Transplant question?

[bigbud751]

Can I veg for 4 weeks in a 6" pot then transplant into a 3 gal container right before flowering? I just want to get the most plants in veg as possible before moving into other room. How far into flowering can a plant be transplanted? Thanks

bigbud751 Reviewed by bigbud751 on 07-19-2007. Transplant question? Can I veg for 4 weeks in a 6" pot then transplant into a 3 gal container right before flowering? I just want to get the most plants in veg as possible before moving into other room. How far into flowering can a plant be transplanted? Thanks Rating: 5

[locomark]

Well bigbud751,

Sure you can transplant anytime you like your the grower. Now the question is how will your yield be effected?

Depending on your light source the plant may already be root bound at week 4 and the plants health may start to suffer.

So your main interest is having as many plants vegetating as possible? There is nothing wrong with that. You need to remember one thing though. If you want big buds you need big root balls. If your doing a sea of green don't sweat it.

Any time you transplant it will take close to a week for the plant to recover. Therefore doing it during flowering will lower your yield or extend the flowering time.

Whatever trade off your willing to make just don't claim you were not aware of the consequences. But what do I know?

Loco

[Dutch Pimp]

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[locomark]

Thanks for asking Pimp. I've been trying to find a new way to make a living.

[bigbud751]

The way I am going to grow is 45 plants in veg and 45 in flowering at all times. Well, actually not all the time just in veg for the last 4 or 5 weeks while others flower. So if I transplant would I be better off taking an extra week in the larger room and give the a week of 24/7 after putting into large container?

[twoguysupnorth]

i dont mind the plants getting rootbound in the beginning, its supposed to make for shorter node spacing. anybody want to dispute this? be my guest. as for transplanting after flowering i had to do it a month into flowering because the roots were coming out the bottom of the pots and the dirt had settled drasticly during flowering, so more or less i just popped them out and set them on a new bed of dirt and filled in around the sides with no problems. but my guess is that it wouldnt be the best thing to do that late in flowering. harvested at 7 weeks and a couple of days the roots were already reaching the botom of the pot again through the additional 3 inches of soil.

[locomark]

Well bigbud751,

To answer if you would be better off? Somethings your going to have to learn on your own with experience.

Twoguysupnorth not to dispute you but you did say "its supposed to make for shorter node spacing" meaning that that statement may or may not be true.

Let's say it does and as an experience grower your able to counter any lockup and move into flowering with no issues. Great.

Let's say it does and your not an experience grower and not able to counter lockout or even worse over compensate stressing the plant even further delaying flowering or critically reducing the potential yield. Not great.

When I need shorter node spacing, I go buy another light. But what do I know?

Loco

[twoguysupnorth]

thats fine loco, i wasnt talking about lockup. i was talking about the plants being a little stressed in the beginning due to being rootbound. and no im not positive about it but i get a much better rootball(and node spacing?) if i start out in a beer cup than if i was to start out with a 3 gallon pot. i dont mean keep them there, and i did ask for others oppinions on the matter. i was stictly outdoors previously and i do it the same way.