Low Budget Closet Experiment

Here is a small closet grow I have been playing with on it's second grow. The plants were rather sickly super silver haze clones a friend "bestowed" upon me (I'm sure out of fear he was going to kill them). I have had them for three weeks now and they are 1 week into flower. When I received them they were approximately 8" to 12" in height in 4x4" planters. They are now in 8" round planters and will be transplanted into 12" rounds in 1 week. The total of the investment so far is $165 including the 400w HPS ballast, fixture, and bulb.
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2nd week into flower, before last transplant.
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looks good, however, transplanting plants in flower is not the best idea, as it shocks them no matter how careful you are. it will add a little time on your flowering schedule, so i would allot for that in planning your feeding schedule/harvest date. they say 4-7 days of recovery time each time you re-pot. whats the gallon capacity of the current pots? the rule of thumb for me has always been a gallon of soil for every foot of plant. if you think they will finish under the height allotted at 1 gal per ft, maybe dont re-pot them? smaller pots allow more control of feeding and flushing, since you water more often usually.. a 3 ft plant in a 5 gal pot will have ph flux and over watering probs in soil. good luck buddy.

ciao, damp

I do apologise dampille, but I disagree. Transplanting does not cause as much stress as you would believe, especially in early flower while there is still root production; I alloted for this transplant specifically at 2 week flower. And "a rule of thumb for 1 gallon of soil for every foot of plant?" I disagree again, the plants root structure is very dependant on its canopy, the canopy (measured from the edges of the widest splitting stems, not the leaves) can grow no larger than the breadth of it's root structure; and height is defined by the amount of light vs. temperature diferentiation from day to night (little light with a large temperature swing makes for a large internodal gap, ample light with a small temperature swing makes for a small internodal gap). The pot that provides the most "control" is the pot that offers the appropriate amount of space for the roots vs. areated soil, if I leave these in the 8" pots the contents will turn into a solid spongy block from being over-root bound. One last thing, get yourself a pH probe pen that tests the water directly and check the run-off to check the soil's pH, soil probes are NOT accurate.

JSG.

Week 3 flower
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Week 4 flower
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How tall are those plants?

They were about 20 to 24 inches.

Those plants look nice. to transplant in early flowering is ok .I have never had a problem.I would not do it when they are in the stage they are now. I love to watch them grow week to week .Looking forward to next weeks pic!