Re-potting ?????

[dan K]

if i repot a plant/clone into a bigger pot, and i bury the stem up to the closest node, will the roots grow UPWARD into that dirt or only out and down from where they already are????? I have a few clones that i wanna put into 3 liters and flower but they have about 3-4" of bare stem i wanna cover, but b/c of only 3-liters of soil space i dont wanna waste any dirt if roots arent gonna reach it...

 

[Erin Kerrik]

Not suggesting or discouraging it, but yes, adventitious roots will grow out of the stem, just like they do when cloning.

 

[Erin Kerrik]

Er, rather "no, the roots won't grow upwards, but yes - new roots will grow out of the buried stem and into the soil".

 

[dan K]

cool, thanks 4 the input^^^^^ its not a big issue but i wanna flower in 3-liter bottles and dont wanna waste any of my already small space by not allowing roots to use the whole 3-liters.

 

[Endo]

i had always wondered about that, would it help if i cut some of the outer layer of stem and rubed some cloning solution on them the buryed them?

endo

 

[Guest]

I dont know that this method would help anything. I could be wrong about this and it would be a good experiment but I dont think itll do much. Sounds like youd be better off just burying the rootball and letting it take over as much space as possible. If you just bury the rootball then there should only be about 1-2" of dirt on top anyways. The new roots would also take some time to grow and not contribute much to the plant.

 

[stealthballer]

I wouldn't bother with it as the root growth will likely be pretty slow and not enough to justify them being there. especially when the primary growth pattern for the roots has already been established, assuming you are working with root balls and not just a few shooter roots on a clone.

 

[Guest]

i agree with stealth and indo the roots formed there dont add much to the plant as a whole and i would not try to encorage this growth with cloning solution. but dont inhibit it ,,,those roots couldnt hurt ....
here is some proff that they do form
even in just high humidity they will try to root from the base of the plant
if you look here all the little white nipples are roots forming







in this one you can even see one root at the base that has made its self into the dirt


there ya go my two cents
later
GOAT

 

[Duppy]

I would DEFINITELY not cut around the stem of an established plant the way you scar a cutting. That sounds like a good way to kill the plant, or at least slow its growth way down.

 

[dan K]

ya i have no intentions of cutting or scraping the stems of my clones lol.....i just have 7 already in the closet about 6 days and theyve grown to about 5 inches, but 2-3" of that is bare stem....and i have 17 more clones waiting to root and when i last checked 2day, 5 of them had definite roots showing...i plan on flowering as soon as all have rooted and dont want the original 7 to tower over the others since theyre already twice as big...

 

[inflorescence]

Roots will not grow upwards for the same reason the above the soil plant will not grow downwards.

 

[Guest]

i always bury the stem up to the first set of leaves after each repotting. I never have any probs, always grows roots. And helps the plant stay more stable as it gets taller..

 

[dre86]

burry that stem