bladesmith
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I've got a skunk #1 thats 2 weeks into flowering. its in about a 31/2 gallon pot. I think its getting rootbound. is it okay to transplant to a bigger pot?
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transplanting after flowering...
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DrKatz420
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When I run into this problem, I use a technique called "double potting" instead of transplanting. You fill a bigger pot about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way up with soil or whatever medium you use, then you use a razor blade to cut the very bottom off the pot that your plant is currently in (just connect the drainage holes and the bottom should come off in one nice circle). Place the original pot (now bottomless) into the new pot, and fill the areas between the pots with more soil to keep it in place. The roots will grow into their new space, and in my experience, this is easier to do without stressing the plant than doing a full transplant this late. Also, when I transplant, I usually turn my plants upside-down before I remove the old pots, and doing this with a flowering plant will cause soil, perlite, etc. to stick to the pistils and trichs. Hope this helps you out.
bladesmith
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thanks. i think i will try this.
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Sure you can do a normal transplant which I would highly recommend...if in fact they are rootbound. Did you actually look to make sure? You'll have to go to 5 gallons from 3 1/2. I went from a Walmart 2 gallon(1.6) to these 4.5 gallon clear pots at 17 days flower. Check my grow thread. The Five girls one first one listed. I have pics of both my transplants before , during , and after...showing pots, root balls etc.
If you do it right, and it's hard to fuck up IMO),you won't stress your plants. Both times I transplanted, my plants loved it. They took off. I transplanted the day I went 12/12. All four plants grew like 18 inches in the first couple weeks of flower....stretching period.
I really don't like the idea the other fellow mentioned about cutting out pot bottoms, etc. It doesn't make sense. The only place the roots can go is down. The roots on the sides of the old pot will have NOWHERE to go. You want your plants to maximize their root systems. "Normal" transplanting is a much better way to achieve that IMO
I bet soilman will weigh in here. Check outy his threads. He has some VERY good advice on transplanting.
And I do NOT do any "root pruning" when transplanting.
If you do it right, and it's hard to fuck up IMO),you won't stress your plants. Both times I transplanted, my plants loved it. They took off. I transplanted the day I went 12/12. All four plants grew like 18 inches in the first couple weeks of flower....stretching period.
I really don't like the idea the other fellow mentioned about cutting out pot bottoms, etc. It doesn't make sense. The only place the roots can go is down. The roots on the sides of the old pot will have NOWHERE to go. You want your plants to maximize their root systems. "Normal" transplanting is a much better way to achieve that IMO
I bet soilman will weigh in here. Check outy his threads. He has some VERY good advice on transplanting.
And I do NOT do any "root pruning" when transplanting.
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DrKatz420
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While I certainly don't claim to be an expert, the info originally came from BOG, who is a hell of a grower, regardless of what you think of his breeding skills. And I have personally done it more than a few times each way, and double potting seems to work better once you pass the two-week-flowering point. When a plant is rootbound, the roots are usually the thickest around the bottom of the pot, and these are the ones that really need more room. Anyway, both are probably fine, just be careful if you do a full transplant beacause if you stress your plants into herming at this point, they have plenty of time to get fully seeded and ruin your crop. Here is the link to the thread with the BOG info: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=12700
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DrKatz420 said:
With respect, I don't believe I said anything about BOG's or your breeding skills. I just said I didn't think much of the double potting method and I couldn't recommend it.
I read the thread you provided. I respectfully disagree with that method of transplanting. I have transplanted 100's of plants of various kinds in the last 30 years or so. Granted, they weren't pot plants, but pot is not a unique plant in its transplant needs.
It's a free world and we often have choices. This fellow can make his own choice. Isn't life wonderful?
Good luck to you, the original poster, and everyone else here!!
Obli
I don't know that one way is better than the other, but I can tell you my experience...
I've transplanted 2-3 weeks into flowering. I tranplanted very gently, as always, and made sure the new soil wasn't overly rich in nutrients.
Works great... tacks on a week or so extra to the flowering time. Yields were the same.
I've transplanted 2-3 weeks into flowering. I tranplanted very gently, as always, and made sure the new soil wasn't overly rich in nutrients.
Works great... tacks on a week or so extra to the flowering time. Yields were the same.
heres a few question for youbladesmith said:
what make you believe the plants are rootbound ???
how long have plants been in said containers ???
how often are you watering ???
reason why i ask these questions is ive never been rootbound never !!!
dont matter if i keep a fresh rooted clone in a 3x3x3inch container for 1.5months or flower the plants out for 55 days in 2 liter soda bottle never been rootbound. ive cut many of my rootballs apart and found planty of soil with in the rootmass. dosent matter from 2 liter soda bottles to 6 gal containers ive transplanted 3 wks into flower n/p
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I just transplanted when i was in 17 dayz flower from 3 gal to 5 gal and there taking off just fine i actualy asked that same Q not to long ago 
notjonesinNEmor
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My last row I decided to flower one plant that I had re-vegged to take clones off of, but when I re-vegged the plant I did not trim back the roots. The last week of the stretch it was obviously badly rootbound, so I decided WTF and transplanted at 3 weeks of flower, from 2g to a 3 gal pot. The next day I could see improvement and the plant ended up producing the same as the other plants.
Transplants that late into flower was obviously not my first choice, but it was much better than letting the plant die off.
Transplants that late into flower was obviously not my first choice, but it was much better than letting the plant die off.
This user seems to have ditched the thread but I just wanted to chime in,
I've tried double potting and while it works I don't seen any advantages to it, in fact when your op is small it can make for height restrictions.
Also when stoned it's easy to forget that you have to lift both pots and not just the top one...don't asked, man I swore for a week.
Transplant shock is overstated, unless your in the last 2-3 weeks of flowering it is always better to to a gentle transplant than to let a rootbound plant suffer.
MPH has a ghood point though, unless your plant is over 3 feet tall then I doubt it's rootbound, alot of growers flower in a 3.5 gal container and it's all gravy.
Do a quick test when they are dry and drop them out of the container, if you see a tightly woven rootmass and the bottom of the pots then transplant.
Another sign of rootbound plant is having to water then too often like every day or second day, then it's a given that a larger pot is needed.
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I've tried double potting and while it works I don't seen any advantages to it, in fact when your op is small it can make for height restrictions.
Also when stoned it's easy to forget that you have to lift both pots and not just the top one...don't asked, man I swore for a week.
Transplant shock is overstated, unless your in the last 2-3 weeks of flowering it is always better to to a gentle transplant than to let a rootbound plant suffer.
MPH has a ghood point though, unless your plant is over 3 feet tall then I doubt it's rootbound, alot of growers flower in a 3.5 gal container and it's all gravy.
Do a quick test when they are dry and drop them out of the container, if you see a tightly woven rootmass and the bottom of the pots then transplant.
Another sign of rootbound plant is having to water then too often like every day or second day, then it's a given that a larger pot is needed.
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i just transplanted some sour desiels from a 3gal grow bag to a 5 gal homedepot bucket after being in flower for 17 days, not to mention the lights went out for a week and half and they where in late stage of N def( whole plant was dam near' yellow!) put them in a mix power flower/lightwarrior with some alfalfa meal and ewc today i looked at them and to my supprise, they came back!! 2 of them looked like they got burned up so i just discarded them one of them look like it's leafs are burned(as if the light was to close ) still trying to figure that out?
the cannabis plant is one hellaofuh' plant!
the cannabis plant is one hellaofuh' plant!
f0urtwenty
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I don't notice very much root growth after 2 weeks of flower. Also a good transplant schedule to begin with will help in the long run to best utilize your soil. I start off in a 4" pot and increase to 1 gall, then flower in a 3-5 gallon.
