repot in second week of flowering..yah or nay?

[altaholic]

Through numerous accounts of trials and tribulations i have found myself having to flower alot later then i wanted to and im finding that im already seeing some root bound issues. So the thought is do i transfer to a bigger pot at the is moment of would that be to much stress for a plant in flowering? any thoughts?
Thanks in advance

altaholic Reviewed by altaholic on 05-11-2010. repot in second week of flowering..yah or nay? Through numerous accounts of trials and tribulations i have found myself having to flower alot later then i wanted to and im finding that im already seeing some root bound issues. So the thought is do i transfer to a bigger pot at the is moment of would that be to much stress for a plant in flowering? any thoughts? Thanks in advance Rating: 5

[moody420]

If I were you, I would not repot during flowering. When you are vegging you can be a little more aggressive with your plants. But when flowering, you do not want to stress them out. Are you sure you need to repot? Do you have pics?

[bigsby]

How long have they been in flower?
What size are the pots they are in now?

I believe you can re-pot during flower although 1 - 2 weeks is optimal and in fact recommended for a soil grow. Yes, any re-pot is going to cause initial stress.

If you are having issues with nute uptake or plants not getting enough water and/or drying out quickly, let the soil dry out a bit, then tip one of those girls over, slide her out of the pot and have a look. If, in fact, it is root bound you would be wise to deal with it. Otherwise yield and health will be negatively impacted.

If you do re-pot, post back here and let us know the outcome. I'm curious.

[cigarettes42]

whats with the AA lingo? haha "trials and tribulations" anyways if you are only in 2nd week and getting rootbound i would just go ahead and repot.

[TheChameleon]

If I were you, I would not repot during flowering. When you are vegging you can be a little more aggressive with your plants. But when flowering, you do not want to stress them out. Are you sure you need to repot? Do you have pics?

Im on the fence here... Night cycle developes roots and longer nights means more developement... but if the plants are producing nice I would tend to not fix it...

[altaholic]

thanks everybody,
These are some snapple hazes that are freeakin 7ft tall right now and are in 7 gallon bags. Should have flipped the switch like a month ago but had to move;(
Im starting to see the claw alot which i ve seen with this girl before when she was in the last week of flowering and i thought it was a root bound issue. i feed once a week, water once a week so should not be a salt build up( using AN nutes) Also the tops are wilting alot which happened after the move and hasnt really straightened back up like everybody else in the room, and i dont believe im over watering. They are at least 2 ft taller then everybody else and my hoods, so i have a verticle 600 light on them. My thought is that they need to be repotted. ill try and find a camera, thanks again

[bigsby]

A 7 gallon bag?! There ain't no tipping that one over to inspect the roots... You should be fine even at 7 feet.

[whitem5]

Did you move just the 2 tall girls during your move or all the others as well? If so did you change anything in your setup from the old place to the new?

[altaholic]

so i moved my whole room, seems the snapple hazes took the worst cause they did dry up and wilt for a day and never seemed to snap out of it. Because they are so much bigger then everybody else they dont have light above them, just to the side of em(600 what hanging verticly, maybe a foot and half away from the plant. The top of each plant (have 3 of em) continuously looks wilted while the rest of the plant seems to be fine. Im thinking the hazes have a harder getting the energy to the tips cause they are so freakin far away and not having light directly above?? Ive used the hanging verticle style before and never had an issue like this. And i just watered and nothing came out the bottom so i think repotting isnt necessary....so do i start this tread over in plant problem!!!! argggg