Quote Originally Posted by Chronic Chrissy
Could they be rootbound? Sounds crazy but when you transplant in stages the roots fill the container then build a little on the side, you transplant and they6 move out again and build on the sides you transplant again same thing. When you start in one pot the roots have room to stretch and grow without piling up somewhere till they finally reach the container and pile up while there is lots of usable soil in the middle, it wasn't used at the time because it wasn't needed.
yes. Chrissy has the handle on it. I too did the "hey I'm gonna skip some steps and save stressn my plant." What happened, my plant was fine till midway through flowering and went all whacky. Turned yellow, fan leaves died off and I freaked. I ended up transplanting in a 10 gallon pot and she came back within a week and produced like a beast.

make sure you place soil in the bottom, tamp to remove air, fill the sides and remove air as well. I mixed up a moist batch of potting soil so there was less fluff.

good luck :thumbsup: