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Well, to quote stinky - hope this helps the decision somewhat. You can probably find more on it if you look. I just came along it and decided to send it along to youQuote:
Originally Posted by bijnas
Stresses and problems:
Things that can cause stress and eventual hermaphroditism among your plants, and the ways to prevent them, include the following:
-Light leaks. Check during the dark period to be certain no light is coming through cracks or ductwork.
-Heat stress. Keep temperatures below 85 F at all times. 75 or thereabouts is comfortable for your plants during their lights on cycle. Spikes up to 95 will not kill the plant, but are a source of stress. Night temperatures should be only 10-15 degrees F less than day temps. Low temps are also dangerous, and if you grow in a cellar, lift your plants up off the floor on shipping pallets or a table.
-High humidity. Humidity more than about 50% runs the risk of mold in your buds. Again, cellars can be dangerous. An application of Kilz oil-based primer on exposed moist concrete is a way to help kill and prevent mold that is already present. Old carpeting can also harbor mold spores. Moldy buds are dangerous, can cause respiratory ailments, and should NEVER be smoked under any circumstances.
A rootbound condition. Allow about a gallon of soil per foot of main stem that your plant will finish at. A plant flowered at 1 foot will be very happy in a 3 gallon pail with PLENTY of drainage. Holes drilled up the sides of the pot are wonderful to help aerate the roots, prevent root rot, and aid in uptake of nutrients. A plant that has been aggressively trained and pruned will naturally need a larger pot- just use your instinct when choosing pot sizes. Free pots can be found out back of the Hadley Garden Center on Rt9 in Hadley MA in a large wooden crate. They should be thoroughly bleached before use. The square white pots sold by Liquid Sun in Putney VT are IDEAL for flowering indoor soil-grown plants, and I typically finish a trained plant at 24? in a pot like that.
The last thing you want to do is go rootbound during flowering.
Good luck :)
More Ms. Stinky wisdom - This was actually a reply to someone flowering with 2 liter pots
Here's the problem with tiny pots:
Not only do you have wild fluctuations in moisture, and it's hard to keep up with watering, but the amount of actual media compared to the amount of root mass is relatively small, and you'll see problems with soil chemistry too, resulting in nutrient lockouts.
Bigger pots time! First, and do this right away, FLUSH the pots well with plain tap water at pH 6.7 to rinse out any excess fert salts. Let the plants chill for a day or so, long enough to dry the soil out again. Now find a pot that is about a gallon per foot of stem height- your plants look like they would like a 2-3 gallon pot. Take your favorite soil mix and add more perlite if it is not freely draining. Find the level that the plant should sit in the pot, fill the pot with soil until it will hold the plant at that level, put in the plant (turn the whole thing upside down and slap the bottom of the pot hard- the root ball should slide out with no damage), and backfill around it with the rest of the soil. The soil surface should be the same in relation to the STEM, and an inch below the rim of the pot. Now give a LIGHT watering with a ~1/4 strength fertilizer solution. If you have superthrive, now is the time to use it- only 1 drop per gallon! more is not more, lol
very good advice ... JackForest is correct about the SuperThrive, too - ONLY one drop/gallon ... that stuff is surprisingly concentrated, can kill plants if overdone (ST is a great rooting-aid, but that's all it does, don't fall for all that crazy advertising on its label, reminds me of the old 'medicine-show' days :D) ... your plants look nice, keep it simple, and don't 'overlove' them ... :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackforest
Hah, I wish I could take credit for that advice. But I was just quoting the talented StinkyAttic.Quote:
Originally Posted by the image reaper
I'm just merely spreading information to where it's needed :thumbsup:
Perhaps you can find the largest pots your rubbermaid can accommodate 6 of. Actually may not need 6 if they are not a female, can't remember if your seeds were feminized.
Anyway, they look great :thumbsup:
No, they're not feminized, just bagseed for thsi first grow. I have 10 seeds of Blue Dynamite from Next Generation Seed Co. for my next grow, but I didn't want to grow those on my first since I had no experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cede2Weed
So should I just keep them in the 2 liters and wait til flowering to see sex? And transplant the females? Is it okay to transplant during flowering? I still don't really understand the pre-flowering thing, I can't tell the difference yet I guess.
from what I have read, if you pre-flower for sexing, then go back to veg, it will add anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to your length to harvest. You could then use that re-veg time to trnsplant your females into larger pots. Hopefully a more experienced grower will offer more advice here.
Wish I had link for you, but I also read you need one gallon of sail for every foot of height at harvest. More with LST and SCROG. This has me reconsidering my veg time on my personal grow. As I simply do not have the space for all that dirt.
My recommendation would be to assess your goals for this grow in terms of height and work backwards from there. I assume the perils JackFrest and ImageReaper mentioned would be mitigated if you were to limit the size of your plants by going to flower early. Anxious to hear others opinions.
Good luck, they look great so far!
Yep those plants are going to get awfully root bound in those pots..
I'm with cede2weed on that one, find the biggest pots you can fit, probably square ones, and transplant now or maybe go to 12/12 now and repot the females as soon as they show.
Just been doing the same shit.
Added the top part of the box because the lights were starting to burn the plants. I also stopped LSTing because the plants are soooooooo bushy already. I did some timming to let light get to the more important nodes under the foliage. I also think I'm dealing with a few different strains here. Some of the leaves are most definitely indica, but others have thin leaves and seem like they might be a cross but more sativa dominant. I guess we'll see. Still can't figure out the pre-flowering thing, so I don't know what the plants will be so I don't want to transplant them. I'm going out of town this week, so I'll have a friend take care of them, and when I get back I'm going to start 12/12.
So here are some pics:
1: plantsss
2: the extreme bushiness
3: inside of top
4:new box
5: trimmings