in small containers? I will assume that with the small soil footprint that they will eat up whatever nutes are in the soil atm so would that also mean I might have to start feeding veg nutes to them faster?
I was watering them once every 2-3 days depending on how long it took for the cup to feel light. I pulled out a few and they have a nice root mass forming and WANT a larger container but I am trying my best to hold off until I find my "keepers" to then switch to the 1 gallon then 3 gallon pots.
I know they are/will be rootbound and they should go into a larger container BUT any thoughts or suggestions on how to keep them happy and fed in these small cups for at least another week or two?
They are about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks old and range in height of 4 to 6 inches depending and the soil is (I know the soil sucks lol) MG Organic with perlite in it 50/50 mix.
What I think I should do,
Water more often possibly and not let them dry out as much.
What I want to know though,
Should I give up on holding out and just put as many as I can into 1 gallons and cull the rest or is there a chance at keeping them happy for another week in these little ass red party cups?
Also, the mg organic has stuff in it that should feed for I think a month or so but I am thinking that the size of the rootmass and the size of the container they will eat through that in no time IF they haven't already. I don't want to add nutes to any of them and fry them but with yellowing leaves I think it does need something BESIDES the larger container.
any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated,
I didn't know if I should post it here or ask around in the micro grow section. I can see many in that thread growing 2 foot tall plants in tiny party cups but since the plants aren't happy and maybe others might want to keep their plants in these small cups a bit longer might find information here useful.
I will take pics of the root mass once one dries out a bit more as well as the leaf issues that are showing currently.
I was thinking of adding hydr perox with the water to help aerate the soil better and maybe some molasses but don't really want to assume a nute issue with the most assumed issue being the size of the pot and the plants not being happy in them.
The strain btw is my f1's of (ducksfoot male x white rhino female) X Romulan Female so I don't think there is really anyone with this cross who can tell me how the f1's can and will grow. I can't wait to see what the f2's look like and what phenos pop out and is why I want to hold off on culling any until I see something that grabs my attention whether good or bad with each one.
I have enough room for 6 1 gallon pots in the veg cab and currently have over 3 times that in little cups trying to pick my favorites and that is a huge amount to cull all at once and don't want to toss a keeper or two just because I couldn't fit em in the cabinet.
All I need is one more week at most but don't want to hermie or kill em doing it.
