Can you re pot after flowering as started??

[smokeyjo82]

hi there i am currently growing exodus cheese i am at the 4th week of flowering just added vitalink buddy i dont know if its just me but it seems to have stopped growing i am wondering if it is because of my pot size

 

[KushisSweet]

How old is your plant and what size pot do you have right now? Roots don't really grow much after the stretch phase but its still possible to get root bound.

In my experiences I've noticed in flower you get like "growth spurts" hitting strong the first few weeks of flower, then slows until it starts to swell up and pack on weight.

 

[smokeyjo82]

How old is your plant and what size pot do you have right now? Roots don't really grow much after the stretch phase but its still possible to get root bound.

In my experiences I've noticed in flower you get like "growth spurts" hitting strong the first few weeks of flower, then slows until it starts to swell up and pack on weight.

hi there thanks for the reply all in all the plant is 12wks old 4th week into flower in a 1 gallon pot i tried to put pics on but its saying invalid file.... i think you are probably right its done a spurt and probably getting ready to fatten up as the flowers are still skinny

 

[bkbbudz]

Transplanting at this age will certainly make her a bit uncomfy for a while. And yes the roots probably are not gonna get much bigger. The problem is if they are too tight they cannot get enough o2 to deliver water and food to the plant. TBH, if it were my grow I would give her more room. It will slow her development but I think when it catches up you will see some very nice budz. JMHO. Best of luck!!!

 

[smokeyjo82]

ive just looked at the bottom of the pot and there is alot of roots coming out of every hole i would like to re pot if possible but dont want to jepordise the plant

 

[bkbbudz]

When you do carefully loosen the root ball before positioning her. Also be careful with resuming nutes. Oh and I would flush the new soil and let it drain for at least a couple of hours or so before planting, especially if your soil is hot.

 

[sfttailpaul]

ive just looked at the bottom of the pot and there is alot of roots coming out of every hole i would like to re pot if possible but dont want to jepordise the plant

Man, I would NOT transplant/re-pot what-so-ever! There's probably a 90% or better chance you'll either put her in such a state of shock she'll probably turn Hermi on you, OR she'll simply die. Usually when those main roots get through the bottom holes you'll find that there's a tremendous (like 100:1) amount of smaller, supplemental roots that feed these main ones. I sometimes will do a "thinning" of massive, explosive roots because they do take over and utilize all that space for themselves which takes away that valuable access of getting the Oxygen to those roots. Almost every strain I have ever grown has flowered just like what you describe. In a strain that's, lets say, 8 weeks to flower 1-2 weeks the lady shoots and stretches to gain height and thus the best access to those bud sites for the pollen. She'll gain a large height increase (near 50% more), show a tendency towards more firmness in the buds as she packs more and more buds on. Then you'll notice her slow down about 1/2 way through and literally stop production. Then POW, she'll burst forth again packing more weight and Trichomes. Then the last few days she leaps one last time to try to gain one last attempt, a burst of growth for "more exposure". All this is normal as if the plant knows she isn't getting laid but tries harder just the same. Good luck to you; you'll do just fine. Don't mess with the roots unless you know exactly what to do. Life blood of the plant and you can really mess up...

 

[cannofbliss]

hi there i am currently growing exodus cheese i am at the 4th week of flowering just added vitalink buddy i dont know if its just me but it seems to have stopped growing i am wondering if it is because of my pot size

yes... and make it at least a 5 gallon bucket for now and next time before flowering transplant into large bucket first so that way you wont have any root growth and or moisture and or feeding issues...

nothing wrong with a small container... and for roots to be bound is hardly ever an issue for plants as they will soak up water and nutrients any way they can regardless of pot or container size...

its just that once the roots take over the soil there is more root mass than soil mass and then you have an issue with how much of a concentration of nutes the plant is getting... as if all you see are roots the plant and the container are now practically part of a flood and drain hydro system...
cause there is hardly any soil mass to slowly distill out the nutes...

guaranteed if someone poured in nutes in the concentration that goes normally in soil puts it to bare root system in hydro they would cook that plant to death...

also another issue you will have here is if there are more roots than soil... then it will dry out much faster and take more waterings ultimately making it more difficult to grow...

keep things simple and efficient...

good luck and enjoy the grow...

 

[darkdestruction420]

Man, I would NOT transplant/re-pot what-so-ever! There's probably a 90% or better chance you'll either put her in such a state of shock she'll probably turn Hermi on you, OR she'll simply die

i do it all the time. lol its perfectly fine. It's more like 99% chance it wont. (ive had 100% success on this but i cant say that it could never ever happen under any conditions so i cant say 100%)

 

[bkbbudz]

Man, I would NOT transplant/re-pot what-so-ever! There's probably a 90% or better chance you'll either put her in such a state of shock she'll probably turn Hermi on you, OR she'll simply die. Usually when those main roots get through the bottom holes you'll find that there's a tremendous (like 100:1) amount of smaller, supplemental roots that feed these main ones. I sometimes will do a "thinning" of massive, explosive roots because they do take over and utilize all that space for themselves which takes away that valuable access of getting the Oxygen to those roots. Almost every strain I have ever grown has flowered just like what you describe. In a strain that's, lets say, 8 weeks to flower 1-2 weeks the lady shoots and stretches to gain height and thus the best access to those bud sites for the pollen. She'll gain a large height increase (near 50% more), show a tendency towards more firmness in the buds as she packs more and more buds on. Then you'll notice her slow down about 1/2 way through and literally stop production. Then POW, she'll burst forth again packing more weight and Trichomes. Then the last few days she leaps one last time to try to gain one last attempt, a burst of growth for "more exposure". All this is normal as if the plant knows she isn't getting laid but tries harder just the same. Good luck to you; you'll do just fine. Don't mess with the roots unless you know exactly what to do. Life blood of the plant and you can really mess up...

I gotta say this seems to be a very thoughtful response to the issue. I must admit I am not a botanist and am not in a position to debate the suggestion of not moving her. I must do some more research. But that will not help the OP now.

To the OP: I may be wrong here, please do some further research. You do have some time to figure it out. Cannabis is very resilient.

 

[bkbbudz]

Man, I would NOT transplant/re-pot what-so-ever! There's probably a 90% or better chance you'll either put her in such a state of shock she'll probably turn Hermi on you, OR she'll simply die

i do it all the time. lol its perfectly fine. It's more like 99% chance it wont. (ive had 100% success on this but i cant say that it could never ever happen under any conditions so i cant say 100%)

Well there is a huge part of my research done already if Dark says it's ok, you can prolly bet a sure thing that it is, dude really knows his shit!

I gotta say this seems to be a very thoughtful response to the issue. I must admit I am not a botanist and am not in a position to debate the suggestion of not moving her. I must do some more research. But that will not help the OP now.

To the OP: I may be wrong here, please do some further research. You do have some time to figure it out. Cannabis is very resilient.

 

[cowboylogic]

Transplant away if it will make ya feel better, no worries. But I think alot of growers should learn what 'root bound' actually means. Much different than the average 'pot bound' plants found in these forums...

 

[smokeyjo82]

hi there i would just like to say thanks to every one for your answers... just a quick update i did re pot her 2 days ago and she seems to have handled it ok and seems to be awake again as the fan leaves have perked up

 

[kvnbeach]

Man i am in the same position except mine was root boud when i started flowerind and i didnt realize it. Yes i have it in a 5 gallon pot. I just watered and there was no drainage. It hasn't drained properly in week. She is 38days int flower. My idea would be to cut out the bottom of the pot. By a bigger pot and put dirt in the bottom. This way the plant aint gettin manhandled. Today may have been the last time it is watered. I have asked this question a few times over this week and no one has any ideas, just telling me wat a noob I am.

 

[PJ Diaz]

Man i am in the same position except mine was root boud when i started flowerind and i didnt realize it. Yes i have it in a 5 gallon pot. I just watered and there was no drainage. It hasn't drained properly in week. She is 38days int flower. My idea would be to cut out the bottom of the pot. By a bigger pot and put dirt in the bottom. This way the plant aint gettin manhandled. Today may have been the last time it is watered. I have asked this question a few times over this week and no one has any ideas, just telling me wat a noob I am.

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There's no way that plant was root bound when flowering started, and I doubt it's even rootbound now. You already said the problem is with drainage, so that's your problem. If it was rootbound the plant would suck the water up real fast. drainage would not be an issue. To put it in a bigger pot will just compound your problem.

 

[Tragic420]

i did it to a tomato plant one time after the maters wasnt no bigger then a golfball,,,, well they never got no bigger and that was a beefsteak tomato

 

[darkdestruction420]

looks like she needs some nitrogen. thats for sure.

 

[darkdestruction420]

Man i am in the same position except mine was root boud when i started flowerind and i didnt realize it. Yes i have it in a 5 gallon pot. I just watered and there was no drainage. It hasn't drained properly in week. She is 38days int flower. My idea would be to cut out the bottom of the pot. By a bigger pot and put dirt in the bottom. This way the plant aint gettin manhandled. Today may have been the last time it is watered. I have asked this question a few times over this week and no one has any ideas, just telling me wat a noob I am.

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are you in a peat heavy medium? a surfacant can often help. a drop of dish soap in your water i believe.

 

[kvnbeach]

There's no way that plant was root bound when flowering started, and I doubt it's even rootbound now. You already said the problem is with drainage, so that's your problem. If it was rootbound the plant would suck the water up real fast. drainage would not be an issue. To put it in a bigger pot will just compound your problem.

I know it is rootbound. And it is rootbound in a 7 gallon container. So I cut the bottom off of that pot, bought a bigger one, put dirt in the bottom of that and set the plant on top of that. It shouldn't need nitrogen, she's flowering, she needs phosphorous. All nitogen does is turn the leaves green. I aint smokin the leaves.lol. Well she only has 20 more days. Hey it's my first grow. I am definitely learning. I got 2 seedlings I germinated "Orange Crush", One 11 days old that is close to topping and the other 2 days old. I have 2 grow rooms. My veg room is 250wh. You know I have to say I got no help from the RIU community in figuring out what was wrong. It's nitro, it's nitro. One thing is, you don't always have to fix your plant. The plant knows she close to the end so she is using all her resources. If u notice none of the leaves are curling, so it's not a burn or lack of.

 

[scroglodyte]

bury the pot in a bigger pot, maybe.