transplant options

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...

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.