MOTHER PLANT CARE....

[SeaLevelGrower]

I have a mother plant that started life as a clone 4 months ago. She has been in a 1 gallon pot her entire life. I dont have room to give her a larger pot, and she is becoming root bound. In order to keep her small enough to fit in the Veg room, can I pull her out of the pot...gently get rid of the old soil...and re-pot her in the same pot using fresh soil? What is the best way to keep her in the 1 gallon pot? She is less than 18" tall, but SUPER bushy! Thanks for any input.

S.L.G.

[midnightAK]

your passing on those stressed features to your clones....

i would get it in a bigger pot. can u not make it at least DEEPER. ie a taller pot.

best of luck.

[disrupt86]

wow,thats pretty old for her size pot,generally u do want something taller rather than wider.adding fresh soil wont do anything to help a root bound plant thats staying in the some container.if i were u,i would try and find a planter twice as wide,put your plant basically into a make shit dwc system to loosen the soil,pull the plant out after the dirt is loose enough to play with then with gloves on lay your root mass down side ways.this might buy you more time,then i would take a shit load of cuttings,saving your best one for use as a new mother.like i sed this is if it is a last resort.theres no way to just move here and go buy 2 or 3 cheap as 2 ft flourescents?shit u could even use a card board box and keep her sperate from the rest if u had 2.

[scrumby]

add a bit of hydrogen peroxide 1% max. shes good for another year.

[polishpollack]

I don't think cutting the plant back will slow root growth.

[disrupt86]

I don't think cutting the plant back will slow root growth.who sed to cut the plant back? auctually it will.but not to the extent that its going to solve this issue
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[polishpollack]

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