transplant options

[genuine]

I continue to debate whether to transplant, or just leave them alone.


I have a dozen or so girlz that are in 3.5 sqare pots, 5 inch deep. They are a month into flowering and three feet tall. They've been in those pots for 6 weeks and the roots have filled the space ect.

If I now transplant to larger...won't I loose bud growth time while roots form?
If I now transplant them to larger, takes more space ect.


so there's the:

1) just leave them be and finish as is
2) pull out root ball, put a few inches of soil in bottom and leave
3) transplant into larger pots (1 gallon is next size I own)
4) Thought of cutting bottom off of the 3.5s and stacking ontop on another 3.5 of soil, thus giving more soil, but not adding width.


I do continual harvest so I've got some other rounds I'm working with as well.

If the standard is 6 weeks...should I then plan to do transplant next round 2 weeks into flowering. Or better to transplant two weeks before setting into F zone?

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This is also a case of "hobby grow"... where if I kept better records of things done in other rounds I'd have empirical evidence ect...but that seems like work! Ha...

[redtails]

My opinion is it's best to transplant before flowering. That being said, you can still transplant & won't lose much if any weight from your plants: the roots don't really keep growing in flower mode at the same rate. The new surrounding soil would just basically be a buffer zone for nutes & moisture, and make it easier to keep the pH stable by reducing the amount of salt buildup from the bottom of the pots touchin your roots. Personally I'd go with options 3 or 4, but any of them would be fine really since your plants are about half way through budding. If you leave them as is, I suggest a thorough flushing every other watering to keep nute lockout to a minimum.