3 week flowering

[ojitos1985]

the afganis are way too much faster than skunk, and... i really dont know if you gonna belive me but they smell like... chocolate.

anybody knows why the red steams of my afganis? and, why one of the skunks-haze look like that in the picture? (Droopy), its just that part of the plant.

i kinda assuming that my pots are shitty they are like 2 litters and i think less... how can this be bad to my plants i mean they need more water or grow less?

ojitos1985 Reviewed by ojitos1985 on 04-10-2008. 3 week flowering the afganis are way too much faster than skunk, and... i really dont know if you gonna belive me but they smell like... chocolate. anybody knows why the red steams of my afganis? and, why one of the skunks-haze look like that in the picture? (Droopy), its just that part of the plant. i kinda assuming that my pots are shitty they are like 2 litters and i think less... how can this be bad to my plants i mean they need more water or grow less? Rating: 5

[gtshelby420]

Do you think that they are getting root bound and if so maybe you should transplant. That will be my guess......GOOD LUCK:jointsmile:

[stinkyattic]

Definitely time to transplant!
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
good luck, they actually look great for being in such little pots!
Oh- my Affies have red stems too. The leaves look healthy, nothing a re-pot won't fix. No worries mate.

[darbolah]

yeah, what she said

[ojitos1985]

come on man they are too big for repot, how i will be able to hold the bigsteam if the buds are everywhere, i was thinking...i just destroy the actual pot and put the entire root mass with soil included, in a new bigger one with more soil...isnt my idea go wrong way with the voice of experiencie but... i really think i am gonna mess up everything... also i got a theory, how about my plants are entirely focusing the energy in creating buds instead of roots, i mean the plant already know there is no more space for them.

[Orzy]

come on man they are too big for repot, how i will be able to hold the bigsteam if the buds are everywhere, i was thinking...i just destroy the actual pot and put the entire root mass with soil included, in a new bigger one with more soil...isnt my idea go wrong way with the voice of experiencie but... i really think i am gonna mess up everything... also i got a theory, how about my plants are entirely focusing the energy in creating buds instead of roots, i mean the plant already know there is no more space for them.

Um.. what?

You need to transplant there isn't any way around it. Just let the pots dry out then grab the base of the stem right at the soil and slide the pot off.

edit: and maybe look at some transplanting tutorials via google? It's really not that hard.

[daihashi]

Here's what you do.

1. Water your plant at it's normal watering date. Give it about 1-2 days for the soil to dry out slightly.

2. take the pot by the rim and push inward.. making the pot slightly oval.This loosens the edge of the soil from the pot itself in a gentle matter instead of just yanking it out. Once done in one direction push inward on the rim on the other 2 sides you did not do earlier. Repeat this process several times.

3. For 2 gallon circular pots and under I turn the pot upside down and place my hand across the soil.. keeping it all intact. With my other hand I palm the bottom of the pot and gently wiggle it free from the plant.

For plants 3 gallons and up I lay the pot on the ground the way it normally would sit. I put one hand on the rim and one hand on the stalk and gently lift up on the stalk. While doing this I use my other hand to go around the rim and push downward and away from the soil.. this makes it much easier to pull it all out as one piece.

It's actually a very simple process. i've even transferred a 5 gallon plant into a 7.5 gallon pot. :thumbsup:

[Mr. Clandestine]

I actually find transplanting larger plants to be easier than the small ones that need to be flipped upside down, and tapped on the bottom of the pot. With the larger plants, such as yours, you can probably just pick the entire plant (including the root mass) up by the bottom of the main stem where it meets the soil and it should slide right out of its pot. I'd wait until the soil is fairly dry before doing this, so as not to add any extra weight to the rootball/soil. You can "double pot", but it's much easier to go that route when you've rigged the bottom of the pot to break away before the need to transplant arises. I wouldn't want to go at it with a saw zaw and risk slicing up the roots at the bottom of the pot. This is usually where you find an abundance of roots on a potbound plant.

Take care. :jointsmile:

[ojitos1985]

alright going to to buy some pots... better is wider or higher?

[ojitos1985]

alright, easy than i did think... i put my fingers around that thing.. and just hang the whole plant