Rusty's Bonsai Downsizing...

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Originally Posted by KillerBudG

Lmao Rusty, Just curious about something tho, Is it possible to root more than 1 clone in a cup? If you can how many would you limit it to?

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One pot, one plant. The roots tangle and compete.

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Originally Posted by KillerBudG

And if I was gonna take a Reveg plant from a 1gal. pot to a 5 gal. pot how long should i do it before flower? 2 weeks..?

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A lot depends on how she's handling the re-veg process, and how much new growth she's showing. (is she healthy, or is she struggling?)
A week or so should be fine. Might even want to put her in a 2 or 3 gallon pot first, then transplant into the 5er a couple of weeks into flower.

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Originally Posted by dexter68

If it aint broke dont fix it.Right?

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My sentiments exactly. :thumbsup: For a beginner, I'd recommend learning how to grow before learning to maximize your grow.

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Originally Posted by dexter68

When i can lay hands on camera ill let my girls shine.

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Will look for your growlog. Good luck with 'em. :jointsmile:

[quote=Rusty Trichome]One pot, one plant. The roots tangle and compete.

A lot depends on how she's handling the re-veg process, and how much new growth she's showing. (is she healthy, or is she struggling?)
A week or so should be fine. Might even want to put her in a 2 or 3 gallon pot first, then transplant into the 5er a couple of weeks into flower./QUOTE]

I know they tangle and compete. But im using pete to root in, and am low on pots/containers ATM. Was courious if I can pull off few clones in 1 pot each until I get more. But I know what you are saying and I should go the safe way.

She is taking to the reveg well, Loads of new growth, I think it actually slowed down an needs to see a repot. I only have a 2 gal. then a 5. so I should go to the 2 gal. then to the 5. Just thought that it might be better to skip the 2 ga. but ill repot up later today.

I will try to get a pic up to, I know I say it alot, so ill have to try and get 1 up so No one thinks I'm full of B/s..

Thanx Rusty, you been a lot of help since I started doing my own thing :weedpoke: :chainsaw: :baggy: :S5:

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Sounds like you're doing fine. :thumbsup:

Once they start showing new growth, full strength nutes and check roots a couple times a week for issues. (rootbound)

I like to repot in smaller steps mainly because the re-vegged adult pumps out roots so quick, you'll start seeing rootbound issues half way through flower.

Final trim to shape her a week or more prior to switching to flower. (allow recovery time)

My bad...I should have added "strangle" to the "tangle and compete" statement.

Hey Rusty, The reveg/bush is doing great wish I could take some pictures. I was reading threw this thread and came across a post, that say not to leave a lot of shoots on your plant or the yield wont be much.

Now with proper shoot spacing would it really matter how many shoots you have.

I am waiting until they root-bound up in the 2 gal. to switch it to the 5gal then flip it to flower. I am unsure if I can leave all the shoots and just space them out to get decent light like a scrog bush without the screen tho. I will be flowering under a 600w.:jointsmile:


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If you are re-vegging and returning to flower asap, I wouldn't transplant into final container till the last minute, as a large re-veg will pump-out the roots, and you can run-out of rootspace late in flower. (did you trim the roots when returning to veg?)

If you are keeping her for clones, keep in mind, if they get too rootbound you can trim healthy roots and return to the veg closet for healing . As long as she has a couple of recovery weeks before returning her to flower. Never trim roots when in flower.

Airflow is a concern, as is leaf-irritation. Not real big problems, but cannabis needs the airflow, and the tighter-packed the shoots, the more the leaves and branches will irritate (do minor damage to) each other. Usually when I take clones from a re-veg, I'll shape her for optimal branch spacing.

Which is "better"...6 growing tips at 4" each, or one cola at 8"? I'm guessing once you get to knbow your strain, you would be the one to answer that. On re-veggers I leave 4-8 growing tips, depending on strain and physical attributes of the plant. (I play it by ear)

I used these 'nudgers' for a while to help shape the canopy:
push-me-pull-you's

Here's a Lemon Skunk re-veg. Just switched to 12/12, (first week) and she's about 28 inches tall right now. Will likely put her in a 15 gallon pot sometime this week.
The plant in the plexiglass is a Swazi male. (collecting pollen)
A PokerFace x Inca Spirit x Diesel cross re-veg in background. (can't really see it though)
Juvenile Swazi Skunk and some juvenile Northern Lights (the original N.L. strain) being sexed in background.

Looking real nice rusty :thumbsup:

I would like to try out a bonsai with one of my ladies but Im guessing they have to be a strong enough strain to handle the stress it will go through.

Will have to look up your threads on this, thanks for sharing :jointsmile:

Thanks. I appreciate the compliment. :thumbsup:

Best to grow a healthy strain to begin with. Most would be amazed at how easy this is, but many who try it for the first time get frustrated when the sub par bagseed they try with doesn't work-out. In my book, it's worth a try with any strain but autoflowers. I've never even grown a full autoflower, so am not sure how that would work. :jointsmile:

Sounds good would like to keep this bagseed going it has been the most vigorously growing lady I have. But time will tell...

"must spread rep before giving it to blah blah" I tried

Well Rusty iv read this thread 3 or 4 times and think iv done everything correct. My problem was i had no leaves to work with, so i left a few small buds near the bottom. Plus my lights fell sometime over night and burned them some. Now one plant is really important, because its NL#5 and was great smoke, with a perfect pain killer. It is the one in the yellow butter container.

But i took them out of their pots and cut each side and a bit off the bottoms, then filled in the bottom and sides with fresh soil. I am planning on putting them outside in the ground, so the more branch growth the better. So i thought id post a pic so you can advise please. I have pruned a lot, but should i take the branches that look like there is no way i will get growth, or just let nature take its course. I was thinking it would only stress it more. Its been 3 weeks an 1 day from the re pot in this pic. Also, this pic was taken with a good camera, so you can zoom pretty well to get a look at it, but the yellow pot is most important. I hope to get a clone or two also for the outdoor this year. I also have a few seeds getting ready as you can see. They were a gift an all feminized, so i cant wait because they are a mixed batch of white widow, wrecked homicide to diesel and some combination there of. Just not sure whats what, but thats all good cuz im thinking there is a few people that could identify them as a adult.


Anything you could advise would be great Rusty. Oh and i started FF grow 2 weeks after the re pot. Thanks for any advise my man Rusty:thumbsup:

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