it is a good idea to repot plants in larger pots if they are in one gallon bags (moving to 3 gallon bags) if they are like 20 days into flower? the lower leaves look yellow and since last time they were fert they look worse. is it poss that they are rootbound? only about 75 days old. about 10-15" tall. in soiless mix. using EJ ferts grow, bloom, and nitrozime. water 2x/wk. 400 HPS lamp. 15" from plants. thanks
as long as your going into the same medium and not switching the PH all around you should be more than fine heres a thought try tearing the roots off the bottom of the plant (just the wounded root bounders) and then transplanting (that is IF they're rootbound) its just a thought try it with only one plant and see what happens!!!! i have had good results with tearing that junk off the bottom of the bag an repotting!!! that way it will adapt to its surroundings more instead of just wounding around still eventually choking itself out
I would not tear the roots at all, it will stunt the growth of the plant and it will take much longer to flower. If you repot it during flowering it will retard the growth also. NExt time id repot before flowering. but its not a bad thing
i tear off the roots that are all winded up on the bottom of the bag MANY a time with good outcomes the plant seems to strectch a little more but the stress is basically minimum (when conditions are met) i like this way of gardening, you should try it....again like i said with 1 plant and leave the rest be its worth experimenting with Danno if the plant is completely rootbound then tearing the roots off is the LEAST of its worries remember a rootbound plant is choking and thinks its going to die :{}
So much misinformation to weed through... roggae, Transplanting during flowering is not ideal, but it can be done. I just did it because I underestimated how big my NL#5 would get. The reason you don't want to transplant during flowering is because transplanting causes stress. Not much, but enough to slow down flowering temporarily. If your plant is root-bound and showing signs of stress, transplanting may be the best option (as it was for me). Trimming roots off the bottom of the root mass is not necessary. Usually trimming roots is reserved for repotting a plant that is not flowering. If you were going to re-veg a plant after harvesting, for instance; it would be a great time to trim roots. Removing roots should be done in coordination with trimming upper leafy growth. If you trim roots the plant will put energy into growing more roots. There needs to be a balance between the size of the plant above ground, and its root mass underground. If you are flowering, you do not want your plant to put energy into developing new roots...you want it to focus on producing flowers. Here is a fuzzy picture of a small plant that has filled its container with roots. It could technically be called root-bound. It is about to be transplanted into a larger container:
egsacly what i said...stress! but i'd transplant too, not much else, it will give you plant a lil tiny shock but nothing bad. dont hurt any roots though...it might be tough if its really root bound
Indigo is fully correct, Transplanting if done very well to cause little stress can be done in flowering with little stunting of growth but not ideal of course but in some situations you gotta do what you gotta do. He is also correct that trimming of roots should be done in veg if at all but i believe roots shouldnt need to be tamperd with if your repotting at the correct times, Also if you are going to trim your roots do it right "ripping" them off will cause some real damage...
I hear ya Danno, When roggae asked for a picture I found one. I also only wanted to clarify to Growannabe and roggae that the roots at the bottom were not necessarily expendible.
i used to be a nonbeliever like yourselves but ever since i have done it once i always noticed better result of COURSE you dont RIP the fuckn roots off like cmon!!hahah my dad when tranpsplanting his garden (veggies n such) he always PUSHed the roots with his hand he would maul the **** out of them with hands that just finished changin the friggin oil in his truck haahah WHTVR you do i WOULD strongly suggest either wearing gloves or washing hands thoroughly (latter of two is better) this will prevent aLOT of probs with roots dont MAUL your soil either its just good maitenance some would say they have a green thumb they touch soil and mix it with hands NOT a good idea green thumb means healthy plants not inhibiting soil with ALL Jcinds of bad ****!!! (Edited by Growannabe at 9:15 pm on May 23, 2004)
