Help??? Root bound plant with about 2 weeks left to flower!

so my plant is a monster in a 5 gallon bucket of soil. I didn't plan on going this big but stuff happens. Plant is not progressing. Will it finish as is or do i need to transplant? If transplant is a must which way will least hurt the plant?

I'd just continue flowering in that pot and learn from it. Flower with a bigger pot next run.

beavejones420 said:

so my plant is a monster in a 5 gallon bucket of soil. I didn't plan on going this big but stuff happens. Plant is not progressing. Will it finish as is or do i need to transplant? If transplant is a must which way will least hurt the plant?

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I've grown in soil, bubbles, hydro in cups, gallons, five gallon buckets, 20 gallon totes and a 55 gallon drum. I have never in my life seen a marijuana plant that vegged long enough and did not get rootbound in flower. Most have been rootbound in veg before they go to flower. these plants grow in a driveway crack man, it aint rocket science.

Could just be a natural stall, don't imagine it will not finish.

marijuana plants will finish in a dixie cup if all the resources are provided. where do people get this stuff

beavejones420 said:

so my plant is a monster in a 5 gallon bucket of soil. I didn't plan on going this big but stuff happens. Plant is not progressing. Will it finish as is or do i need to transplant? If transplant is a must which way will least hurt the plant?

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wait a minute. your plant is in veg? then top it to the size you want it uhhh then flower it

is it in flower with two weeks left? what kind of progress did you expect in the last two weeks?

when plants are overfed or underfed they stall often. this can be a ph issue or operator fault

Sorry I wasn't clear. 2 weeks left till harvest.

beavejones420 said:

Sorry I wasn't clear. 2 weeks left till harvest.

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Yeah. Just leave them be. Continue to water as normal.

beavejones420 said:

Sorry I wasn't clear. 2 weeks left till harvest.

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its over, watch them finish, scope the trichomes, watch your feeding habits, water only when dry dont add chems or molasses or bananas or epsoms or pee for best results

beavejones420 said:

Sorry I wasn't clear. 2 weeks left till harvest.

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It's not the end of the world, you've only got two weeks and fortunately that really isn't enough time to start noticing any of the negatives of being rootbound. The only negative consequences as a result of this is that your yields won't be as large as they could have been had you used a larger pot.. it sucks but it's not the end of the world, you're still on your way to a good harvest if everything else is fine

Just keep on top of things until harvest, you may have to water more than normal because you're rootbound.

A 5-gallon pot should be able to support a plant for 20 weeks of growth at 4 weeks/gallon. Unless the roots have changed from white to an ugly green or black/brown I wouldn't worry about being root-bound. A healthy plant should fill the pot with roots. That's natural.

Good luck, BigSteve.