For those who transplant - do I go straight from cell pack to my finishing 3gal pot?

ZookieBoy

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Just stop now brotha ✌
have you ever grown any pcg? Believe it or not some autos come down at 60 days :) thought you were the pheno expert all
Believe it or not 90% of growers harvest early.
Keep reading those breeder estimates and believing them.
dude … my numbers were for argument sake… almost was going to say obviously phenos differ and people pull early. But they can be done around 60 days.. But wait .. again now this is all personal preference when you want to pull and how you prefer to do it.. but don’t back pedal now and blame the breeders themselves :) since you know better.. you’re a real character dude
 

twentyeight.threefive

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Just stop now brotha ✌


dude … my numbers were for argument sake… almost was going to say obviously phenos differ and people pull early. But they can be done around 60 days.. But wait .. again now this is all personal preference when you want to pull and how you prefer to do it.. but don’t back pedal now and blame the breeders themselves :) since you know better.. you’re a real character dude
Backpedaling? Lol coming from the guy that thinks you can claim side by side autoflower grows as proof.
 

ZookieBoy

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just admit all your knowledge is from a super personal perspective and what works for you. So it’s kinda just weird to be giving out general knowledge like you truly know what’s best for the plant. Can’t just send me pics of decent buds and think your right. When your continuously
Backpedaling? Lol coming from the guy that thinks you can claim side by side autoflower grows as proof.
Obviously phenos can differ but you can get a pretty clear idea it’s not that those 5 seeds happen to be bad and these were good like cmon
 

ZookieBoy

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just admit all your knowledge is from a super personal perspective and what works for you. So it’s kinda just weird to be giving out general knowledge like you truly know what’s best for the plant. Can’t just send me pics of decent buds and think your right. When your continuously

Obviously phenos can differ but you can get a pretty clear idea it’s not that those 5 seeds happen to be bad and these were good like cmon
If all the ones that were transplanted were stunted and grew smaller buds vs the ones planted to final that’s not good enough for you ?
 

ZookieBoy

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How do you compare two plants that aren't clones? Derp. Very scientific.
You can compare all of your plants vs others that plant to final.. yes even though they are all different phenos your autos all looks and grow in a similar style and all look stunted. Where as others you can clearly tell had extra time flourishing under minimum stress and could use that time growing not recovering … you literally are derp science bro. Root ball better :D when your not actually taking into consideration the science and lifespan of the plant and how much time your plant is taking recovering not growing … use your head
 

twentyeight.threefive

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You can compare all of your plants vs others that plant to final.. yes even though they are all different phenos your autos all looks and grow in a similar style and all look stunted. Where as others you can clearly tell had extra time flourishing under minimum stress and could use that time growing not recovering … you literally are derp science bro. Root ball better :D when your not actually taking into consideration the science and lifespan of the plant and how much time your plant is taking recovering not growing … use your head
Yeah mine are definitely stunted lmao.

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Dorian2

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These Auto's were transplanted, topped, and defoliated multiple times now. Day 42 from seed. Small plant in the back(Day 28 from seed) was topped 2 days ago. What's the issue with transplanting?
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ZookieBoy

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These Auto's were transplanted, topped, and defoliated multiple times now. Day 42 from seed. Small plant in the back was topped 2 days ago. What's the issue with transplanting?
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The problem is that yes transplanting can be beneficial. But you only have a small amount of time the plant is in veg/flower so why would you want to quite literally waste days the plant is having to recover and spends days just to get back to how it was. where as those days it is recovering it is not growing at the same rate as it would if it wasn’t shocked. Like idk how many times I have to reiterate it. It’s simple. With photos transplant as much as you like because guess what there’s not time period that those plants have to flip that recovery time can be made up for with extra veg.. with autos they only have X amount of days to veg and X amount to flower. So with less transplant shock and recovery time the plant can spend its what little life it has actually growing. Just because you have a big stalk and thick crotches doesn’t just show that transplanting is better. Because on the end of those big branches are little guys which is ok but if we are talking about truly what is best for the plant and overall health and yield it’s kinda obvious that you want to minimize the amount of transplants And true forms of shock to your auto.
 

ZookieBoy

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The problem is that yes transplanting can be beneficial. But you only have a small amount of time the plant is in veg/flower so why would you want to quite literally waste days the plant is having to recover and spends days just to get back to how it was. where as those days it is recovering it is not growing at the same rate as it would if it wasn’t shocked. Like idk how many times I have to reiterate it. It’s simple. With photos transplant as much as you like because guess what there’s not time period that those plants have to flip that recovery time can be made up for with extra veg.. with autos they only have X amount of days to veg and X amount to flower. So with less transplant shock and recovery time the plant can spend its what little life it has actually growing. Just because you have a big stalk and thick crotches doesn’t just show that transplanting is better. Because on the end of those big branches are little guys which is ok but if we are talking about truly what is best for the plant and overall health and yield it’s kinda obvious that you want to minimize the amount of transplants And true forms of shock to your auto.
And topping that late into flower … not the best idea especially for autos but
 

Budzbuddha

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Ok ….. Let’s put the nail in the coffin on this subject .

This is for ANY PLANT - Autoflower or Photo ……. Soil Grows

Lets follow along ….

A . This represents the “ best “ way to transplant whether you are moving a simple solo start / 1 gallon up pot or starting container
into a larger or FINAL size pot. Your starting container will make the plug ( with early rooting forming / circling bottom ) . That plug
will be transplanted into next container.

As you can see rootmass will not shoot straight to bottom as with “ no transplant “ plants.
Rootmass will begin to root out laterally and widen out. This allows more feeder roots to form and seek moisture.
You will get better rooting / bigger plants and less medium waste. Autos can be transplanted just like any other plant.
Forget the Broscience bullshit …..

This is also a fantastic way to up pot a rooted clone into a 1 gallon grow bag and run a SOG setup.


B. This the common straight seed to container grow ….. you will see that the emerging tap root will head straight down then circle bottom with less lateral branching. Rootmass ( especially AUTOS with their LIMITED VEGGING ) will have a less chance to setup a proper rootmass ( in soil grows ) . Hempy / DWC starts don’t seem to have this issue as compared to soil grows. Forget planting autos in final container from the start …. you will handicap it right from the start .

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I knew there was a reason I kept this illustration

GL
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ZookieBoy

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That is great for photos. I’m more impling that you don’t want to just sit and do multiple transplants. Not saying that one transplant is going to completely ruin and stunt your grow. And I feel like that picture shown is good if you are practicing bad watering techniques, but post cut after I’ll always pull the plant out of the pot and the roots grow laterally right from the top and fill out the entire pot. Not to say that transplanting isn’t better but if you water correctly and dial in the wet to dry and really let them root properly you shouldn’t have a problem. Comes out looking just like the A pot.
 
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