WTF is up wit Transplanting

[UpInSmOkE834]

i heard u need to transplant yur plants to a bigger pot when the plant gets big enough, y the hell cant u jus put the seed in the big ass pot to start with.

[stewie420]

for one it takes up a lot of space... the seedling also doesnt
use the water fast enough and you risk growing mold or
getting root rot if there isnt acceptable drainage...

[Marc Benson]

You can. You just need to watch the watering. Water for the size of the plant not the size of the container.

[Rezinator]

Yup. Second all of that. Plus this.

Depending on how many female plants you wanna end up with, you're going to want to start out with like seven seeds, and depending on where you got your seeds, some of 'em could turn out to be males or not even sprout up real well. Now you got all that soil to mess with, recycle, or store or whatever.

[luckydan]

will also help develope a nice root ball if you start of in a small container and get a nice healthy plant before you pot it into a large container........

[HARDDON]

When you water an area larger than you need to for one seedling, sprout or baby plant, you are over watering to being with.

Then if you only water the roots and not the whole container, the dryer soil will suck away the moisture from the soli around the roots so you haven't accomplihed a thing.

That is why you use a container suitable for the size of the plant root system. It is ok to 'anticipate' new growth, but be realistic.

Planting a seed or baby plant in a 5 gallon bucket because she will eventually be ready for it does not mean she is ready for it.

Can it be done?

Yes, of course.

Will it enable the plant to express her genetic potential?

No.

There is nothing at all wrong with transplanting. Done properly you can continue growth with only a slight 24 hour delay, but you will more than make up for that in the next 72 hours.

Putting a seedling in a big giant pot just so you wont have to transplant later on makes no sense at all.

[Bonez87x]

So starting with a large pot, watering the whole thing lightly is bad? the soil a few inches down is always cool and moist.. its jut the top that dries for me.. and thats all i moisten..

i'll take your word on it tho.

[Marc Benson]

I can agree that when transplanted correctly, which is very simple to do (even a caveman could do it) that going from one sized container to the next may be the best way to address the watering needs for differently sized plants.

That said all watering in a larger container for a smaller plant will do is make the roots stretch to where the water is. Which is good as it promotes a stronger plant as the tap root is unimpeded (it becomes impeded in smaller containers if you don't transplant soon after they break ground) and the tap is longer which studies have suggested is one of the most important aspects of a strong healthy plant.

If you watch the plant and know what to look for when the plant's saying "Water me!" there would be no problem watering to it's needs in a larger container. Even if some of it were absorbed to an area not used by the root system at that specific time.

But I can't imagine why a plant wouldn't live up to it's genetic potential when started out in a larger container and never transplanted. There's been a bazillion of them that grow to 10-12 feet tall and yield numerous pounds grown outdoors in the largest container (this planet) and grow to the maximum that their genetic makeup will allow.

If anything I would think that growing in a small container and having the roots grow into the bottom of a plastic pop bottle and twist and contort and then have to transplant it or else it'll die from being root bound would stress a plant more than growing it in the largest reasonable container and having that happen less would promote more of a chance to grow as stress free as possible.

[HARDDON]

There's been a bazillion of them that grow to 10-12 feet tall and yield numerous pounds grown outdoors in the largest container (this planet) and grow to the maximum that their genetic makeup will allow.

MB....

are you rehashing the argument over indoor weed vs. outdoor weed?

Expressing true genetic potential in any life form does not mean "let nature take its course and whatever it is we wind up having is the truest expression"

I beleive indoor weed, grown in an artificial environment, manipulating the sequences of nature can help a plant thrive in a stress less environment and even force better expression.