Ludacris, I repotted, buried the stems and here are the pics.....

KaleoXxX

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your probably gonna run into problems, having all those plants in 1 pot.

the plants look good by the way
 

agkil12

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What I was going to do is let them grow another 2-3 weeks, sex them, cut the males and go from there....

Should end up with 4-5 good females to let go under that 400 W HPS.

Is that not a good idea?
 

LT1RX7 Drifter

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repot before its to late the plants will choke each other with there roots and die, not to mention inhibit there growth and yield
 

KaleoXxX

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kinda, kinda not

in 2-3 weeks the roots could be all tangled up and fighting each other for water and nutrients
 

LT1RX7 Drifter

Active Member
doing it now he might have some damage control, might be able to slice the dirt while in the pot in to equal parts and plant that as a whole in to other containers, clean cut roots will repair them selves as long as you dont handle the crap out of them
 

agkil12

Member
let them veg for a few weeks at least unless space and light are a issue
I cannot go larger than a 4x4 area which is why I had to plant 4 of them to a pot. An agronomist friend of mine with a Doctorate (and grows his own) told me this was ok.

They have been on a 18/6 cycle. Should I slightly bump it up to a 20/4 for maybe a week or so, then go to 12/12?

I will gain some space once the males are eliminated.
 

vandewalle

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i think the fact that you spelled ludicrous, ludacris means you should probably take our advice on separate them before its too late.
 

SHAWTYBANGBANG

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doing it now he might have some damage control, might be able to slice the dirt while in the pot in to equal parts and plant that as a whole in to other containers, clean cut roots will repair them selves as long as you dont handle the crap out of them

sounds like great idea and less stressful
 

agkil12

Member
So my idea of letting them grow for a week or so , then sex them, chop off the males and continue is not a good idea?
 

cbtwohundread

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putting them in the same pot was not smart at all,,,no.1 everytime u transplant u stress the plant,,,,no.2 wat if you have all females???u have more chance of getting males now in my opinion because of the stress of the root tangling ect... transplant then sex
 

agkil12

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putting them in the same pot was not smart at all,,,no.1 everytime u transplant u stress the plant,,,,no.2 wat if you have all females???u have more chance of getting males now in my opinion because of the stress of the root tangling ect... transplant then sex
Damn, I started with too many then. Cause I will only be able to grow 6 max under that light.

What the hell should I do now? Just pick the best 12 out of 24 and re-transplant? They were just tranplanted yesterday
 

LT1RX7 Drifter

Active Member
ok bud here is what you need to do transplant in to containers, slice the soil while in the pot in to equal parts with the best damn knife in your moms drawer, clean it first, find some clear beer pong cups and use them like humidity domes and leave them on for a few days, mist with ro water
 

agkil12

Member
ok bud here is what you need to do transplant in to containers, slice the soil while in the pot in to equal parts with the best damn knife in your moms drawer, clean it first, find some clear beer pong cups and use them like humidity domes and leave them on for a few days, mist with ro water
This is an email reply I got from my friend who has his freakin' doctorate in agronomy & soils and grows his own. Now I am not saying any of you are wrong, but this was his reply when i asked him if those plants being in the same pots would damage the roots of the others:

"I don't get it. Agronomically, that doesn't make sense. It might if
you have, say four plants, two male and two female, and you try to pull
up the males after flowering. That might damage the roots of the
remaining females. But you can just clip the males at the soil line and
eliminate them that way, so there is no need to pull them up. But
merely increasing the plant population (more plants per pot) should have
absolutely no effect on the root system."
 

northwoodsmoker

New Member
how did u expect to seperate the males from females once they showed their sex..wouldnt the root ball be a mess to take apart?? just wondering
 
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