Why transplant?

[420ponics]

Just curious. Why are people always starting off in smaller pots and then transplanting? Why not just start off in the large pot that the plant will actually flower in to begin with? What are the advantages of transplanting if there are any? Thanks!

Ponics.

 

[The Budfather]

Hey ponics, the adavantages are for one that you could over water your seedlings if in a larger pot, another is if your organic: u utilise the soil better if you tranplant at different intervals. i got a couple more but im in a run later!! ill post later.

 

[Tunefull]

I think a big factor(tho maybe not all agree)
But the fact it helps build up a stronger root structure(in turn better plant)

 

[vinyl jones]

Here is a chart I made for a user at weedtrackergrows.com who had a similar question. If you would like to see it firsthand, when you finish with your harvest pull the pot off and you can actually see the concentric growth rings that illustrate each transplant that your lady has undergone in the soil/rootball.

 

[420ponics]

Here is a chart I made for a user at weedtrackergrows.com who had a similar question. If you would like to see it firsthand, when you finish with your harvest pull the pot off and you can actually see the concentric growth rings that illustrate each transplant that your lady has undergone in the soil/rootball.

Nice diagram, can anyone else confirm its accuracy?

Ponics.

 

[mexicanmafia]

first off, when you start in a smaller pot the roots will form a tight cluster of roots! transplant before it gets rootbound. now you transfer your small pot packed w/ roots to a bigger pot till it grows roots again all the way round the pot. then repot once again befor flower so that your dense root filled pot to a bigger one for the roots to stretch during the flower period! your roots wiill be much more dense in % to soil than when just planting streight(less dense and moore airy structure) to a large container like the chart shows. hope that makes sence! peace

mm

 

[Re Co]

I was always under the impression that mj likes to go from wet soil to fairly dry and back again. if you start out in a large pot, it can take forever for it to get dry enough to water again.

 

[The Wang]

You transplant for a number of reasons, but the most important reason is to use the pot efficiently. If you plant a plant into a big five gallon pot, it will grow straight down and will not use the room inside of the pot efficiently, therefore taking much more room for smaller root density. When you plant in a small pot, the roots use the room in the pot more efficiently and then it is transplanted and the roots begin to grow into the bigger pot, this means more root density in the bigger pot.

Some growers forget to transplant the plants and it will become rootbound and strangle itself, stunting growth.

Vinyl Jones is very correct.

Good job on the diagram

The Wang

 

[Maj.PotHead]

all of the above except i didnt see any1 mention that the roots grow out to the boundrys of the container then down